This collection holds 271 beneath quotes, drawn from writers, leaders, artists and thinkers across the QuoteForever archive. The most quoted voices here are Victor Hugo, Tom Waits and Nancy Astor.

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Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too ... - Victor Hugo

Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she hath wings.

We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being ... - Tom Waits

We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness.

I married beneath me, all women do.

And all your future lies beneath your hat.

Too low they build, who build beneath the stars.

Then you'd have found me pinned beneath a large metal pipe.

Most of the oceans in the Solar System are deep beneath ice shelves.

I've always been interested in what else is here, what lies beneath.

I prefer neurotic people. I like to hear rumblings beneath the surface.

Beneath the rule of men entirely great, the pen is mightier than the sword.

History simmers beneath the surface in more communities than just Ferguson.

I think my cruelty hides beneath the surface a lot more than Sue Sylvester's.

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.

I'm afraid if I start to enjoy life, the rug will be yanked out from beneath me.

Remember, beneath every cynic there lies a romantic, and probably an injured one.

Too many ads that try not to go over the reader's head end up beneath his notice.

When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.

My mother-in-law had a pain beneath her left breast. Turned out to be a trick knee.

All my novels are about the ambiguities that lie beneath the sharp edges of the law.

I can't imagine getting bored with comedy or thinking comedy is beneath us suddenly.

Don't organize in the spirit of antagonism; that should be beneath your consideration.

Waterboarding should never be used as an interrogation tool. It is beneath our values.

Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.

Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar, where are you now? Who lies beneath your spell?

There are more active volcanoes beneath the sea than on land by two orders of magnitude.

Even entrepreneurs with the best ideas sometimes need a little wind beneath their wings.

Let us keep the dance of rain our fathers kept and tread our dreams beneath the jungle sky.

For six years, I kept my five Olympic medals wrapped in a plastic bread bag beneath my bed.

I shoot just one moment at a time... These moments are beneath the threshold of perception.

You stand beneath the arthritic boughs of any English oak, and you survey a thousand tales.

Your denial is beneath you, and thanks to the use of hallucinogenic drugs, I see through you.

The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.

I think listening to music from your youth is as powerful as a scent passed beneath your nose.

I'm used to American actors who have a movie career thinking television acting is beneath them.

In an open society, no idea can be above scrutiny, just as no people should be beneath dignity.

There is not a man beneath the canopy of Heaven who does not know that slavery is wrong for him.

The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don't turn against him, they crush those beneath them.

I am invariably of the politics of the people at whose table I sit, or beneath whose roof I sleep.

The sky hides the night behind it, and shelters the people beneath from the horror that lies above.

Beneath words and logic are emotional connections that largely direct how we use our words and logic.

I think right now in the world we're feeling like there's no solid ground beneath our feet, you know?

A lot of guys are walking around with a lot simmering beneath the surface, and sometimes it explodes.

Beneath all of these addictions is this disease, this control disease which is the mark of our society.

An apology? Bah! Disgusting! Cowardly! Beneath the dignity of any gentleman, however wrong he might be.

You get the best effort from others not by lighting a fire beneath them, but by building a fire within.

Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me.

It is no use painting the foot of the tree white, the strength of the bark cries out from beneath the paint.

I get drawn in when I feel there is something deep and mysterious going on beneath the surface of something.

We are true to our name. We're somewhat beneath the surface, and I think well always be to a certain extent.

Eroticism bubbles beneath the surface of every vampire story, but Anne Rice is a writer to make the pot boil.

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