Robes Quotes - Page 2

• Unfortunately, what many people forget is that judges are just lawyers in robes.

  Tammy Bruce

  Judging, People, Forget The Past

  Tammy Bruce (2004). “The Death of Right and Wrong: Exposing the Left's Assault on Our Culture and Values”, p.273, Crown Forum

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• We placed the wreaths upon the splendid granite sarcophagus, and at its feet, and felt that only the earthly robe we loved so much was there. The pure, tender, loving spirit which loved us so tenderly, is above us - loving us, praying for us, and free from all suffering and woe - yes, that is a comfort, and that first birthday in another world must have been a far brighter one than any in this poor world below!

  Queen Victoria

  Love, Feet, Suffering

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• I have seen ministers of justice, clothed in magisterial robes and criminals arraigned before them, while life was suspended on a breath in the courts of England; I have witnessed a congress in solemn session to give laws to nations;...but dignity and majesty have I seen but once, as it stood in chains at midnight, in a dungeon, in an obscure village of Missouri.

  Parley P. Pratt

  Law, Giving, Justice

  Parley P. Pratt (2008). “Spirituality: The Key to the Science of Theology”, p.11, Cedar Fort

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• The wrap dress is the most traditional form of dressing: It's like a robe, it's like a kimono, it's like a toga. It doesn't have buttons or zippers. What made it different was that it was jersey; therefore, it was close to the body and it was a print.

  Diane von Furstenberg

  Zippers, Buttons, Dresses

  "Diane von Furstenberg On Wrap Dresses And The Joys Of Aging Gracefully". Interview with Amanda Christine Miller, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 28, 2008.

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• The soul knows only the soul; the web of events is the flowing robe in which she is clothed.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Soul, Events, Knows

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). “Self-Reliance, the Over-Soul, and Other Essays”, p.58, Coyote Canyon Press

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• Qhuinn looked at each of the hoods again. How ironic, he thought. Nearly two years ago, an Honor Guard of black robes had been sent to him to make sure he knew his family didn't want him. And now, here these males were, come to draw him into a different kind of fold-- that was every bit as strong as that of blood.

  J.R. Ward

  Strong, Blood, Years

  J.R. Ward (2013). “Lover At Last: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood”, p.487, Penguin

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• Lord, what a thoughtless wretch was I,
  To mourn, and murmur and repine,
  To see the wicked placed on high,
  In pride and robes of honor shine.
  But oh, their end, their dreadful end,
  Thy sanctuary taught me so,
  On slipp'ry rocks I see them stand,
  And fiery billows roll below.

  Isaac Watts

  Pride, Power, Rocks

  Thomas Hastings, Isaac Watts, William Patton (1836). “The Christian Psalmist: Or, Watts' Psalms and Hymns, with Copious Selections from Other Sources”, p.127

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• Come up, April, though the valley, / In your robes of beauty drest, / Come and wake your flowery children / From their wintry beds of rest.

  Phoebe Cary

  Children, Bed, Valleys

  Phoebe Cary (1882). “The Poetical Works of Alice and Phoebe Cary”

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• I would hope that we would not lose the real objective of our cherished opportunities to serve. That objective, that eternal goal, is the same spoken of by the Lord and found in the Pearl of Great Price: "For behold, this is my work and my glory-to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man." May we ever remember that the mantle of membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is not a cloak of comfort but rather a robe of responsibility. Our duty, in addition to saving ourselves, is to guide others to the celestial kingdom of God.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Jesus, Real, Responsibility

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• I would prefer to live forever in perfect health, but if I must at some time leave this life, I would like to do so ensconced on a chaise longue, perfumed, wearing a velvet robe and pearl earrings, with a flute of champagne beside me and having just discovered the answer to the last problem in a British cryptic crossword.

  Olivia de Havilland

  Perfect, Forever, Answers

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• He grunted. 'You have the courage of a warrior.' I watched him turn away and gather the clothes from the ground. He thought me courageous? But I was terrified - always terrified. 'No,' I said flatly. 'I don't." He paused from stuffing the invaluable robe between two bales. 'Are you frightened now?' I nodded, shame flushing my skin. 'Is it going to stop you?' 'No.' 'That is the courage of a warrior.

  Alison Goodman

  Warrior, Two, Clothes

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• I'd grown up fearing the lynch mobs of the Ku Klux Klan; as an adult I was starting to wonder if I'd been afraid of the wrong white people all along - where I was being pursued not by bigots in white robes, but by left-wing zealots draped in flowing sanctimony.

  Clarence Thomas

  Wings, Ku Klux Klan, White

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• Thing was' he faced them, and Harry was astonished to see that he was grinning, 'they bit of a bit more than they could chew with Gran. Little old witch living alone, they probably think they didn't need to send anyone particularly powerful. Anyway' Neville laughed, 'Dawlish is still in St Mungo's and Gran is on the run. She sent me a letter,' he clapped a hand to the breast pocket of his robes, 'telling me she was proud of me, that I'm my parents' son, and to keep it up

  J. K. Rowling

  Running, Powerful, Son

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• Take all the robes of all the good judges that have ever lived on the face of the earth, and they would not be large enough to cover the iniquity of one corrupt judge.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Law, Judging, Earth

  Henry Ward Beecher (1873). “The Sermons of Henry Ward Beecher in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn”, p.241

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• If delight may provoke men's labour, what greater delights is there then to behold the earth as apparelled with plants, as with a robe of imbroidered worke, set with orient pearles, and garnished with great diversitie of rare and costly jewels? The delight is great but the use greater, and joyned often with necessitie.

  John Gerard

  Beauty, Home, Men

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• Freedom may come quickly in robes of peace or after ages of conflict and war, but come it will, and abide it will, so long as the principles by which it was acquired are held sacred.

  Edward Everett

  Freedom, War, Long

  Edward Everett (1850). “Orations and speeches on various occasions”, p.609

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• When I am in the darkness, I want to think of it in the light, with you," he said, and straightened, and turned to walk toward the door. The parchment robes of the Silent Brothers moved around him as he moved, and Tessa watched him, paralyzed, every pulse of her heart beating out the words she could not say: Good-bye. Good-bye. Good-bye.

  Cassandra Clare

  Brother, Heart, Thinking

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.1386, Simon and Schuster

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• You have been walking the ocean's edge, holding up your robes to keep them dry. You must dive naked under and deeper under, a thousand times deeper. Love flows down. The ground submits to the sky and suffers what comes. Tell me, is the earth worse for giving in like that? Do not put blankets over the drum. Open completely.

  Rumi

  Ocean, Sky, Giving

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• I have learned that real angels don't have gossamer white robes and Cherubic skin, they have calloused hands and smell of the days' sweat.

  Richard Paul Evans

  Real, Angel, Hands

  FaceBook post by Richard Paul Evans from Dec 05, 2011

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• Every breath of air and ray of light and heat, every beautiful prospect, is, as it were, the skirts of the (angel's) garments, the waving robes of those whose faces see God.

  John Henry Newman

  Beautiful, Angel, Light

  John Henry Newman (2016). “Apologia pro Vita Sua”, p.100, John Henry Newman

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• Again rejoicing Nature sees
  Her robe assume its vernal hues
  Her leafy locks wave in the breeze,
  All freshly steep'd in the morning dews.

  Robert Burns

  Nature, Morning, Spring

  Robert Burns, John Gibson Lockhart, James Currie (1835). “The works of Robert Burns: containing his life, by John Lockhart, esq. ; the poetry and correspondence of Dr. Currie's edition ; biographical sketches of the poet by himself, Gilbert Burns, Professor Stewart, and others”, p.189

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• Wine's terrible for babies." Dorian swept into the sitting room to join me, elegantly arranging himself on a love seat that displayed his purple velvet robes to best effect. "Well of course it is. I'd never dream of giving wine to an infant! What do you take me for, a barbarian? But for you... well, it might go a long way to make you a little less jumpy. You've been positively unbearable to live around. "I can't have it either. It affects the babies in utero.

  Richelle Mead

  Dream, Baby, Wine

  Richelle Mead (2011). “Shadow Heir”, p.16, Kensington Publishing Corp.

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• I've never walked home wearing just a pink robe and a pair of slippers.

  Jessica Sorensen

  Home, Slippers, Pairs

  Jessica Sorensen (2013). “The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden”, p.163, Hachette UK

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• I think you'll have to marry me, Miss Fielding." "To save your reputation?" Derek grinned, bending to kiss the flash of pale throat revealed by the robe. "Someone has to make a respectable man of me.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Kissing, Men, Thinking

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• Can you at least tell us what these Sevens look like?" He said "could we pick one out in a crowd?" "A long time ago, they used to appear wearing robes and golden girtles," Ivy explained. "They sound like losers," Xavier muttered.

  Alexandra Adornetto

  Ivy, Long, Sound

  Alexandra Adornetto (2012). “Heaven”, p.54, Macmillan

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