Engulf Quotes
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The great tides and currents which engulf the rest of men do not turn aside in their course and pass the judges by.
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More Engulf Quotes
I leapt at the tape like a man taking his last spring to save himself from the chasm that threatens to engulf him.
Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister— 1955 Of the end of his record-breaking run. First Four Minutes.
The great tides and currents which engulf the rest of men do not turn aside in their course and pass the judges by.
benjamin n. cardozo— Page 168. (The Nature of the Judicial Process (1921))
If there was any doubt about the need for social transformation in 1970, that need is clear and urgent today. ... I am now more convinced than ever that the conflict and suffering now threatening to engulf us are entirely unnecessary, and a tragic waste of our energy and resources. We can create an economic system that is not at war with human beings or nature, and we can get from here to there by democratic means.
charles a. reich— Preface to 1995 edition of The Greening of America
There are many people in the industry that know nothing about games. In particular, a large American company is trying to do engulf software houses with money, but I don't believe that will go well. It looks like they'll sell their game system next year, but we'll see the answer to that the following year.
hiroshi yamauchi— In reference to Microsoft, prior to the release of the Xbox
If the confusion of spirits, obsession of consciousness ("obnubilation of...", Fr.), abandonment of religious and moral principles was to become widespread, the consequences could be become such that we would finally see crop up ("on verrait...surgir", Fr.) in the very heart of the civilisation, a new and apalling barbarism capable to engulf (or engulfing, - "engloutir," Fr.) all the acquisitions of the past.
african spir— p. 37 (Words of a Sage : Selected thoughts of African Spir (1937))
If an earthquake were to engulf England tomorrow, the English would manage to meet and dine somewhere among the rubbish, just to celebrate the event.
Douglas William Jerrold— Quoted in Blanchard Jerrold The Life and Remains of Douglas Jerrold (1859), ch.14.
