Swear Quotes - Page 17

• There are three things that are not to be credited: a woman when she weeps, a merchant when he swears, nor a drunkard when he prays.

  Barnabe Rich

  Alcohol, Three, Praying

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• People think they have taken quite an extraordinarily bold step forward when they have rid themselves of belief in hereditary monarchy and swear by the democratic republic. In reality, however, the state is nothing but a machine for the oppression of one class by another, and indeed in the democratic republic no less than in the monarchy.

  Friedrich Engels

  Taken, Thinking, Reality

  Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels (1959). “Basic writings on politics and philosophy”, Anchor

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• If I were a dictator, religion and state would be separate. I swear by my religion. I will die for it. But it is my personal affair. The state has nothing to do with it. The state would look after your secular welfare, health, communications, foreign relations, currency and so on, but not your or my religion. That is everybody's personal concern!

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Spiritual, Communication, Secular Society

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.75, A&C Black

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• The contract like '91 Dan Marino. I swear this guy Michael Rapino's boostin my ego.

  Drake

  Guy, Ego, Bragging

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• Roses! I swear you men have all your romance from the same worn book. Flowers are a good thing, a sweet thing to give a lady. But it is always roses, always red, and always perfect hothouse blooms when they can come by them.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Sweet, Flower, Book

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• I swear, you are the only person I know who makes decisions based on what will provide the best material for a diary.

  Rob Thomas

  Decision, Diaries, Materials

  Rob Thomas (2013). “Rats Saw God”, p.77, Simon and Schuster

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• I want you to see me naked and performing one or two dozen mad acts, which will take me less than half an hour, because if you have seen them with your own eyes, you can safely swear to any others you might wish to add.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Eye, Two, Mad

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• Naptime,ʺ said Christian, leading her toward the bed. ʺI still need a shower.ʺ ʺSleep first. Shower later.ʺ He pulled back the covers. ʺIʹll sleep with you.ʺ ʺSleep or sleep?ʺ she asked dryly, sliding gratefully into bed. ʺReal sleep. You need it.ʺ He crawled in beside her, spooning against her and resting his face on her shoulder. ʺOf course, afterward, if you want to conduct any official Council business...ʺ ʺI swear, if you say ‘Little Dragomirs,ʹ you can sleep in the hall.

  Richelle Mead

  Christian, Real, Sleep

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• The Israelis are mistaken if they think we do not have an alternative to negotiations. By Allah I swear they are wrong. The Palestinian people are prepared to sacrifice the last boy and the last girl so that the Palestinian flag will be flown over the walls, the churches and the mosques of Jerusalem.

  Yasser Arafat

  Girl, Wall, Sacrifice

  Yasser Arafat's speech at a party to celebrate the birth of his daughter (August 6, 1995), as quoted in "Haaretz", September 6, 1995, and in "The Jerusalem Post", September 7, 1995.

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• Now filet mignon come with every meal. I swear to God that I'm so high, Feel like i am going up a hill.

  Wiz Khalifa

  Meaningful, Swear To God, Meals

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• I swear I've never met a man who has your knack for lack of social grace. If you weren't naturally charming, someone would have stabbed you by now.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Men, Grace, Knack

  Patrick Rothfuss (2011). “The Wise Man's Fear: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day Two”, p.61, Penguin

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• I swear I will not dishonor my soul with hatred, but offer myself humbly as a guardian of nature, as a healer of misery, as a messenger of wonder, as an architect of peace.

  Diane Ackerman

  Commitment, Compassion, Hatred

  Diane Ackerman (2011). “I Praise My Destroyer: Poems”, p.3, Vintage

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• These mercenaries, I swear by God, those who are still in Washington, they have sent their troops to be burned.

  Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

  Funny, Military, Troops

  "Sahaf: U.S. troops will be burned". www.cnn.com. April 7, 2003.

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• Cause you mean the world to me, you are my everything; I swear the only thing that matters, matters to me.

  Toni Braxton

  Mean, Causes, World

  Song: You Mean The World To Me, Album: Toni Braxton, 1993

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• My religious upbringing was comically strict — even the Dirt Devil vacuum cleaner was banned. In our house, no one was allowed to refer to deviled eggs. We had to call them angelic eggs. We were never allowed to swear. I'd get into trouble just for saying 'Hell no'. If you dropped a hammer on your toe in our house you had to say something like 'Jiminy Christmas'. The only music we were allowed to listen to was gospel. No wonder I rebelled.

  Katy Perry

  Religious, Eggs, House

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• One or two years ago, I didn't know who I was on court and I used to swear a lot. But now I've learned how to cope and can therefore win 10 matches in a row. I want to be remembered as a good player rather than an idiot on court.

  Roger Federer

  Winning, Player, Years

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• Raise your right palm: We do solemnly swear
  To stack more dough more calmly this year.

  Daniel Dumile

  Rap, Years, Hip Hop

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• I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.

  Herodotus

  Cheating, Men, Cities

  "The Histories" by Herodotus, (1.153.1), c. 440 BC.

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• I, Binyavanga Wainaina, quite honestly swear I have known I am a homosexual since I was five.

  Binyavanga Wainaina

  Homosexual, Honestly, Five

  "I am a homosexual, mum". africasacountry.com. January 19, 2014.

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• You might think what I tell you next is all a dream, or that I've imagined it. I can't help it if that's what you think, but I swear it's true. Sometimes the truest things are the hardest to believe.

  Glenda Millard

  Dream, Believe, Thinking

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• No one in our society needs to be told that exercise is good for us. Whether you are overweight or have a chronic illness or are a slim couch potato, you've probably heard or read this dictum countless times throughout your life. But has anyone told you-indeed, guaranteed you-that regular physical activity will make you happier? I swear by it.

  Sonja Lyubomirsky

  Exercise, Our Society, Slim

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• Grief, I swear to God, doesn't live in the heart. It lives in the senses. And sometimes, all I want to do is cut off my nose so I can't smell her, hack my fingers off at the joint.

  Dennis Lehane

  Grief, Heart, Cutting

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• If anybody had that cure out there like so many people swear to me they do, you'd be two things: you'd be very rich, and you'd be very famous. Otherwise, shut up.

  Patrick Swayze

  Cancer, Two, People

  "Swayze: Outlived Most With Pancreatic Cancer" by Joseph Brownstein, abcnews.go.com. September 16, 2009.

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• Ah swear, ah will croak if she asks me for a pair of Nikes instead of Christian Louboutins!

  Jessica Simpson

  Christian, Nike, Pregnancy

  "Pregnant Jessica Simpson poses nude for Elle magazine: Biggest pregnant celeb shocker?", www.foxnews.com. March 7, 2012.

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• And a face above mine, white and beautiful, eyes as large as the moon. You saved me. A hand on my cheek, cool and dry. Why did you save me? Words welling up on a tide: No, the opposite. Eyes the colour of a dawn sky, a crown of blond hair, so bright and white and blinding I could swear it was a halo.

  Lauren Oliver

  Beautiful, Eye, Moon

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