Quotes by Oracles I despise the proper constructions and cases, because I think it very unfitting that the words of the celestial oracle should be restricted by the rules of Donatus [a well-known grammarian]. Pope Gregory I oraclesscarythinking For the poet is a light winged and holy thing, and there is no invention in him until he has been inspired and is out of his senses and the mind is no longer with him. When he has not attained this state he is powerless and unable to utter his oracles. Plato oracleslightmind Scratching people where they itch and addressing their 'felt needs' is a stratagem of the poor steward of the oracles of God. This was the recipe for success for the false prophets of the Old Testament. R. C. Sproul oraclespeopleneeds The philosophy of waiting is sustained by all the oracles of the universe. Ralph Waldo Emerson oracleswaitingphilosophy You can tell the future?' 'More like the future mugs me from time to time.' Rachel said 'I speak prophecies. The oracle spirit kind of hijacks me once in a while, and speaks important stuff that doesn't make any sense to anybody. But yeah, the prophecies tell the future. Rick Riordan oraclesimportantstuff Enlarge not thy destiny, said the oracle: endeavor not to do more than is given thee in charge. Ralph Waldo Emerson oraclesdestinysaid One of the nuisances of the ballot is that when the oracle has spoken you never know what it means. Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury nuisanceoraclesmean The student is to read history actively and not passively; to esteem his own life the text, and books the commentary. Thus compelled, the muse of history will utter oracles as never to those who do not respect themselves. Ralph Waldo Emerson oraclesbookhistory We have built no temple but the Capitol. We consult no common oracle but the Constitution. Rufus Choate oraclestemplescommon Nothing is more common than to find men, whose works are now totally neglected, mentioned with praises by their contemporaries as the oracles of their age, and the legislators of science. Samuel Johnson oraclesagemen The Delphic Oracle said I was the wisest of all the Greeks. It is because that I alone, of all the Greeks, know that I know nothing. Socrates oraclesgreekwisdom Not by wisdom do they [poets] make what they compose, but by a gift of nature and an inspiration similar to that of the diviners and the oracles. Socrates oraclespoetinspiration Perhaps you considered yourself an oracle, Mouthpiece of the dead, or of some god or other. Thirty years now I have labored To dredge the silt from your throat. I am none the wiser. Sylvia Plath oraclesthirtyyears So, what you can do in Microsoft Word is what Bill Gates has decided. What you can do in Oracle Database is what Larry Ellison and his crew have decided. Ted Nelson microsoft-wordoraclesbills Your own reason is the only oracle given to you by God. Thomas Jefferson oraclesgracereason Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven, and you are answerable for, not the rightness, but the uprightness of the decision Thomas Jefferson oraclesdecisionheaven I am sir Oracle, and when I ope my lips, let no dog bark. William Shakespeare oracleslipsdog His heart as far from fraud as heaven from earth. William Shakespeare oraclesheartheaven«12
