Quotes by Vacancy True inward quietness is not that which may be produced by shutting out all outward causes of distraction -- a process which, when carried out too severely, may intensify the inward ferment of the mind, especially in the young. It is rather a state of stable equilibrium; it is not vacancy, but stability -- the steadfastness of a single purpose. Caroline Emelia Stephen vacancy inward mind True inward quietness ... is not vacancy, but stability - the steadfastness of a single purpose. Caroline Emelia Stephen vacancy inner-peace inward Nothing raises the national temperature more than a VACANCY sign hanging from the colonnaded front of the Supreme Court. Christopher Buckley vacancy temperature court The mind abhors a vacancy & is wont to people it with phantoms. David Mitchell vacancy mind people The writer's way is rough and lonely, and who would choose it while there are vacancies in more gracious professions, such as, say, cleaning out ferryboats? Dorothy Parker vacancy lonely way Redd Towers Apartments, whose advertising slogan, 'If you lived here, you'd be home by now,' did little to fill vacancies. Frank Beddor vacancy towers home I couldn't have thought of her more. Even vacancy was crowded with her. Graham Greene crowded vacancy The university president who cashiered every professor unwilling to support Woodrow Wilson for the first vacancy in the H. L. Mencken vacancy support president I will say one thing has changed dramatically which is this Supreme Court vacancy, and it will reshape the race on my side, because I'd rather lose an election than lose the Supreme Court. Hugh Hewitt vacancy race sides Birth and death: there was the same consciousness of heightened existence and of her own elevated importance J. K. Rowling vacancy birth consciousness Myth is a tale once believed as truth; believed, it is not myth, but religion. A tale once religiously believed that has come to be called a myth is something of religion corrupted with disbelief. What are beliefs for some societies but myths for others cannot fill spiritual vacancies in the life of those others. Laura Riding vacancy spiritual religion All my life, as down an abyss without a bottom. I have been pouring van loads of information into that vacancy of oblivion I call my mind. Logan Pearsall Smith vacancy mind life The infinity of this vacancy, the pervasive pain, the longing for some spirit, some lightness, some joy - that's all that is left. Martha Manning vacancy pain joy It is well to lie fallow for a while. Martin Farquhar Tupper vacancy advice lying If the mind is wearied by study, or the body worn with sickness, It is well to lie fallow for a while, in the vacancy of sheer amusement; But when thou prosprest in health, and thine intellect can soar untired, To seek uninstructive pleasure is to slumber on the couch of indolence. Martin Farquhar Tupper vacancy mind lying A proud man is one who waits for a vacancy in the Trinity. Mark Twain vacancy waiting men He was a solemn, unsmiling, sanctimonious old iceberg who looked like he was waiting for a vacancy in the Trinity. Mark Twain vacancy sarcastic waiting from the beginning of my sojourn in this world there was a persistent vacancy in me where the industry ought to be. (Ought to was is better, perhaps, though the most of the authorities differ as to this. Mark Twain vacancy authority world The noisy vacancy of youth, the quiet vacancy of age. Mason Cooley vacancy youth age A man who marries his mistress leaves a vacancy in that position. Oscar Wilde vacancy mistress men 12»