Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
Safire, William to Shooting
Safire, William (1929– ), 1553Saidwhat I meant and meant what I s., 513
what is s. against me, 110Sail
and not drift, not lie at anchor, 5
For what avail the plough or s.,… if freedom fail?, 641
never strike s. to fear, 597
no connexion with any ship that does not s. fast, 848
sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, 5
with God the seas, 597
Your constitution is all s. and no anchor, 334Sailing
farther than Ulysses even dreamed of, 129
Fleet s. under Convoy, 44Sailors
fleetest S. must wait for the dullest and slowest, 44Saint
I am not a s., 1491Saint Louis. See Louis IX, King of France.Salad
bowl, 49
describing an Italian s., 1867
preparation of a s., 1867Salk, Jonas (1914– ), 65Sallust (Gaius Sallustius Crispus) (86–34
for a race, nation, or class must come from within, 960San Domingo, annexation, 1484San Francisco
some [men] are stationed in S.F., 1092Sand
magic of property turns s. to gold, 1550
see a world in a grain of s., 196
sketches in the s., 1248
wrote my name upon the s., 1215Sans
teeth, s. eyes, s. taste, s. everything, 1158Santa Claus, 1660
Yes, Virginia, there is a S.C., 1660
See also ChristmasSappho (fl. c. 600
though she was a woman [was honored], 1996Sat
long enough, 1035
too long here for any good you have been doing lately, 1035Satellites
we [England] do not intend to be satellites, 531Satire
is this on government, 1789Satirize
the political gods, 1642Satisfaction
one great universal s., 1227
think of your work with s., 2032Saturday Evening Post, 917Saturday’s
child works hard for its living, 200Saucer
we pour legislation into the senatorial s. to cool it, 294Sausages
laws and s., 996Savage
chief of still more s. men, 1019
lonely s., 839Savageness
tame the s. of man, 1864Save
he [God] need not exist in order to s. us, 702Saved
I s. my money, 2071Savior
of Europe, 534Say
Don’t s. things, 186
having nothing to s., 1692
I am not going to s. anything I do not think, 673
I didn’t s. that I didn’t s. it, 232
kindly of him what is, chiefly, true, 135
need not fear to s. it, 169
watch what we do instead of what we s., 9
what the critics s., 110Says
speak and s. nothing, 266Say’st
Thou s. an undisputed thing / In such a solemn way, 631Scalp
ran his hand over Nick’s shiny s., 2008Scandals
corruption and injustice in our nation’s history, 1522Scapegoats
people are looking for s., 524Scare
land of slander and s., 62Scarecrow
impeachment is scarcely a s., 941Scared
be s. of a coward the same as a brave man has got to be, 354Scenery
Not one cent for s., 308Schoolmaster
and remain fit for anything else, 287Schools
and the means of education, 55Science, 1661–1665
and Peace will triumph over Ignorance and War, 1963
lights of perverted s., 2055
main objects of all s., 779
Modern civilization depends on s., 1663
of Government it is my Duty to study, 481
our own cleverness in s., 125
will have moved forward yet one more step, 505
without humanity, 1697
without religion is lame, 1662Scientific
and technological achievements, 1134
triumph of s. annihilation, 1258
truth, 1665Scientist
What is a s., 1664Scorpions
two s. in a bottle, 237Scotland
first rate land in … S., 554Scoundrel
refuge of a s., 1306Scratch
another’s back if he’ll s. mine, 656Scriptures
advise no one to send his child where the Holy S. are not supreme, 239Sea, 1666–1667
from which all heights and depths are measured, 1666
Had washed my feeble lines away, 1215
lashed into fury, 1666
that salts all the waters that flow into it [China], 201
thy s. is so great, 1479
why the s. is boiling hot, 1811
will wash away, 1248Sealing-wax, 1811Sea-shore
three geographical miles from the s., 1809Season
duty neglected in its s., 1830
it was the s. of light, it was the s. of darkness, 1818
of suffering, 220
To every thing there is a s., 1810Second
free man first and an American s., 1396
front in Europe, 2067
office of this government is honorable and easy, 1493
What place does the possibility of a s. front occupy, 2068Secrecy, 1668–1670Secret
Everything s. degenerates, 1668
neither have I gained office by any s. promises, 1492
of success, 1779
you have not chosen me by s. ballot, 1492Secrets
no s. from government, 1529Security, 1671–1672
abandon altogether the search for s., 1127
absolute economic and social s., 70
against crafty and dangerous encroachments on the public liberty, 496
Americans want is s., 1671
Decency, s. and liberty alike demand, 793
greatest s. of the people, 1052
light … is the best s., 496
live in all possible s., 785
Nation’s s. is at stake, 1530
no s. on this earth, 1672
only s. which freemen desire, 1196
politicians … swear eternal devotion to the ends of peace and s., 631
prefer the illusion of s. to the excitement of danger, 2095
seek opportunity—not s., 71Seduction
“temperate and moderate,” are words [of] s., 1199See
content to wait and s. what will happen, 1636
the light, 1665
to s., we have only to look, 1467
what is right and not to do it, 1635Seed
faith as a grain of mustard s., 592Seeds
of despotism, 1069Seeker
this, s., is the promise of America, 68Seen
from the s. to the unseen, 1229Self, 1673–1676
to thine own s. be true, 1675Self-confidence
as young as your s., 2099Self-deception, 1677
nothing is easier than self-deceit, 1677Self-esteem, 1680Self-examination, 1678–1679Self-forgetting, 845Self-government
art of s., 1425
principles of s., 1975
qualifications for s. in society are not innate, 725Self-importance, 1680–1681Self-interest
predominant principle of s., 425Self-pity, 1682Self-preservation
strikes its jarring gong, 854Self-realization, 1674Self-respect, 1683
man can draw the breath of s., 350Self-righteousness, 224Self-sacrifice, 1674Self-seeking, 845Selfish license, 759Selling
Every one lives by s. something, 1123Senate
representation in our State S., 1592
See also Congress—SenateSenator
and remain fit for anything else, 287
it is more a real life than being a S., 295
a man must learn to be a Representative or a S., 301
value of the Representative or S. increases in proportion to his length of service, 301
See also Congress; Congress—Senate; Congressman; CongressmenSenatorial
we pour legislation into the s. saucer to cool it, 294Senators
No, I look at the S. and pray for the country, 289Send
me none but Natives, 1629Senior
citizens, 22Sense
talk s. to the American people, 52, 85
too much for simple honesty and plain s., 259
warp of s. and his woof of nonsense, 625
without hard practical s., 43Sensible
man, 3Sentence
first—verdict afterwards, 949
under s. of life, 196Separate
powers the parts, 1867Separation
of church and state is absolute, 669
of powers, 789
See also Government—separation of powersSerenity
to accept things that cannot be changed, 1472
to accept what cannot be changed, 1472Serenity Prayer, 1472Serf
Russian s., 1698Serious
War is much too s. a matter to be entrusted to the military, 1954Seriously
take ourselves s., 1681Sermon
preach a better s., 1780Servant
in the House of the Lord, 699
of man, 1613
of the state, 1759
public s. third, 1396
serve my country as a faithful s., 766
troublesome s. and a fearful master, 754Servants
public s., 1507Serve
the national interest, 1381Serveto, Miguel (1511–1553), 957Servetus, Michael. See Serveto, Miguel.Service
length of s., 285
necessary for the public good, 1561
of humanity, 1570
to his Country, 30Servitude
is at once the consequence of his crime, 1054
profusion and s., 381Setting
sun of a black night, 59“The Seven Sins,” 1697Sex, 1684–1685
mystery of s. the subject of a coarse jest, 1684
prejudice, 1483
without discrimination because of s., 650Sexual
impurity, 167
instinct is not all that he has, 1152Shackles
for the liberties of the people, 1455Shade
Friendship is precious, not only in the s., 687Shadow
you cannot see the s., 1435Shadows
flee away, 1467
those who are in the s. of life, 724Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), 97, 1686Shameless
abject, squalid, s. avowal, 2089She
made life poetry for me, 2006
ship is always referred to as “s.,” 1689Sheep
wolf how many the s. be, 1176Shining
golden opportunity, 68
good men, not s., but honest, 279
morning face, 1158Ship
Don’t give up the s., 990
great s. swims as well as a small cork, 1744
is always referred to as “she,” 1689
is not sinking, 1688
let him not steer the s. from on shore, 1928Ships and shipping, 1687–1689
See also Three-mile limitShoe
abused because I had no s., 1682
want of a s., 1240Shoes
not the means of obtaining s., 1682Shoot
Take them [ex-Presidents] out and s. them, 1488Shooting
war is over, 233