—The Decemberists Helpful tempo quickener—short but sweet. ❋ Andy Greenwald (2006)
He feigns to be the quickener of those things which are immortal by nature, to which things life is always present by their very nature; but he does not benevolently quicken those things which required his assistance, that they might live, but leaves them carelessly to fall under the power of death. ❋ 1819-1893 (2001)
Eros is child of Aphrodite, minister of beautiful children, inciter of human souls towards the supernal beauty or quickener of an already existing impulse thither. ❋ Plotinus (1952)
Interest is a marvellous quickener of the wits, and may be supposed to have left no stone unturned, before assenting to such a sacrifice. ❋ Various (N/A)
The lecture must have been a great quickener of conscience; for they would dare punishment and cheat ❋ Grace E. King (N/A)
But over and above the value as a mental quickener it is to be placed as a builder of character, and ministering to the development of the moral and even the spiritual life. ❋ Adoniram Judson Ladd (N/A)
Let us rather picture to ourselves as the type of fire the benign and beatific solar heat, the quickener and fosterer of all terrestrial life. ❋ St. George William Joseph Stock (N/A)
For what we want is not learning, but knowledge; that is the ability to make learning answer its true end as a quickener of intelligence and widener of the intellectual field. ❋ C. A. Bogardus (N/A)
But the roar of the next wave as it came bursting in, splashing them from head to foot where they sat, was a wonderful quickener to their movements, and away they scrambled through the pitchy blackness, clinging like limpets to the rough side of the cavern as they felt their feet slide upon the treacherous rocks, and thought of the unseen gulf below. ❋ Various (N/A)
“Straight Path” and as the “quickener of mankind.” ❋ 1897-1957 Shoghi Effendi (1927)
It was the red thread of life and love, blood-color -- blood-maker, blood-spiller, heart-quickener, heart-sickener, the red thread of romance, of motherhood and of lust, birth and murder, family and bawdry. ❋ Rupert Hughes (1914)
Savitri the Sun as quickener or enlivener, Mitra the bright Sun of the morn; Pushan the Sun of the shepherds; Varuna was the sky as all-embracing; Aditya the sky as boundless. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
And he raised his hands supplicating God, and saying: I testify that there is no God but thee alone, the mighty, the omnipotent, the all-conquering, the quickener of the dead, creator of needs and fulfiller thereof, who dispellest troubles and anxieties and turnest them into joy. ❋ Unknown (1909)
Work is the strength of feebleness, the health of sickness, the salvation of men, -- quickener of the senses, foe of sloth, nurse of happiness, a duty in the young and in the old a merit. ❋ Unknown (1904)
But love, I think, if somewhat selfish, is a mighty quickener of the understanding, and even though all one's thoughts are upon one object, a fellow-feeling opens one's eyes to the signs elsewhere. ❋ John Oxenham (1896)
And truly Mr. Chesterton is invaluable as a quickener and stimulator of the minds of his readers. ❋ John Kelman (1896)
I knew that this was that same Goddess who stood over the outer door of the place, and was well pleased to find that the people, howsoever ignorantly, adored the power that enwombs the world -- Venus, the life - bringer and quickener of things that breathe, -- and could, in this matter, touch hearts with the wise. ❋ Maurice Hewlett (1892)
Thirst is a terrible thing; it is also a great quickener of the wits, and the result of this harsh treatment, which reduced the poor buck to tears ❋ David Wynford Carnegie (1885)
This is necessary to make him the embodiment of its spirit, the representative of its ideas, the quickener of its passions, the reviver of its courage in adverse turns of fortune, the central mind whom other advocates of the cause consult, whose action they watch in every new emergency, and whose guidance they follow because he has resolute, unflagging confidence to lead. ❋ Fuller, O E (1884)
[Tim] was [obsessed] with The Quickening. ❋ Professor_Zoom (2008)
Joe held a [quickening] at the bar where he [worked] at least [once a week]. ❋ BabyJo (2010)
Man I had to go to Oklahoma on a work trip, The wife made me promise not to do any cheating so all I did was get a couple Quicken [Loans] [Cattle] Handles to clear my head.
I got a Quicken Loans Cattle Handle yesterday, but her dad got out of [the shell] before I could finish. ❋ Kort's Favorite Buttboy (2018)
