Refuge Quotations | Page 2

Philanthropy seems to me to have become simply the refuge of people who wish to annoy their fellow creatures

Philanthropy is the refuge of rich people who wish to annoy their fellow creatures.

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

The world in which we were called to exist was an absurd world, and there was no other in which we could take refuge.

While nobody likes a watchdog, and for that reason many investigation committees are unpopular, I thank God for men who, in the face of public denouncement and ridicule, go loyally on in their work of exposing the pinks, the lavenders and the reds who have sought refuge beneath the wings of the American eagle and from that vantage point try in every subtle, undercover way to bring comfort, aid and help to the greatest enemy we have ever known -- communism.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a great refuge from home life

This indeed is a safe refuge, it is the refuge supreme. It is the refuge whereby one is freed from all suffering.

Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow.

Your home is your refuge.

Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.

Hard work is amply the refuge of those who have nothing to do.

Conformity is the last refuge of the unimaginitive

Art still has truth. Take refuge there.

Obscurity is the refuge of incompetence.

Extrapolations are the last refuge of a groundless argument.