Quotations, Proverbs & Sayings

Research Database of Quotes

It is sometimes difficult to be inspired when trying to write a persuasive essay, book report or thoughtful research paper. Often of times, it is hard to find words that best describe your ideas. Paper-Research now provides a database of over 150,000 quotations and proverbs from the famous inventors, philosophers, sportsmen, artists, celebrities, business people, and authors that are aimed to enrich and strengthen your essay, term paper, book report, thesis or research paper.

Try our free search of constantly updated quotations and proverbs database.

Browse Keywords

(Click a letter to view the keywords)
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O
P
Q R S T U V W X Y Z

profound

«The Holy Bible is an abyss. It is impossible to explain how profound it is, impossible to explain how simple it is.»
«Smile and others will smile back. Smile to show how transparent, how candid you are. Smile if you have nothing to say. Most of all, do not hide the fact you have nothing to say nor your total indifference to others. Let this emptiness, this profound indifference shine out spontaneously in your smile.»
«The ancient Romans had a tradition: whenever one of their engineers constructed an arch, as the capstone was hoisted into place, the engineer assumed accountability for his work in the most profound way possible: he stood under the arch.»
«The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.»
Author: Niels Bohr (Physicist) | About: Truth | Keywords: falsehood, opposite, profound, very well
«The need for devotion to something outside ourselves is even more profound than the need for companionship. If we are not to go to pieces or wither away, we must have some purpose in life; for no man can live for himself alone.»
«There is a continuing, mandatory need for heresy in its most profound sense; for freedom to choose and follow truth wherever it leads.»
«The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What are you doing? Think about these once in a while and watch your answers change.»
«That young girl is one of the least benightedly unintelligent organic life forms it has been my profound lack of pleasure not to be able to avoid meeting.»
«The most profound joy has more of gravity than of gaiety in it.»
«The mind obtains bliss and eternal peace, meeting with the Deep and Profound Lord.»

Pages: « Previous 1 2 3 4 Next »