Top Consolation Quotes
I really enjoy the consolation when I'm having to cut loose stuff I love, of saying 'Well, at least it will make it onto DVD.' There's a couple of scenes which I liked very much, but couldn't fit them into the film that are on there.
Jay Roach
Many of us saw religion as harmless nonsense. Beliefs might lack all supporting evidence but, we thought, if people needed a crutch for consolation, where's the harm? September 11th changed all that.
Richard Dawkins
The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.
Robert Hughes
It is a great consolation for me to remember that the Lord, to whom I had drawn near in humble and child-like faith, has suffered and died for me, and that He will look on me in love and compassion.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
When the soul drifts uncertainly between life and the dream, between the mind's disorder and the return to cool reflection, it is in religious thought that we should seek consolation.
Gerard De Nerval
Richard Dawkins 
Berthe Morisot 
Brendan Behan 
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James Thurber 
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Friedrich Nietzsche All Consolation Quotes
I really enjoy the consolation when I'm having to cut loose stuff I love, of saying 'Well, at least it will make it onto DVD.' There's a couple of scenes which I liked very much, but couldn't fit them into the film that are on there.
Jay Roach 
71% of people like this quote
Many of us saw religion as harmless nonsense. Beliefs might lack all supporting evidence but, we thought, if people needed a crutch for consolation, where's the harm? September 11th changed all that.
Richard Dawkins
65% of people like this quote
The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.
Robert Hughes
57% of people like this quote
It is a great consolation for me to remember that the Lord, to whom I had drawn near in humble and child-like faith, has suffered and died for me, and that He will look on me in love and compassion.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
55% of people like this quote
When the soul drifts uncertainly between life and the dream, between the mind's disorder and the return to cool reflection, it is in religious thought that we should seek consolation.
Gerard De Nerval
54% of people like this quote
There was always the consolation that if I didn't like what I wrote I could throw it away or burn it.
Carl Sandburg
53% of people like this quote
What most of all hinders heavenly consolation is that you are too slow in turning yourself to prayer.
Thomas Kempis
53% of people like this quote
If I were John Bolton, I'd take great consolation in the words of my principal supporter on the committee, who gave a ringing endorsement, which was, There is no evidence that he has broken any laws.
Mark Shields
53% of people like this quote
I ask you to pray for me, for once age has overtaken us, we find consolation only in religion.
Paul Cezanne
52% of people like this quote
Popular Consolation Authors
Henry David ThoreauFriedrich NietzscheVictor HugoCarl SandburgJames ThurberPaul CezanneHeinrich HeineThomas KempisDavid CronenbergJay RoachRichard Dawkins
Mark ShieldsBrendan BehanFrank Moore ColbyRobert HughesJeff BuckleyClaude Levi-StraussGerard De NervalWolfgang Amadeus MozartWilfrid SheedBerthe Morisot
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