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Gravely Quotes

On warnings and consequences taken seriously

Gravely signals real stakes throughout this set, from predictions that the City would be gravely damaged by leaving the E.U. to a woman gravely warned that writing a book could cost her Bad reputation.

It was nearly midnight on the night of February 26, 1806, and Alexandre Dumas, the future author of 'The Count of Monte Cristo' and 'The Three Musketeers,' was asleep at his uncle's house. He was not yet four years old....

Quotes by Tom Reiss

I say this as a Democrat, for whom the Republican domination of government threatens many values that I hold to be important to America's role as a light among nations. But there are no values that matter to me that...

Quotes by Orson Scott Card

Those who claim that to leave the E.U. would damage the City are the very same as those who in the past confidently predicted, with a classic failure of understanding, that the City would be gravely damaged if the U.K....

Quotes by Nigel Lawson

I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after she had written a book.

Quotes by Lydia M. Child

Acquaintances Quotes

I had a bad conscience until I discovered that having a bad conscience about something so gravely serious as leaving your children is an affectation, a way of achieving a little suffering that can't for a moment be equal to...

Quotes by Ingmar Bergman

The economic recession in America wasn't caused by bad luck; it was caused by bad Republican policies. But the Republican candidates are doubling down on the same flawed policies that led to the loss of 3.6 million jobs in the...

Quotes by Debbie Wasserman Schultz

I sometimes wish I were suffering in a good cause, or risking my life for the good of others, instead of just being a gravely endangered patient.

Quotes by Christopher Hitchens

Terrorism gravely threatens international peace and security, and as a solution, the power and apparent finality of force are seductive.

Quotes by Charles Kennedy

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 'gravely' mean across these quotes?
It signals serious warnings and consequences, used for predictions about Brexit's economic impact, personal warnings, and heavy conscience.
Is there a Brexit-related gravely quote?
Yes, one quote references confident past predictions that the City would be gravely damaged by leaving the E.U., presented as a historical claim.
What does the quote about being gravely warned refer to?
It describes a woman gravely warned by female acquaintances that writing a book could cost her being seen as a lady, reflecting an old social attitude.
Is there a quote about conscience and gravely serious matters?
Yes, one quote describes feeling guilty over a matter as weighty as walking away from one's children, calling that guilt an affectation of a kind.
Does the collection reference a historical figure alongside 'gravely'?
Yes, one quote mentions Alexandre Dumas asleep at his uncle's house on a specific 1806 night, setting a gravely tense historical scene.

One line turns the word inward, admitting guilt over an act as heavy as leaving one's children, a weight shared by close Acquaintances and family alike.