Bereft Quotes

Then, when I was a senior in high school, I was kind of bereft and she put me in an acting class. - Beth Henley

The starters did a good job to start the game. The bench, inexplicably, is bereft of energy and intensity, and we have all young guys who are trying to carve out a career. I don't get it. - Jeff Van Gundy

Opener Matthew Hayden ... is so badly bereft of form and confidence that he has to be replaced at the top of the order and his inability to change his method of batting has cost his team. - Andrew Ramsey

Life devoid of struggles is a life bereft of happiness because the value of happiness is realized only after pain. - Sam Veda

It shows a Republican majority in disarray and bereft of ideas that address the needs of the American people. The American public has expressed its opinion on the failed policies of this administration. - Steny Hoyer

In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory. - Douglas MacArthur

I'm in awe of the universe, but I don't necessarily believe there's an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a passion for the visual in religious rituals, though, even though they may be completely empty and bereft of substance. The incense is powerful and provocative, whether Buddhist or Catholic. - David Bowie

If, what is learned is not put into practice, the student is like a cow that does not yield milk; a fruit lacking in taste, a book bereft of wisdom. - Atharva Veda

If, of thy mortal goods, thou art bereft, And from thy slender store two loaves alone to thee are left, Sell one and from the dole, Buy Hyacinths to feed the soul. - Muslih-uddin Sadi