Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
America was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness which are derived from the revelations of the Holy Scripture.
Our institutions have a potent digestion, and may in time convert and assimilate to good all elements thrown in, however originally alien.
There is an element of mystique to radio, and I often listen to cricket commentary on radio, especially when one is stuck in a traffic jam.
'The Lake of Dreams' grew gradually, over many years, elements and ideas accruing until they gained enough critical mass to become a novel.
The longer a line, the more of the time element it contains. Distance is time whereas a surface is apprehended more in terms of the moment.
What eludes logic is the most precious element in us, and one can draw nothing from a syllogism that the mind has not put there in advance.
It is not my fault that certain so-called bohemian elements have found in my writings something to hang their peculiar beatnik theories on.
Adjective salad is delicious, with each element contributing its individual and unique flavor; but a puree of adjective soup tastes yecchy.
Sometimes a piece of music in the score isn't effective. When a score is too well finished with too many elements, sometimes it's too much.
If you're doing a drama that has some comedic elements you can't forget that it's primarily a very serious film that has some light relief.
My eyeliner is part of my face. There are elements that I'll change here and there, but my eyeliner, with little wings, that never changes.
Picasso took scraps of wallpaper, and instead of using paint and a brush, he used all the existing elements which he made his artwork with.
For me, the singer is actually the most important element. When I work with someone, it all comes down to whether I like the singer or not.
The AW14 collection is inspired by Film Noir. Elements of masculinity and femininity were reflected in the fabric, tailoring, and features.
Fire isn't always an element of destruction. Classical alchemical doctrine teaches that it also has dominion over another province: change.
A good ending is vital to a picture, the single most important element, because it is what the audience takes with them out of the theater.
I think that there are a lot of elements and events that will make you scared in life and make you not want to sort of show your true self.
It's real difficult to sing out in the elements at 2 in the morning in 35-degree weather while you're dancing in a sleeveless chiffon dress.
In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power - including strong and principled diplomacy.
To make great movies, there is an element of risk. You have to say, 'Well, I am going to make this film, and it is not really a sure thing.'
The only difference between elements and compounds consists in the supposed impossibility of proving the so-called elements to be compounds.
When I can't immediately define the character, and there's an element of mystery to it and still a lot to be explored, that's when I say yes.
I take the ethical truths to be the stable elements that emerge out of ethical progress and that are retained under further ethical progress.
Exactly like everything around us, we are made of the same elements of this earth and are totally dependent on this earth for our sustenance.
We need less memorization - I never memorized the periodic table of the elements - I've never used it, and I'm a physicist! I can look it up.
A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
Its a combination of melody and lyrics, not one without the other. Its a confluence of these different elements that makes something powerful.
One of the things that makes Hamlet unique among Shakespeare's characters is his courage to face up to the darker elements of his personality.
There is an element of delusional obsession in the French political elite's preoccupation with the notion that France is still a global power.
She was my rain. She was my unpredictable element. She was my fear. But a racer should not be afraid of rain; a racer should embrace the rain.
A nation must be embraced, rehabilitated and expressed as a tangible sign of human creativity and as an integral element of mankinds heritage.
What I love about Hugh Jackman is he just brings all the elements of my vision of Logan. The pain, the nobility, the duality of his existence.
Even if the character is something that seems ridiculous on paper, there's a human element to everything. Otherwise, we don't connect with it.
One of the most depressing things about President Donald Trump's decision to roll back elements of the Cuba opening is how predictable it was.
What I cannot follow are the manic-depressive fluctuations from total control to no control, from the serialization of all elements to chance.
Our torments also may in length of time Become our elements, these piercing fires As soft as now severe, our temper changed Into their temper.
All the elements in an advertisement are primarily designed to do one thing and one thing only: get you to read the first sentence of the copy.
From my experience as an actor, choreographer, action director, and producer, I understand the elements and the dynamics of being a film maker.
For whatever reason, acting took the front seat but all of the projects that I've been doing seem to have some sort of musical element to them.
We have to make sure the music and the message and the words and all the elements come through in our songs and every time we appear in public.
There were certain elements of the healing process I could not capture. And even if I was right in the science, I could be wrong in the spirit.
'Dinner' is completely scripted. There are some improv elements, but I'm not interested in pranking people. It's more like a play than standup.
Sociology should... be thought of as a science of action-of the ultimate common value element in its relations to the other elements of action.
We perhaps need to snatch happiness in little pieces, learning to recognize the elements of happiness and then treasuring them while they last.
The long poem cannot be a digressive, expansive, boring exposition. It is really made of very sharp, Imagistic, quintessential poetic elements.
There's an element of fervor and passion that you can't describe when it comes to people who, their faith literally might cost them their life.
I hardly ever read mainstream fiction that deals with life as it is. I like an element of fantasy, something that isn`t quite of the real world.
I find so many songwriters today are missing an element ... either the production is amazing but the songs aren't, or it's the other way around.
It's a combination of melody and lyrics, not one without the other. It's a confluence of these different elements that makes something powerful.
In China, I had my body lit on fire. And in Russia, I took a bath in reindeer blood, which apparently had some kind of youth-enhancing elements.