The true finish is the work of time, and the use to which a thing is put. The elements are still polishing… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The soprano has all those other instruments in it. It's got the soprano song voice, flute, violin, clarinet, and tenor elements and… — Steve Lacy Copy Share Image
I think all good narration contains an element of mystery and suspense. If it didn't, if the storyline were predictable, we would… — James Lee Burke Copy Share Image
Making a film is like putting out a fire with sieve. There are so many elements, and it gets so complicated. — George Lucas Copy Share Image
My position now, especially in this town, adds an element of skepticism with people you meet - especially girls. I mean, it… — Jason Biggs Copy Share Image
The thing that attracts people to "The Sopranos" is the family element. It shows that America still has a longing for that… — Christine O'Donnell Copy Share Image
The principle of fashion is . . . the principle of the kaleidoscope. A new year can only bring us a new… — Katharine Fullerton Gerould Copy Share Image
If any one element of French cooking can be called important, basic and essential, that element is soup. — Louis Diat Copy Share Image
All I can say is that I am not one of those writers who want 100% of their book in the film.… — Vikas Swarup Copy Share Image
You can hire your advisor and then just apply a windage factor, like I used to do when I was a rifle… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
The standard "foundation" for mathematics starts with sets and their elements. It is possible to start differently, by axiomatising not elements of… — Saunders Mac Lane Copy Share Image
For sudden the worst turns the best to the brave, The black minute's at end, And the elements' rage, the fiend voices… — Robert Browning Copy Share Image
If you focus on literature through only one small element of it, like the more scientific element of linguistics, then where is… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
There is in even the most selfish passion a large element of self-abnegation. It is startling to realize that what we call… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
I'm a compulsive enjamber. I'm drawn to half-meanings created by the line, so that's definitely an element of craft that's always on… — Anna Journey Copy Share Image
Shadow boxes become poetic theater or settings wherein are metamorphosed the elements of a childhood pastime. The fragile, shimmering globules become the… — Joseph Cornell Copy Share Image
On a long flight, after periods of crisis and many hours of fatigue, mind and body may become disunited until at times… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
NAFTA and GATT are quite similar. They both have highly protectionist elements. They're kind of a mixture of liberalization and protection designed… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It is our destiny to live with the wrong as well as the right kind of citizens, and to learn from them,… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
You read reviews by top reviewers of films that not only had remarkably interesting scores, but films whose effectiveness was absolutely enhanced,… — Jerry Goldsmith Copy Share Image
When I was a film critic, the reason I kind of found it disenchanting was because the things that I wanted to… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
“Love is a chemical reaction, But it cannot be fully understood or defined by science. And though a body cannot exist without… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
Nature that framed us of four elements, Warring within our breasts for regiment, Doth teach us all to have aspiring minds: Our… — Christopher Marlowe Copy Share Image
It is the Muslim community that has the best chance of stopping and checking and pushing back on people who are trying… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
Even if the character is something that seems ridiculous on paper, there's a human element to everything. Otherwise, we don't connect with… — Cody Rhodes Copy Share Image
The mantra from the Obama State Department is 'smart power' - the not-so-new idea that all elements of national power should be… — Ed Royce Copy Share Image
My own philanthropic efforts have always included an educational element, whether it's expanding opportunities to educate a promising mind or extending the… — Naveen Jain Copy Share Image
Hot water is my native element. I was in it as a baby, and I have never seemed to get out of… — Edith Sitwell Copy Share Image
Lots of the time, we just think of the Bible as history or life lessons or poetry or - unfortunately - a… — Jennifer Rothschild Copy Share Image
In big houses in which things are done properly, there is always the religious element. The diurnal cycle is observed with more… — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
When you're an investor, you can look at the quantitative and qualitative elements of an investment, but there's a third aspect: What… — Kevin O'Leary Copy Share Image
We shall find the abstract equivalent for all forms & elements in the universe, then we shall combine them in sculptural constructions… — Giacomo Balla Copy Share Image
The spontaneous expansion of the Church reduced to its elements is a very simple thing...What is necessary is faith. What is needed… — Roland Allen Copy Share Image
Because no man can ever feel his own identity aright except his eyes be closed; as if darkness were indeed the proper… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
I fall in love with characters when they're out of their element or are uncomfortable and you really feel for them in… — Anna Kendrick Copy Share Image
What people sometimes interpret as quirky is my attempt to subvert the concept of luxury by introducing elements that are considered ordinary… — Miuccia Prada Copy Share Image
The essential elements of singing are voice, musicianship, and story. It is the rare artist that has all three in abundance. — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
Mendeleev, unlike the squeamish Meyer, had balls enough to predict that new elements would be dug up. Look harder, you chemists and… — Sam Kean Copy Share Image
Tension is an interesting quality - and architecture must have it. There should be elements of the inexplicable, the mysterious, and the… — Annabelle Selldorf Copy Share Image
Every religion contains, in varying degrees, elements of the soft and the hard. For the sake of world peace, dialogue within religions… — Johan Galtung Copy Share Image
