Setting Quotes · Page 13

“The setting is a worthy one, if the devil did desire to have a hand in the affairs of men.”

— Arthur Conan Doyle

I don't think 'Lootera' is slow paced; it's finely paced for its setting and story.

— Vikramaditya Motwane

The church should provide a setting in which people can express their questions.

— Ravi Zacharias

Vulgarity is setting store by the things which are seen.

— Sydney, Lady Morgan

The ring of a false coin is not more recognizable than that of a rhyme setting forth a false sorrow.

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich

“The light was going: some cloud cover arriving, as if summoned by drama.”

— China Miéville

The stage on which we play our little dramas of life and love has for most of us but one setting.

— Mary Roberts Rinehart

Setting a movie in an earlier age gives it a mythical quality.

— Peter Riegert

I always had a superstitious fear of setting up a too well-designed writing place and then finding that the writing had absconded.

— Seamus Heaney

Never try to fit a target audience. Write what is true to the characters in their settings and the audience will find…

— Alex Borstein

If you are not satisfied with what is coming to you, start to work and change your mental attitude and mental states,…

— William Walker Atkinson

Tragedies are always discussed as if they took place in a void, but actually each tragedy is conditioned by its setting, local…

— Tariq Ali

By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to…

— Mark Victor Hansen

We absolutely thrive on the live setting. Even when we're in the studio, we make sure the songs we create are something…

— Ivan Moody

Guilt can prevent us from setting the boundaries that would be in our best interests, and in other peoples best interests.

— Melody Beattie

In choosing where to live or vacation, we may be setting the stage for the play of ourselves, treating nature as prop.

— Deborah Tall

Do ask yourself why you, the individual, exist, and if you can get no other answer try for once to justify the…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

I suspect people who are indecisive are people who are far too enamored of analysis in all settings and are destroying their…

— Malcolm Gladwell

Some creative writing programs seem evil, but my experience at Irvine was totally the opposite, where I feel like they were really…

— Aimee Bender

Throughout my career I've struggled to encourage people to read my books on a more metaphorical level. I'm less attached to my…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

God in His answers to prayer often says "Yes." Sometimes He says "Wait." Often He says "No." In any case, His will…

— Norman Vincent Peale

Very thorough in the rehearsal process but more in terms of just understanding the characters, understanding where the actors are at with…

— Kate Winslet

It is possible that, in fact, Trump's call for "America First" (despite evoking unpleasant recollections that such a phrase was the invention…

— Richard A. Falk

I was a terrible student. Still, I managed to get into college, but my daydreaming threatened to sabotage me. I used behavior…

— Sandra Cisneros

I believe you can train yourself to become a positive thinker, but you must cultivate a desire to develop the skill of…

— M. Russell Ballard

Their preservation depends upon a sentiment. As sentiment never yet annihilated a paying industry, we cannot hope to stay, wholly, the ax…

— Frank Howard Clark

I try to explain the difference to a client between cleaning and restoration.Cleaning is simply removing some light to moderate soils. Restoration…

— Tony Evans

America as a setting seems inexhaustibly fascinating to me, and I think there's something about the outsider viewpoint that works for me.…

— James Lasdun

There are so many types of shoes. There's so many categories, and I really have no idea what type of shoe I…

— Arj Barker

“In the detective story, as in its mirror image, the Quest for the Grail, maps (the ritual of space) and timetables (the…

— W.H. Auden

The mind is incredible. Once you've gained mastery over it, channeling its powers positively for your purposes, you can do anything. I…

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

[E]conomic liberty and creative entrepreneurship are the basis of any solution to today's social and economic difficulties. Blaming business, setting wages, and…

— Doug Bandow

It's not like we were setting out to make a political statement - we're just a band with opinions.

— Martie Maguire

The time I save setting up and cleaning up probably balances out by the time I spend on output.

— Buffy Sainte-Marie

Stop setting goals. Goals are pure fantasy unless you have a specific plan to achieve them.

— Stephen Covey

I am a master at setting boundaries that protect my time, energy, creativity, and emotional well-being.

— Cheryl Richardson

You couldn't put me in a social group setting. I'm probably a terrible anarchist deep down.

— Maya Lin

I don't understand being idle; I don't have an idle setting. I probably should develop one.

— John Darnielle

When you see the setting, wait for the rising. Why worry about a sunset or a fading moon?

— Rumi

Most social acts have to be understood in their setting, and lose meaning if isolated.

— Solomon Asch