Setting Quotes · Page 15

One item on my agenda is simply planning trips, setting them as goals, something to look forward to.

— Paul Parker

“Outside, the air filled with cricket noise, as the sun reddened in its descent.”

— R.J. Lawrence

“They rolled up the path, tree branches raking the windshield like angry wardens.”

— R.J. Lawrence

The gentleman puts me in mind of an old hen which persists in setting after her eggs are taken away.

— Fisher Ames

Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close.

— John Ruskin

Dream big by setting yourself seemingly impossible challenges. You then have to catch up with them.

— Richard Branson

Modest expression is a beautiful setting to the diamond of talent and genius.

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

The United States is not for democracy in Iraq, it's for setting up a puppet government.

— Peter Camejo

It was rehearsing in the studio, at which point they were setting up the sound, and once we'd got the thing together…

— Noel Redding

Being unique is what's cool. Normal? What's normal? A setting on a washing machine. No one wants to be that.

— Ashley Purdy

Old people are fond of giving good advice; it consoles them for no longer being capable of setting a bad example.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

I'm tired of liberals dividing this country up into little groups, setting them upon each other, breeding spite and envy, and then…

— Allen West

Approximately 80% of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough…

— Ronald Reagan

In radio, you are the game, so to speak - you have to describe every aspect. In TV, I've always felt less…

— Marv Albert

I want my kids to be in an environment where they can talk about values in a way that you can't always…

— Kerry Healey

I'm very happy, very delighted. I'm setting to like a fighting cockerel, for I'm surrounded here by all that I love.

— Claude Monet

The savage, rocky shores of Christmas Island, 200 miles south of Java, in the Indian Ocean. It's November, the moon is in…

— David Attenborough

Be sure to set your goals so high that you can't possibly accomplish them in one lifetime. That way you'll always have…

— Ted Turner

“On the whole I try to keep Modesty and Willie in timeless settings, which is why I avoid all the latest slang…

— Peter O'Donnell

“Mount Fuji was mostly invisible n the summer, but on clear days she could see its grand and graceful silhouette dominating the…

— Sara Backer

The things you learn from sports - setting goals, being part of a team, confidence - that's invaluable. It's not about trophies…

— Summer Sanders

If we were to have a presidential election in Europe it would be an event that would spark a huge interest in…

— Wolfgang Schauble

Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has been one of my good friends in the House of Representatives. When she was brutally shot, Gabby was…

— Chellie Pingree

Clearly, you can think back and see that a character has had enormous odds stacked against him and has to overcome them.…

— Danny Boyle

I kind of enjoy the limits. If you've got no limits, you can do absolutely anything, it's very difficult, actually. I always…

— Dave McKean

Today, America poses a threat to peace and security in the world. Therefore, the slogan "Death to America" is no longer used…

— Ali Khamenei

A man of intellect is like an artist who gives a concert without any help from anyone else, playing on a single…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

I've always been a fan of the band setting. I've always been a believer in bands, and I've always been in bands.…

— Frank Iero

Childhood has been idealised as a lost garden paradise to which we can never return. We are excluded from this world of…

— Loretta Lux

My background is in painting but in school in the sixties, like many artists of that time, I believed that painting was…

— William Wegman

If you look at the image [ Portrait of the Artist as a Shadow of His Former Self ], it treads on…

— Kerry James Marshall

I think that it's extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing. When it started out, it was an…

— Alan Perlis

By setting up Berkshire Hathaway, Warren has done everything very rationally.

— Walter Schloss

For me, the main thing is that I continually improve my game and make sure I keep setting the bar high.

— Manuel Neuer

When you listen to my songs, you hear messages and real stories. That's what's setting me apart.

— Tink

It's important to teach your kids the value of being active by setting a good example.

— Heidi Klum

Fun is to experience things you would not have been able to experience in any other setting.

— Mike Krzyzewski

Privatization of utilities costs would be astronomical, as would setting up a National Bank.

— Mick Hucknall

Should it not be remembered that in setting a garden we are painting a picture?

— Beatrix Farrand

We are setting out to create new worlds, new beings, new modes of consciousness.

— William S. Burroughs