Male urination really is a kind of accomplishment, an arc of transcendance. A woman merely waters the ground she stands on. — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
But there are forces that don't let you turn back and undo things, because to do so would be to deny what… — Salvador Plascencia Copy Share Image
I find historical figures in general very tricky because you feel at times that you're serving two masters. Not only the arc… — Vincent Piazza Copy Share Image
The stories that I like to tell and the movies I like are always grounded in the emotional arc of the characters. — Eric Balfour Copy Share Image
She (Annabeth) put her hand on my spine, and my skin tingled. I (Percy) moved her fingers to the one spot that… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
The fundamental story arc of the Bible is God is passionate about rescuing this world, restoring it, renewing it. — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
Arc, amplitude, and curvature sustain a similar relation to each other as time, motion, and velocity, or as volume, mass, and density. — Carl Friedrich Gauss Copy Share Image
Truly, if you were to tear me limb from limb and separate my soul from my body, I would not say anything… — Joan of Arc Copy Share Image
The more closely [the German army] converged on [Stalingrad], the narrower became their scope for tactical manoeuvre as a lever in loosening… — B. H. Liddell Hart Copy Share Image
Change isn't optional, and creation isn't something that happened a long time ago and then ended. It's ongoing, and we are invited… — David LaMotte Copy Share Image
I never think about the next movie. I always think about the situation I'm in now, but you do think about an… — Alex Pettyfer Copy Share Image
I look for two things when I am about to launch into a book. First, there has to be a dramatic arc… — David Maraniss Copy Share Image
The arc of history is longer than human vision. It bends. We abolished slavery, we granted universal suffrage. We have done hard… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
At the beginning of the book [The Dissemblers], Ivy [Wilkes] has a long way to go in order to achieve self-sufficiency. Although… — Liza Campbell Copy Share Image
The brilliant Schiller was wrong in his Joan of Arc when he said against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain. It… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
There is an arc of spontaneous revolts, beautiful in their creative beginnings, which traverses boundaries and borders and creates new solidarities and… — Nigel Gibson Copy Share Image
When you're making a television show, it's about the story and arc of the show rather than any particular episode or director. — Eli Roth Copy Share Image
I am on the International Board of Best Buddies, and I am also working with Special Olympics, and with The Arc to… — Lauren Potter Copy Share Image
Through the music I hope to give it an arc that gives it a greater sense of a journey through the set… — Gotye Copy Share Image
I was nervous when I first started True Blood because if you do a play or a movie, you know the complete… — Alexander Skarsgard Copy Share Image
“Today’s tangents will become tomorrow’s arcs, and unforeseen connections will tie up your loose ends in a way that will make you… — Chris Baty Copy Share Image
You can perfect genius because genius is not perfection. On his level and his practice and his methodology, it's almost inhuman. So,… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
Drama is a complete meal, vitamins, proteins, carbohydrates. It's a slow burn thing. It's got an arc. Comedy is more like coke. — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
Writers know - especially new writers - [that] a lot of it [creative process] is the prewriting stage, the talking, brainstorming, the… — Jenna Bush Copy Share Image
I started my career giving a clinic in bad acting in the film, "The Silver Chalice," and now I'm playing a crusty… — Paul Newman Copy Share Image
Whenever a woman describes herself as a 'post-feminist' I picture women lashed to posts. Joan of Arc was an early post-feminist. — Kate Clinton Copy Share Image
It's a long arc and a long storyline, and I think it leaves us in a great place to see how we… — Mike Colter Copy Share Image
It seemed to take Sirius an age to fall: his body curved in a graceful arc as he sank backwards through the… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
A horse which stops dead just before a jump and thus propels its rider into a graceful arc provides a splendid excuse… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We must move forward in the days ahead with audacious faith. The moral arc of the universe is long but it bends… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
No picture of life can have any veracity that does not admit the odious facts. A man's power is hooped in by… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A writer's job is to cultivate what can go wrong. You're always looking for that dramatic arc of where things can fail. — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I have trouble sleeping, at the end of the night. There's a lot of stimulus and my brain is processing a lot… — Tatiana Maslany Copy Share Image
My writing process is very organic. I start with an idea. I have the general story arc and the cast. But then… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
When you're in sync with the director, on the type of movie you want to make, the arc of the characters, how… — Dwayne Johnson Copy Share Image
I sat down in the sand, breathless with shame and failure. God, I thought, some defender of the weak. Some freedom fighter:… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
As a feminine cocreator, having lived through the arc of evolution from 1929 to the present, I offer encouragement and vocational arousal… — Barbara Marx Hubbard Copy Share Image
I'm Joan of Arc. I figured we had a lot in common, seeing as how I was almost burned at the stake.… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
You sometimes see a woman who would have made a Joan of Arc in another century and climate, threshing herself to pieces… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
Every time I see a film about Joan of Arc I'm convinced she'll get away with it. It's the only way to… — Francoise Sagan Copy Share Image
![“The more closely [the German army] converged on [Stalingrad], the narrower became their scope for tactical manoeuvre as a lever in loosening resistance. By contrast, the narrowing of the frontage made it easier for the defender to switch his local reserves to any threatened point on the defensive…” quote by B. H. Liddell Hart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/94a/b-h-liddell-hart-9275_arcs_the-more-closely-the-german-army-converg_1327222.jpg)
![“At the beginning of the book [The Dissemblers], Ivy [Wilkes] has a long way to go in order to achieve self-sufficiency. Although she is very independent, even somewhat of a loner, she is very affected by other peoples' opinions. At the opening of the book, her ideas of success and achievement are…” quote by Liza Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/69e/liza-campbell-17930_achieve_at-the-beginning-of-the-book-the-dissemb_787869.jpg)
![“Writers know - especially new writers - [that] a lot of it [creative process] is the prewriting stage, the talking, brainstorming, the narrative arc and the character sketches.” quote by Jenna Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/132/jenna-bush-12615_arcs_writers-know-especially-new-writers-that_1531243.jpg)
![“I started my career giving a clinic in bad acting in the film, "The Silver Chalice," and now I'm playing a crusty old man who's an animated automobile [in "Cars"]. That's a creative arc for you, isn't it?” quote by Paul Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ef0/paul-newman-2526_acting_i-started-my-career-giving-a-clinic-in-b_953174.jpg)
