Life, like poker has an element of risk. It shouldn't be avoided. It should be faced. — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
Democracy has many definitions, but what's in it for me is not an element of any of them. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
Fire has always been and, seemingly, will always remain, the most terrible of the elements. — Harry Houdini Copy Share Image
The advent of truth, like the dawn of day, agitates the elements, while it disperses the gloom. — Elias Lyman Magoon Copy Share Image
The elements which are the most widely diffused have small atomic weights. — Dmitri Mendeleev Copy Share Image
There are elements of intrinsic beauty in the simplification of a house built on the log cabin idea. — Gustav Stickley Copy Share Image
When all is said and done, the weather and love are the two elements about which one can never be sure. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Religion is one dimension of culture, a transcendent element of it. — Francis Arinze Copy Share Image
I take the ethical truths to be the stable elements that emerge out of ethical progress and that are retained under further… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
When you get past making labels for things, it is possible to combine and transform elements into new things. Look at things… — Corita Kent Copy Share Image
I love grand scale. One of the things that everybody mentions is that my novels are beautiful objects in the sense that… — Richard Grossman Copy Share Image
Some of my favorite music is incredibly repetitive, or on the surface has an element of repetition. But once you go beneath… — John Dieterich Copy Share Image
The constituents of tragedy may be universally acknowledged, easily invoked and deeply felt, but the elements of comedy are, I think, more… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
It's not fair to compare one artist to another because they all come with their own sort of elements to the picnic,… — Annie Lennox Copy Share Image
The thing is there have been American movies that are similar to Solaris, like Alien had a lot of things that are… — Alex Winter Copy Share Image
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
I have always been a big fan of the character and am more of a moviegoer than a comic book guy, there… — Christopher Nolan Copy Share Image
I don't believe in making movies to cater to a foreign audience. You never know what the reaction is going to be… — Hirokazu Koreeda Copy Share Image
The creation of all those symbols and logotypes which are an ever more striking feature of the world in which we live… — Armin Hofmann Copy Share Image
When I'm writing, I'm trying to access my subconscious and turn off my conscious brain. I use my conscious for research, but… — Dan Gilroy Copy Share Image
I wanted to make a massive work so as soon as Nick Mitzevich invited me I said yes straight away and began… — Ben Quilty Copy Share Image
I love helicopters. In fact, my wife and my friends, the myth of the chopper in the sky is that Len's going… — Len Wiseman Copy Share Image
Well, there were definitely elements of my rise in radio that had to do with my being black. But going back as… — Wendy Williams Copy Share Image
Teenagers are passionate and they want music that speaks within their hearts. It's a big deal for students to listen to Christian… — Mark Hall Copy Share Image
The question of whether a device will come into being depends upon three things: first, whether there is a practical use for… — Vannevar Bush Copy Share Image
The bourgeoisie, which far surpasses the proletariat in the completeness and irreconcilibility of its class consciousness, is vitally interested in imposing its… — Leon Trotsky Copy Share Image
“Did you know that shooting stars are made when stars die?' Mina asked. 'Really? I thought they were stars going on a… — Yōko Ogawa Copy Share Image
While much of modern behavioral and social science treats individuals as autonomous agents, it is absolutely clear that the way we think… — Richard R. Nelson Copy Share Image
The Theatre of Cruelty has been created in order to restore to the theatre a passionate and convulsive conception of life, and… — Antonin Artaud Copy Share Image
The decisive moment, the popular Henri Cartier-Bresson approach to photography in which a scene is stopped and depicted at a certain point… — Fred Ritchin Copy Share Image
“Not one of them [formulae] can be shown to have any existence, so that the formula of one of the simplest of… — Alexander William Williamson Copy Share Image
The social dynamics of human history, even more than that of biological evolution, illustrate the fundamental principle of ecological evolution - that… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Order and surprise: these are two intertwined elements that make for any great library or collection. — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
My performances may have elements that some may find entertaining, but that's not my main purpose. — Vaginal Davis Copy Share Image
The essential element of love is a belief in its own eternity. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
I don't want ever to be guilty of what my critics claim: doing formula without original elements. — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
Producing is nothing more than bringing all the elements together, connecting people. — Brion James Copy Share Image
I think the tree is an element of regeneration which in itself is a concept of time. — Joseph Beuys Copy Share Image
One of the most important elements in teaching, conducting, and performing, all three, is listening. — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
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