The most important things must be said simply, for they are spoiled by bombast; whereas trivial things must be described grandly, for… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A phrase begins life as a literary expression; its felicity leads to its lazy repetition; and repetition soon establishes it as a… — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
Suppose we think while we talk or write--I mean, as we normally do--we shall not in general say that we think quicker… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
My hair has always been a definitive part of my personal style, so I love being part of a campaign that celebrates… — Camila Mendes Copy Share Image
Our hearts hold our real feelings, our minds think those feelings, our lips speak those feelings, and our outside bodies hide those… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A work of art is an abstract or epitome of the world. It is the result or expression of nature, in miniature.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
There's no game plan when it comes to thinking up new characters; inspiration can come from anything - from a wig I've… — Catherine Tate Copy Share Image
There are people who say, 'Oh this guy is quite thick.' I think the reason is that, increasingly, I don't mind being… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
I like to think of fire held in a man's hand. Fire, a dangerous force, tamed at his fingertips. I often wonder… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
To the enlightened man... whose consciousness embraces the universe, to him the universe becomes his 'body', while the physical body becomes the… — Anagarika Govinda Copy Share Image
I am dominated by one thing, an irresistible, burning attraction towards the abstract. The expression of human feelings and the passions of… — Gustave Moreau Copy Share Image
It makes no sense to seek a single best way to represent knowledge-because each particular form of expression also brings its particular… — Marvin Minsky Copy Share Image
With actors and directors, it's a conversation that you have. You have to learn each other's language and learn how to communicate… — Ashton Kutcher Copy Share Image
I feel very strongly indeed that a Cambridge education for our scientists should include some contact with the humanistic side. The gift… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is something evocative about the idea of destruction. This act of destruction is the expression of an idea... that what we… — Antoni Tapies Copy Share Image
How small the cosmos (a kangaroo's pouch would hold it), how paltry and puny in comparison to human consciousness, to a single… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Victoria?" she hissed. "Laurent?" I nodded, a teensy bit alarmed by the expression in her black eyes. I pointed at my chest.… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
I think meditation helps greatly with creativity. If it's a pure expression of yourself no matter what it is or what medium,… — Rainn Wilson Copy Share Image
“Vronsky saw nothing and no one. He felt himself as a king, not because she had made an impression on Anna-he did… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Style for me is some one who figures out who they are. What works on them. What they feel good in and… — Tom Ford Copy Share Image
Well, I am not interested in the kind of expression that you have when you paint a painting with brush strokes. It's… — Donald Judd Copy Share Image
Anyone and anything can be a vehicle for the expression of God - but never contain the fullness of God. Therefore, the… — Thomas G. Bandy Copy Share Image
I want makeup to be more about freedom of expression. If I want to put on makeup and make myself look different,… — Madelaine Petsch Copy Share Image
I hate to express political ideas directly in a book. I don't want my books to be seen as an expression of… — Abdellah Taia Copy Share Image
“I'm very aware we are the first generation ever to have such incredible opportunities to express ourselves publicly to a worldwide audience.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
One is neither too scrupulous nor too sincere nor too submissive to nature; but one is more or less master of one's… — Paul Cezanne Copy Share Image
The close-up, according to D.W. Griffith, allows subtle changes of facial expression-the raising of an eyebrow or the flicker of a smile-to… — Chuck Jones Copy Share Image
What we cannot express by the art of thinking, by the art of science or philosophy or logic, we can and should… — Naum Gabo Copy Share Image
I think they saw me as something like a deliverer, a way out. My means of expression, my music, was a way… — Little Richard Copy Share Image
In capitalist history, invasion and class struggle are not opposites, as the official legend would have us believe, but one is the… — Karl Liebknecht Copy Share Image
. . . Action always happens in the present, because it is an expression of the body, which can only exist in… — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
The free expression of resentment against one's parents represents a great opportunity. It provides access to one's true self, reactivates numbed feelings,… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
See we just had a misunderstanding. I thought we lived in the U.S. of A., the United States of America. But actually… — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
In whatever number of years I have on Earth, I think that promoting the values of free expression, the openness of the… — Eric Schmidt Copy Share Image
From a spiritual perspective, freedom from attachment to a particular outcome is the ultimate expression of liberation. We can choose the actions… — David Simon Copy Share Image
True courage comes not just from feeling confident and strong, but from being the honest, authentic expression in yourself. Think about how… — Debbie Ford Copy Share Image
The search for total knowledge starts from the Self and finds its fulfillment in coming back to the Self, finding that everything… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Copy Share Image
The first amendment gives us the liberty of expression, of religion, and assembly. Sometimes we don't like what people have to say,… — Ruben Diaz Sr Copy Share Image
Each individual work serves as an expression of our most personal state of mind at that particular moment and of the inescapable,… — Lyonel Feininger Copy Share Image
