Figures Quotes · Page 28

I am not a political figure, nor do I want to be one; but I come with my heart.

— Princess Diana

Modesty is to merit, what shade is to figures in a picture; it gives it strength and makes it stand out.

— Jean de la Bruyere

I'm scared of making the biggest mistake of my life. I'm just trying to figure out what the mistake is.

— Lisa Kleypas

I had 'Star Wars' figures and G.I. Joes and Transformers and all the posters.

— Dan Fogler

We amuse ourselves painting our prison-walls with bright figures and brilliant landscapes.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Just give the brain the information and it will figure it out.

— David Eagleman

Our job is not to figure out the 'how'. The 'how' will show up out of the commitment and believe in the…

— Jack Canfield

“But, of course, for those of us who understand life, we would not care less about figures.”

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

I've never met a woman who thinks they've got a good enough figure - however perfect they look - which is sad,…

— L'Wren Scott

Well, I'm still experimenting, trying to figure out my style. I'm trying lots of things from many designers including Christian Siriano.

— Isabelle Fuhrman

I have no more idea now of who I am than I did before. But at least I know that. And I'm…

— David Levithan

The ideal situation would be to bypass all of the drama and mayhem and just get the music right to the people.…

— Debbie Gibson

It was hard to figure out what were the good causes, the bad causes, even the good politics and the bad politics.…

— Jeff Ament

A big chunk of Western civilization, consciously or otherwise, has given the impression that it's dying to surrender to somebody, anybody. Reasonably…

— Mark Steyn

There are some public figures who are very private and almost hide behind their work. I try to be as open as…

— Moby

I want people to consider talent without a last name or a race attached to it. I knew it would be a…

— Genesis Rodriguez

Since the election [of Donald Trump], I've been thinking about a lot of theory. Lots of [Michel] Foucault and [Karl] Marx, thinking…

— Morgan Parker

Leo got up and brushed himself off. "I hate that guy". He offered Jason his arm like they should go skipping together."I'm…

— Rick Riordan

The easiest way to figure out who the customer is in an online space is to figure out who is paying for…

— Douglas Rushkoff

When you look at what Star (casino) has done for Sydney over the last fifteen years.. I don't think it has done…

— James Packer

I cannot figure out just what Dadaism is beyond an insane jumble of the four winds, the six senses, and plum pudding.…

— Hart Crane

You can be extremely bright and still have dyslexia. You just have to understand how you learn and how you process information.…

— Tim Tebow

Right now, the technological world plus God or spirituality is evolving. I think America has become a little bit too corrupt, government's…

— Robert Kiyosaki

It seems to me that one thing people do over and over again is try to figure out how to get married,…

— John Cusack

As I considered the matter carefully it gradually came to light that all those matters only were referred to mathematics in which…

— Rene Descartes

In all places where there is a Summer and a Winter, and where your Gardens of pleasure are sometimes clothed with their…

— John Worlidge

I'm reading the Gospels at the moment and I can find no evidence of the kind of Christ people seem to have…

— Franco Zeffirelli

On the outside, Oscar simply looked tired, no taller, no fatter, only the skin under his eyes, pouched from years of quiet…

— Junot Diaz

I've certainly stayed a marginal figure, though I became a member of the "surveillance committee" fairly early on. I can actually live…

— Mauricio Kagel

But most of all, I like to watch people. Sometimes I ride the subway all day and look at them and listen…

— Ray Bradbury

Actually learning ancient Greek was a brilliant practice of mine because you'd sit there and you'd read a sentence and sometimes it…

— Robert Greene

A full-dressed ecclesiastic is a sort of go-cart of divinity; an ethical automaton. A clerical prig is, in general, a very dangerous…

— William Hazlitt

Either we figure out how to keep corporate cash out of the political system or we lose the democracy.

— Molly Ivins

Learn from your mistakes, trying to figure out what the best way to go forward is.

— Hillary Clinton

Essentially the Succubus is a mythical figure - who used to come in and cause trouble with innocent men.

— MyAnna Buring

I figure the oldies are real close to what rocking country use to be.

— Wolfman Jack

i had no idea what i wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me…

— Walter Isaacson

As a designer, I love to explore user edge cases and figure out what appear to be rules.

— Eric Holmes

A poet not in love is out at sea; He must have a lay-figure.

— Philip James Bailey

Know what suits you. Now I understand proportion and recognise the shapes that look good on my figure.

— Zooey Deschanel