“ La pensée n'est qu'un écliar au milieu d'une longue nuit. Mais c'est cet éclair qui est tout. Thought is only a… — Henri Poincaré Copy Share Image
The good, supreme, divine poetry is above the rules and reason. Whoever discerns its beauty with a firm, sedate gaze does not… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
All the manifest forms of existence are but illusions. They are momentary displays of consciousness, flashes of lightening in the sky. They… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
to give life to sculpture I found it must have a pulse, a breathing quality that could change in a flash, and… — Malvina Hoffman Copy Share Image
Against the windows the storm comes dashing, Through tattered foliage the hail tears crashing, The blue lightning flashes, The rapid hail clashes...… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Do I envy Madonna's body? Yes. Do I thank God that she has it? Yes! If you're fifty-something and you look like… — Salma Hayek Copy Share Image
Now we see how the astronomical evidence supports the biblical view of the origin of the world. The details differ, but the… — Robert Jastrow Copy Share Image
And just as I was climbing into that first-class seat, and wrapping myself in a blanket, just as I was adjusting my… — Spalding Gray 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
Sejal had not thought of her home, or of India as a whole, as cool. She was dimly aware, however, of a… — Adam Rex Copy Share Image
“The flash opened up into something larger, an even more blasphemous notion that her brain contained too much. That the volume of… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
My friend Madea has "attitude" that comes with wisdom. Back in our teens and twenties, we thought we knew everything and made… — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
You can sail in the desert with a ship of fools. You can smuggle in Moses and his book of rules. But… — Bruce Dickinson Copy Share Image
The point of the dragonfly's terrible lip, the giant water bug, birdsong, or the beautiful dazzle and flash of sunlighted minnows,is not… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
He came, not as a flash of light or as an unapproachable conqueror, but as one whose first cries were heard by… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
But I have had enough melodrama in this life, and would willingly give my five senses if they could ensure us our… — Daphne du Maurier Copy Share Image
Billboards, billboards, drink this, eat that, use all manner of things, everyone, the best, the cheapest, the purest and most satisfying of… — Neal Cassady Copy Share Image
Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
My absolute favorite growing up was 'Super Friends.' The assemblage of so many mighty heroes in one place was, to me, mind-blowing.… — Michael Ian Black Copy Share Image
I was the one small brunete among tall blondes. You only get one body, might as well love it. Nothing is the… — Lucy Hale Copy Share Image
But nowadays everybody's a comedian, even the weather girls and continuity announcers. We laugh at everything. Not intelligently anymore, not with sudden… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
It occurs to her that she should record this flash of insight in her journal - otherwise she is sure to forget,… — Carol Shields Copy Share Image
At some point, a flash of sustained clarity reveals the difference between what someone would have you believe is true, and what… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
I have no affinity for animals. I don’t hate animals and I would never hurt an animal; I just don’t actively care… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
War is an unpredictable beast. Once unleashed, it runs like a rabid dog, ravening friend or foe alike. It can drag on… — Kate Forsyth Copy Share Image
I've seen films that have made as much as $100, $200 million, but they're not films. They're images. They're flashes. They're many… — Sergio Leone Copy Share Image
The mind travels faster than the pen; consequently, writing becomes a question of learning to make occasional wing shots, bringing down the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My life is superficial, takes no root in the deep world; I ask, When shall I die, and be relieved of the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I don't want to be a flash in the pan. I want to be around for a very long time. I want… — Cheyenne Kimball Copy Share Image
i could have told him to learn from Gatsby. from the lonely, isolated Gatsby, who also tried to retrieve his past and… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
Everything looks stark and vivid and frozen, as though drawn precisely and outlined in ink - parents' smiles frozen, camera flashes blinding,… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
Again, now, now, again Plashes the rain in heavy gouts, The crinkled lightning Seems ever brightening... And loud and long Again the… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
It was so simple that a flash of astonishment that felt like pain shot through her head. Education! That was it! It… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
I hate my verses, every line, every word. Oh pale and brittle pencils ever to try One grass-blade's curve, or the throat… — Robinson Jeffers Copy Share Image
There walked warlocks in all their bat-winged, cat-eyed glory, and here, as they swung out over the river, she saw the darting… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
The soul of the river had entered my soul, And the gathered power of my soul was moving So swiftly, it seemed… — Edgar Lee Masters Copy Share Image
In the field of marketing . . . the trend toward selling [has] reached something of a nadir with the unveiling .… — Vance Packard Copy Share Image
Today is the great day of one of the revelations of this world. The interrelationships of these individual realms were illumined as… — Wassily Kandinsky Copy Share Image
I started off thinking Eminem was a flash in the pan, a kind of hip-hop Hanson brother. How wrong I was. Recovery… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Finally, two days ago, I succeeded - not on account of my hard efforts, but by the grace of the Lord. Like… — Carl Friedrich Gauss Copy Share Image