All that shimmers on the surface of the world, all that we call interesting, is the fruit of ignorance and inebriation. — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
The desert is an ideal illusion of a blank slate - so much mystery in endless layers is hidden underneath its bright,… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
The removal of an electron from the surface of an atom - that is, the ionization of the atom - means a… — Johannes Stark Copy Share Image
What a hideout: Holiness lies spread and borne over the surface of time and stuff like color. — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
Every intimacy carries secreted somewhere below its initial lovely surfaces, the ever-coiled makings of complete catastrophe. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
In Sweden everybody has this perfect surface. Everyones very polite and controls their feelings. — Noomi Rapace Copy Share Image
Errors like straws upon the surface flow, Who would search for pearls to be grateful for often must dive below. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
You know, people seldom go to the trouble of scratching the surface of things to find the inner truth. — James Stewart Copy Share Image
The experiences of your past life which are stored within come up to the surface to be rejected. By rejecting all these… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
Surplus-value and the rate of surplus-value are... the invisible essence to be investigated, whereas the rate of profit and hence the form… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
Yesterday i carved your name into the surface of an ice cube then held it against my chest til it melted into… — Andrea Gibson Copy Share Image
Thou hast evoked in me profounder spells than the evoking one, thou face! For me, thou hast uncovered one infinite, dumb, beseeching… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Some of my favorite poems are "confessional" poems written in the voices of aliens ("Southbound on the Freeway" by May Swenson" and… — Matthea Harvey Copy Share Image
Stars that become supernovae start off at least eight times heavier than our sun. They're so short-lived that, even if they have… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
I trailed off.Patch leaned lazily against the counter. Dark hair flipped out from under his ball cap. A smile tugged at his… — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
Our food chain is in crisis. Big agribusiness has made profits more important than your health—more important than the environment—more important than… — John Robbins Copy Share Image
...we must first scrutinize thoroughly anything appearing in our hearts or any saying suggested to us. Has it come purified from the… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
How you staff, particularly the chief of staff, the national security adviser, your White House counsel, how you set up a process… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You told me once of the plants that lie dormant through the drought, that wait, half-dead, deep in the earth. The plants… — Lucy Christopher Copy Share Image
As buds give rise by growth to fresh buds, and these, if vigorous, branch out and overtop on all sides many a… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
The moment of truth, the sudden emergence of a new insight, is an act of intuition. Such intuitions give the appearance of… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
One little bird not larger than a sparrow, it may have been a Phalarope, would alight on the turbulent surface where the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Be as delicate as possible. If communication accomplishes something on the gross but damages something on the level of feeling then it… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Copy Share Image
The need of a constantly expanding market for its products chases the bourgeoisie over the entire surface of the globe. It must… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
I think the power of the mind is amazing, and we've barely scratched the surface of what it can do. — Charlie Sheen Copy Share Image
All a work of art can do is present the surface. I can't know the insides of people. I know very little… — John Banville Copy Share Image
The mixture of weird textures and organic surfaces creates an interesting dialogue. — Kelly Wearstler Copy Share Image
How satisfying it is to leave a mark on a blank surface. To make a map of my movement - no matter… — Craig Thompson Copy Share Image
Americans are so often thrown by Japan. It looks familiar but, an inch below the surface, it isn't anything like the West… — Cathy Davidson Copy Share Image
Something pretty... that's just the surface. People worry so much about aging, but you look younger if you don't worry about it. — Jeanne Moreau Copy Share Image
I use the old Strathmore vellum surface paper, which is the best paper you can get in the Western world for ink… — Robert Crumb Copy Share Image
To be rooted in love is to look beyond surface appearances to see the inner beauty in others often disfigured by sin. — Michael Card Copy Share Image
A multifaceted writer, very easy on the surface to pin down but incredibly difficult once you actually read him with any depth. — Joshua Ferris Copy Share Image
Scrape the surface of language, and you will behold interstellar space and the skin that encloses it. — Velimir Khlebnikov Copy Share Image
In a fully functional organism, an emotion has a very short life span. It is like a momentary ripple or wave on… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
War is an unmitigated evil. But it certainly does one good thing. It drives away fear and brings bravery to the surface. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
When God threw me, a pebble, into this wondrous lake, I disturbed its surface with countless circles. But when I reached the… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, we haven't found many very old rocks on Earth because our planet's surface is constantly renewed by plate tectonics, coupled with… — Robert Duncan Copy Share Image
Actual space is intrinsically more powerful and specific than paint on a flat surface, — Donald Judd Copy Share Image
My books start almost before I realise it. Once in a while, some accident causes an idea to rise to the surface… — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
