Absorbing Quotes

143 quotes by 129 authors

Is the mean temperature of the ground in any way influenced by the presence of heat-absorbing gases in the atmosphere? — Svante Arrhenius
You and your opponent are one. There is a coexisting relationship between you. You coexist with your opponent and become his complement, absorbing his attack… — Bruce Lee
Suppose . . . burglars had made entry into this . . . [library]. Picture them seated here on this floor, pouring the light of… — Mark Twain
Where does the ego get its energy? The ego feeds off your desire to be something else. You are poor and you want to be… — Rajneesh
The nut of this tree is hung high aloft, wrapped in a silk wrapper, which is enclosed in a case of sole leather, which again… — Luis de Camoes
Knowing that conscious decisions and personal memory are much too small a place to live, every human being streams at night into the loving nowhere,… — Rumi
Consider the ebb and flow of the tide. When waves come to strike the shore, they crest and fall, creating a sound. Your breath should… — Morihei Ueshiba
The artist has to be something like a whale swimming with his mouth wide open, absorbing everything until he has what he really needs. — Romare Bearden
For the High Achievers, Studying Gave Them The Pleasing, Absorbing Challenge of Flow Percent of the Hours They Spent as It. — Daniel Goleman
When you want a thing deeply, earnestly and intensely, this feeling of desire reinforces your will and arouses in you the determination to work for… — Grenville Kleiser
Kate Forsythâ€™s Bitter Greens is an enthralling concoction of history and magic, an absorbing, richly detailed, and heart-wrenching reimagining of a timeless fairytale. — Jennifer Chiaverini
There are some things you can give another person, and some things you cannot give him, except as he is willing to reach out and… — Richard L. Evans
Laila Lalami has fashioned an absorbing story of one of the first encounters between Spanish conquistadores and Native Americans, a frightening, brutal, and much-falsified history… — Salman Rushdie
Ambitious, absorbing, and poignantly moving. — Joyce Carol Oates
When I was 18 I was just absorbing everything around me: whatever happens, happens. I was so naive and willing to ride whatever wave life… — Paul Wesley
Most people are great at absorbing information.Â Guerrilla marketing is needed because it gives small businesses a delightfully unfair advantage: certainty in an uncertain world,… — Jay Conrad Levinson
Sleeping in EdenÂ is intense and absorbing from the very first page. Written in lovely prose, two seemingly different storylines collide in a shocking conclusion. — Heather Gudenkauf
Let me give you a word of the philosophy of reform. The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet… — Frederick Douglass
When you stand and overcome a significant setback, you'll find an increasing inner confidence and self-assurance that has been created by conquering defeat. Absorbing and… — Bill Walsh
In any case, A New Kind of Science is a wonderful book, and I'm still absorbing its teachings. — Rudy Rucker

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