Absorbing Quotes

143 quotes by 126 authors

My view... would be that we are entering upon a new and interim society which is neither capitalist nor socialist, but in which we can… — John Grierson
The best that Gauss has given us was likewise an exclusive production. If he had not created his geometry of surfaces, which served Riemann as… — Albert Einstein
I never really saw my dad around when the Iron Maiden and the AC/DC were playing. But he knew what I was doing. I was… — Dhani Harrison
I am convinced that a good building must be capable of absorbing the traces of human life and taking on a specific richness... I think… — Peter Zumthor
You may feel a sensation of floating. You may see colors, maybe no phenomena, it doesn't matter. You are absorbing power. — Frederick Lenz
The mother's love is at first an absorbing delight, blunting all other sensibilities; it is an expansion of the animal existence. — George Eliot
Just to paint is great fun. The colours are lovely to look at and delicious to squeeze out. Matching them, however crudely, with what you… — Winston Churchill
A rising mass movement attracts and holds a following not by its doctrine and promises but by the refuge it offers from the anxieties, barrenness… — Eric Hoffer
The persistence of an all-absorbing idea is terrible. — Victor Hugo
The adult relation to books is one of absorbing rather than being absorbed. — Anthony Burgess
Inside you're like some kind of mirror, reflecting everything without absorbing it. — Arthur J. Deikman
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this without regard to whether the loss is… — Theodore Roosevelt
It is important to monitor your mind constantly. This is particularly important if you are studying with an enlightened teacher, because you are absorbing tremendous… — Frederick Lenz
There was about six months when I was absorbing other stuff and not drawing very much. After a long period of not drawing, you have… — Bryan Lee O'Malley
Absorbing and haunting! BOGEYMAN spills creepily across the page with Steve Jackson's hellacious verve and insight, reminding us there are few better explorers of the… — Ron Franscell
I bless the gods for not letting my education in rhetoric, poetry, and other literary studies come easily to me, and thereby sparing me from… — Marcus Aurelius
It helps immerse yourself in what you potentially want to do. Being involved, learning firsthand and observing the craft and absorbing all you can, makes… — Giada De Laurentiis
The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge. — Albert Einstein
Living is like tearing through a museum. Not until later do you really start absorbing what you saw, thinking about it, looking it up in… — Audrey Hepburn
Children, in a way, are constant learners. Certainly sponge-like. Absorbing everything without careful analysis, even though, at the same time, they are certainly capable of… — Yo-Yo Ma

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