Arresting Quotes

35 quotes by 33 authors

It is a slightly arresting notion that if you were to pick yourself apart with tweezers, one atom at a time, you would produce a… — Bill Bryson
It was the kind of pure, undiffused light that can only come from a really hot blue sky, the kind that makes even a concrete… — Bill Bryson
Imagine a survivor of a failed civilization with only a tattered book on aromatherapy for guidance in arresting a cholera epidemic. Yet, such a book… — James Lovelock
I can think of no other experience quite like that of being 20 or so pages into a book and realizing that this is the… — Anita Shreve
Vengeance is the act of turning anger in on yourself. On the surface it may be directed at someone else, but it is a surefire… — Jane Goldman
A good picture book should have events that are visually arresting - the pictures should call attention to what is happening in the story. — Chris Van Allsburg
Arresting development, attacking science, and glorifying poverty is not the answer to the vices that attend prosperity. — Abdolkarim Soroush
Arresting and detaining these dangerous people can make sense, at least until a final decision is reached on their deportation. However, such detention must always… — Otto Schily
Singling out political opponents for working against the ruling party is precisely the tactic of every tyrannical government from Red China to Venezuela. The first… — John Carter
Novels often have leisurely openings; a TV drama needs an arresting opening. — Andrew Davies
Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it. — Stephen Leacock
S is for Smiling, your smile lights up my day A is for Analytical, solving problems with logic M is for Memorable, the days spent… — Samaria Allen
Well, I'm not saying that we're solving every problem or arresting every person that ought to be arrested and deported, but we're doing a better… — Thad Cochran
What, and that means arresting ordinary factory workers. In the street, in broad daylight. It's more like Guantanamo Bay out there. Donna, by the way.… — Donna Noble
I'm arresting you (: — Austin

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