Beautiful Quotes

11681 Beautiful quotes by 5535 unique authors

Lake George is without comparison, the most beautiful water I ever saw; formed by a contour of mountains into a basin... finely interspersed with islands,… — Thomas Jefferson
The Constitution is said to have beautiful features; but when I come to examine these features, Sir, they appear to me horribly frightful. Among other… — Patrick Henry
The trouble with photographing beautiful women is that you never get into the dark room until after they've gone. — Yousuf Karsh
When I think of death, I only regret that I will not be able to see this beautiful country anymore unless the Indians are right… — Georgia O'Keeffe
When I found the beautiful white bones in the desert I picked them up and took them home too...I have used these things to say… — Georgia O'Keeffe
Why is Form beautiful? Because, I think, it helps us confront our worst fear: the suspicion that life may be chaos and that therefore our… — Robert Adams
I felt a curious thrill, as if something had stirred in me, half wakened from sleep. There was something very remote and strange and beautiful… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Most English-speaking people, for instance, will admit that cellar door is 'beautiful', especially if dissociated from its sense (and its spelling). More beautiful than, say,… — J.R.R. Tolkien
The only good writing is intuitive writing. It would be a big bore if you knew where it was going. It has to be exciting,… — Ray Bradbury
We Earth Men have a talent for ruining big, beautiful things. The only reason we didn't set up hot-dog stands in the midst of the… — Ray Bradbury
I love baseball. You know, it doesn’t have to mean anything. It’s just very beautiful to watch. — Woody Allen
My wife is the sweetest, most tolerant, most beautiful woman in the world. This is a paid political announcement. — Henny Youngman
A quote that I like very much comes close to explaining my attitude about taking photographs. ‘Chinese poetry rarely trespasses beyond the bounds of actuality… — Stephen Shore
The thing I love about music is that you can take things that are painful, deep things that hurt you, and you can turn them… — Ray LaMontagne
Beautiful mind, tortured soul. I do have to figure out why I am attracted to these broken birds. — Katy Perry
If you want to create a masterpiece, you must always avoid beautiful lies. — Jerzy Grotowski
I wasn't always smart, I was actually very stupid in school [T]here was a boy who was very attractive who was even stupider than I… — Michel Foucault
This inability to think created the possibility for many ordinary men to commit evil deeds on a gigantic scale, the like of which had never… — Hannah Arendt
There is no one who has no leisure time at all. The office is not a permanent sanctuary, and Sundays are an institution. Thus, in… — Unknown Author
Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity — Pindar
Our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does not make us soft. — Pericles
Some people point to me as the cause of all society's problems, others as if I am the benefactor, responsible for everything good, but I… — Hugo Chavez
It's a real gift to have a husband and wife in the company that love each other and that work together. They check on each… — Judith Jamison
I believe that the universe is one being, all its parts are different expressions of the same energy... parts of one organic whole.... (This is… — Robinson Jeffers
The hero of my tale, whom I love with all the power of my soul, whom I have tried to portray in all his beauty,… — Leo Tolstoy

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