Come Across Quotes

282 quotes by 248 authors

Graham Greene famously said that all writers need a chip of ice in their heart; Cusk can come across as the most beautiful ice palace… — Julie Burchill
I've got to say that I don't see myself as some sort of political type like Alec Baldwin or Barbra Streisand. I don't want to… — Drew Carey
You must have complete determination. The worst opponent you can come across is one whose aim has become an obsession. For instance, if a man… — Bruce Lee
Sometimes I come across a tree which seems like Buddha or Jesus: loving, compassionate, still, unambitious, enlightened, in eternal meditation, giving pleasure to a pilgrim,… — Satish Kumar
So the British, of all ages, still walk the course. On trips to Florida or the American desert, they still marvel, or shudder, at the… — Alistair Cooke
Getting a burp out of your little thing when she needs it is probably the greatest satisfaction I've come across at this point in my… — Brad Pitt
You have to pull all your energy back to the present moment. And the moment the whole energy becomes a pool, here and now, the… — Rajneesh
Remember, don't start trying to relax; that is the most absurd thing in the world. And there are many stupid people writing books about relaxation.… — Rajneesh
A man of knowing attains to a sense of humour. Let this always be remembered. If you see someone who has no sense of humour,… — Rajneesh
Sir Hiram Maxim is a genuine and typical example of the man of science, romantic, excitable, full of real but somewhat obvious poetry, a little… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
It has sometimes been said that the success of the Origin proved "that the subject was in the air," or "that men's minds were prepared… — Charles Darwin
No philosophical theory which I have yet come across is a radical improvement on the words of Genesis, that 'In the beginning God made Heaven… — C.S. Lewis
No deep and strong feeling, such as we may come across here and there in the world, is unmixed with compassion. The more we love,… — Boris Pasternak
It is within your hands to be frustrated in life or not. Just your expectations should become smaller, smaller, smaller, and in the same proportion… — Rajneesh
I'm pretty sarcastic, and sometimes that doesn't come across on the Internet. It seems I'm being rude or stupid. — Sky Ferreira
You come across [online comments] about yourself and about your friends, and it's a very dehumanizing thing,It's almost like how, in war, you go through… — Gwyneth Paltrow
In certain kinds of writing, particularly in art criticism and literary criticism, it is normal to come across long passages which are almost completely lacking… — George Orwell
It is almost always a greater pleasure to come across a semicolon than a period. The period tells you that that is that; if you… — Lewis Thomas
When I find someone I respect writing about an edgy, nervous wine that dithered in the glass, I cringe. When I hear someone I don't… — Kingsley Amis
Events do not happen; they are just there, and we come across them. — Arthur Eddington

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