Conceits Quotes

13 quotes by 11 authors

I try hard to hold fast to the truth that a full and thankful heart cannot entertain great conceits. When brimming with gratitude, one's heartbeat… — Bill W.
How many thorns of human nature - hard, sharp, lifeless protuberances that tear and wound us, narrow prejudices, bristling conceits that repel and disgust us… — John Burroughs
There is perhaps no better a demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. — Carl Sagan
I'm very open to any visual conceits and any possibilities at my disposal to be better explain to people the ideas I'm exploring. — Tim Hetherington
There is a softness and a harmony in the words and in the thought unparalleled. Of all conceits it is surely the most classical. "I… — William Hazlitt
Gradually compositions make an appearance again. Political - satirical - conceits expressed in one figure or a few. — Paul Klee
It's one of the great gifts of having so little money that you are able to make these kinds of radical conceits that you could… — Todd Solondz
History repeats the old conceits, the glib replies, the same defeats. — Elvis Costello
If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe, does science do… — Carl Sagan
Luxury is the wolf at the door and its fangs are the vanities and conceits germinated by success. When an artist learns this, he knows… — Tennessee Williams
Those who set up a fictitious worship, merely worship and adore their own delirious fancies; indeed, they would never dare so to trifle with God,… — John Calvin
For all our conceits about being the center of the universe, we live in a routine planet of a humdrum star stuck away in an… — Carl Sagan
Have you lost your mind? I mean, how is it that you can disrespect a mans ethnicity when you know we've influenced nearly every facet… — Cedric The Entertainer

Who Wrote These Conceits Quotes

11 authors contributed a total of 13 Conceits Quotes as follows: