Confluence Quotes

25 quotes by 25 authors

Pardon me," I answered, as I placed a bundle of straw upon the fire and slightly stirred it. Then I turned quickly but already we… — Francois Laurent d'Arlandes
People adopt ideas when social, personal and financial trends intersect-a confluence that may seem random but usually happens 'by design. — Clement Mok
Im very disappointed that we missed our (earnings per share) growth target this quarter due to the confluence of a number of issues that we… — Carly Fiorina
Never before in modern times has so much of the world been simultaneously hit by a confluence of economic and financial turmoil such as we… — Timothy Geithner
Something special can happen late at night in a jazz club. As the crowd thins, the musicians intuitively sense that those few who have stayed,… — Patricia Barber
By the numbers, by all the official records, here at the confluence of history, of racism, of poverty, and economic power, this is what our… — Jesmyn Ward
Life is a terrible conflict, a grandiose and atrocious confluence. Hunting submerges man deliberately in that formidable mystery and therefore contains something of religious rite… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
Somewhere within all of us is a wordless center, a part of us that hopes to be immortal in some way, a part that has… — Richard Schmid
I grew up as a fifth-generation Jew in the American South, at the confluence of two great storytelling traditions. After graduating from Yale in the… — Bruce Feiler
I think Chicago people are very special people, and the Midwest's confluence of East Coast-meets-Midwest sensibilities had to, on a formative level, inform me as… — Daniel Sunjata
It will be in the convergence of evolutionary biology, developmental biology and cancer biology that the answer to cancer will lie. Nor will this confluence… — Paul Davies
I think the '60s were an extraordinary time. I feel bad for the kids today who missed this wonderful confluence, which was simultaneously a confluence… — Peter Coyote
You know, one of these things that happened in the '60s and '70s was this confluence of, sort of, a counter-culture with computer culture. — Walter Isaacson
Is not every meanest day the confluence of two eternities? — Thomas Carlyle
The soul is the observer who interprets and makes choices in a confluence of relationships. These relationships provide the background, setting, characters, and events that… — Deepak Chopra
Thus I began my systematic though half-bewildered tour of Innsmouth's narrow, shadow-blighted ways. Crossing the bridge and turning toward the roar of the lower falls,… — H P Lovecraft
We are not being arrogant or complacent when we are said that our country, as a united nation, has never in its entire history, enjoyed… — Thabo Mbeki
A notion for a story is for me a confluence of real events, historical perhaps, or from my own memory to create an exciting fusion. — Michael Morpurgo
Until the eighteenth century, people believed that biblical paradise, the Garden of Eden, was a real place. It appeared on maps--located, ironically, at the confluence… — Eric Weiner
Life, for the most part, inevitably becomes routine, the random confluence of timing and fortune that configures its components all but forgotten. But every so… — Jonathan Tropper

Who Wrote These Confluence Quotes

25 authors contributed a total of 25 Confluence Quotes as follows: