Conjure Quotes

86 Conjure quotes by 72 unique authors

There is a spirit in all music, the spirit has the ability to conjure up thoughts even pictures of something that happened or you wished… — Maya Angelou
Credit expansion is the governments' foremost tool in their struggle against the market economy. In their hands it is the magic wand designed to conjure… — Ludwig von Mises
Reaching 50, I've started to conjure up thoughts of my own mortality. — John Elway
There's a magical part of it (writing obituaries), too, which is you're trying to breathe life back into someone who has just died. You're trying… — Marilyn Johnson
I have always thought of poems as stepping stones in one's own sense of oneself. Every now and again, you write a poem that gives… — Seamus Heaney
It is a magical thing for a handful of words, artfully arranged, to stop time. To conjure a place, a person, a situation, in all… — Jhumpa Lahiri
I speculate over some of the Anglo nomenclature of birds: Wilson's snipe, Forster's tern . . . : What natural images do these names conjure… — Terry Tempest Williams
As a child, I felt that Hallowe'en was a time when creatures of the night suddenly came to life - we would turn off all… — Pippa Middleton
When I conjure these memories, they are of the present to me, because after all, the artist is a kind of enchanter in time. — Romare Bearden
Painting is a magical process that I like, where you conjure something out of nothing; you get a little idea that leads you through ...… — Paul McCartney
Now, in answer to the question would we use force in the Middle East. I don't know...I hope not. We have no plans to, it… — George Scratchley Brown
A studio allows me more freedom. You can create your own sort of reality which is actually more exciting than shooting on location. You can… — Ken Adam
If you can imagine a thing, conjure it up in space then you can make it... The universe is real but you can't see it.… — Alexander Calder
Transformation of any kind always exacts a holy tussle. The newborn butterfly struggles to open its wings so it can conjure up the strength to… — Tama J. Kieves
Lord, if Thou knowest that I shall find, on leaving the house, even through obedience, an occasion of offending Thee, I conjure Thee to take… — Alphonsus Rodriguez
But in vain she did conjure him, To depart her presence so, Having a thousand tongues t' allure him And but one to bid him… — Walter Raleigh
When you cast somebody you cast them not only for... I look for an inherent kind of quality. You are going to be shooting 14… — David Fincher
Getting older, I realize I've had a very fortunate life. I've had a budget that's allowed me to do just about any silly little thing… — Rick Danko
One trick, known as the journey method or 'memory palace,' is to conjure up a familiar space in the mind's eye, and then populate it… — Joshua Foer
Today, only 2 percent of the people know the name of someone serving in uniform. That means 2 percent of your listeners can actually conjure… — Oliver North
Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation… — Amy Tan
In the days that follow, he begins to remember things about Moushumi, images that come to him without warning while he is sitting at his… — Jhumpa Lahiri
Behold the hands, how they promise, conjure, appeal, menace, pray, supplicate, refuse, beckon, interrogate, admire, confess, cringe, instruct, command, mock and what not besides, with… — Michel de Montaigne
People believe, thought Shadow. It's what people do. They believe, and then they do not take responsibility for their beliefs; they conjure things, and do… — Neil Gaiman
It is foolish to conjure up woe where none exists. — Christopher Paolini

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