Deftly Quotes

27 quotes by 24 authors

Deftly they opened the brain of a child, and it was full of flying dreams. — Stanley Kunitz
While our bodies move ever forward on the time line, our minds continuously trace backward, seeking shape and meaning as deftly as any arrow seeking… — Lucy Grealy
What before seemed a...frustrating wall, the comic deftly and fearlessly steps through, proving the absurdity of it all. — Bill Hicks
Deftly engineered. McCarthy challenges us all - not just engineers - to take responsibility for the ways in which we all increasingly engineer the world. — Carl Mitcham
Softly, deftly, music shall caress you. Hear it, feel it, Secretly possess you. — Andrew Lloyd Webber
David Corbett has combined his unique talents as a gifted writer and an extraordinary teacher to create a superb resource on character development. Deftly crafted… — Sheldon Siegel
Summers was simply a master explainer, able to deftly boil down the complexities of economic and financial, and to put them in terms the non-expert… — Ron Suskind
Will none of the powers that be realize what Brian Wilson did with the chords. Deftly taking from all sources, old rock, Four Freshman, he… — Lou Reed
Like a cross between Paul Auster'sÂ The Book of IllusionsÂ and Janice Lee'sÂ Damnation,Â The Absolution of Roberto Acestes LaingÂ is at once smart and slyly unsettling. It is expert… — Brian Evenson
Potluck Supper with Meeting to FollowÂ is a marvel, deftly examining the connections between art and everyday life. Andy Sturdevant's lively, unique inquiries into trust fund… — Joe Meno
It hardly needs explaining at length, I think, how much authority or beauty is added to style by the timely use of proverbs. In the… — Desiderius Erasmus
Katz traces the courageous role of Black women in settling the West (and] deftly shows how these pioneering spirits helped stabilize early communities in Texas,… — Herb Boyd
Year after year, author/historian William Loren Katz continues to mine the lodestone of Black culture, and it is simply amazing how often he manages to… — Herb Boyd
Lightly tripping o'er the land, Deftly skimming o'er the main, Scarce our fairy wings bedewing With the frothy mantling brine, Scarce our silver feet acquainting… — Hartley Coleridge
Rap, rap! upon the well-worn stone, How falls the polished hammer! Rap, rap! the measured sound has grown A quick and merry clamor. Now shape… — John Greenleaf Whittier
Turn the key deftly in the oiled wards, And seal the hushed Casket of my Soul. — John Keats
There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner. Wind themselves around your limbs like spider silk, and when you… — Diane Setterfield
â€¦ she gave me a look that deftly combined tenderness with revulsion. To this day the memory of that look still visits me like a… — Steve Toltz
Of course the Neverlands vary a good deal. Johnâ€™s, for instance, had a lagoon with flamingos flying over it at which John was shooting, while… — James M. Barrie
The act of writing itself is much like the construction of a mirror made of words. Looking at certain illuminated corners of or cracks within… — Aberjhani

Who Wrote These Deftly Quotes

24 authors contributed a total of 27 Deftly Quotes as follows: