Distinctly Quotes

117 Distinctly quotes by 98 unique authors

Practically all great artists accept the influence of others. But... the artist with vision sees his material, chooses, changes, and by integrating what he has… — Romare Bearden
The seventies were my fattest decade. Overall I think the seventies were distinctly bulbous. People looked chunky, typefaces were rounded, writing implements penile. — Will Self
The gentleman has nine cares. In seeing he is careful to see clearly; in hearing he is careful to hear distinctly; in his looks he… — Confucius
So far as I am concerned, poetry and every other art was and is and forever will be strictly and distinctly a question of individuality...… — E E Cummings
Other animals can make sounds, and sounds can indicate pleasure and pain. But language, a distinctly human capacity, isn´t just for registering pleasure and pain.… — Michael Sandel
It was very depressing to realize that, when looking around for regimes that have systematically corrupted science within the past century or so, three stood… — John Grant
A boy is a long time before he knows his alphabet, longer before he has learned to spell, and perhaps several years before he can… — Monty Roberts
Our Lord insists on the social aspect of our lives: He shows very distinctly that we cannot further ourselves alone. — Oswald Chambers
There is something inherent in our democracy that tends to want to level. America is a little uncomfortable in the presence of someone who is… — Carlisle Floyd
Saying is one thing, doing another. We must consider the sermon and the preacher distinctly and apart. — Michel de Montaigne
Distinctly American poetry is usually written in the context of one's geographic landscape, sometimes out of one's cultural myths, and often with reference to gender… — Diane Wakoski
To observe attentively is to remember distinctly. — Edgar Allan Poe
On scientific grounds this big bang assumption is much less the palatable of the two. For it is an irrational process that cannot be described… — Fred Hoyle
The number of fixed stars which observers have been able to see without artificial powers of sight up to this day can be counted. It… — Galileo Galilei
The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does the reverse. . . .… — Confucius
By giving the public a rich and full melody, distinctly arranged and well played, all the time creating new tone colors and patterns, I feel… — Glenn Miller
Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, distinctly heard the voice of Jesus telling him to kill women, and he was locked up for life. George W.… — Richard Dawkins
"Stand still" - keep the posture of an upright man, ready for action, expecting further orders, cheerfully and patiently awaiting the directing voice; and it… — Charles Spurgeon
HOMOEOPATHY, n. A school of medicine midway between Allopathy and Christian Science. To the last both the others are distinctly inferior, for Christian Science will… — Ambrose Bierce
But responsibility likewise falls on the legislators who have promoted and approved abortion laws, and, to the extent that they have a say in the… — Pope John Paul II
I concluded that I might take as a general rule the principle that all things which we very clearly and obviously conceive are true: only… — Rene Descartes
If you have only a little ray of light, show out distinctly that you are for Him. — George Wigram
If the professed convert distinctly and deliberately declares that he knows the Lord's will, but does not mean to attend to it, you are not… — Charles Spurgeon
Few photographers have ever considered the photography of wild animals, as distinctly opposed to the genre of Wildlife Photography, as an art form. The emphasis… — Nick Brandt
A distinctly ordinary player of extraordinary dirtiness. — Pete Gill

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