Element Quotes

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I think a major element of jetlag is psychological. Nobody ever tells me what time it is at home. — David Attenborough
Chance is an element of life. What I try to do is study what I call the mechanics of reality as carefully as I can. — Paul Auster
The ultimate binding element in the medieval order was subordination to the divine will and its earthly representatives, notably the pope. — Irving Babbitt
We have to make sure that women's issues are an essential element on the agendas of all heads of state, all governments. — Michelle Bachelet
The essential element in personal magnetism is a consuming sincerity - an overwhelming faith in the importance of the work one has to do. — Bruce Barton
Modernity is the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, which make up one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immutable. This transitory… — Charles Baudelaire
The most powerful element in advertising is the truth. — William Bernbach
There is an element of truth in every idea that lasts long enough to be called corny. — Irving Berlin
I'm from the element of the streets that says that once you've made it, it's yours. But keep it to yourself. — Mary J. Blige
I don't know if this is the kind of retrospective analysis that people are fond of applying to their work or actions, but it feels… — Russell Brand
Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you've become a comfortable, trusted element in another person's life. — Joyce Brothers
I just like playing interesting, complex, complicated characters. I like films that also have an element of humor. — Steve Buscemi
I honestly believe that there's an element in this country, in our politics, that does not want to see a businessman succeed at getting the… — Herman Cain
Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together. — Thomas Carlyle
Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious. — Thomas Carlyle
Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together; that at length they may emerge, full-formed and majestic, into the delight of life,… — Thomas Carlyle
There's always an element of self delusion among people who believe they ought to be President. There's an underestimation of your opponent and an overestimation… — Jimmy Carter
The artistic element of Manhattan has kind of moved to Brooklyn. Has it changed it? Yeah. Has it ruined it? I would say no. It… — Julian Casablancas
Desire is creation, is the magical element in that process. If there were an instrument by which to measure desire, one could foretell achievement. — Willa Cather
What was any art but a mould in which to imprison for a moment the shining elusive element which is life itself - life hurrying… — Willa Cather

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