Elements Quotes

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Somewhere in our search for reality we have passed something by, something important that we no longer find amid the bits and pieces of disassembled… — Walker Evans
The character of Anglo-American civilization . . . is the product . . . of two perfectly distinct elements that elsewhere have often made war… — Alexis de Tocqueville
I join cordially in admiring and revering the Constitution of the United States, the result of the collected wisdom of our country. That wisdom has… — Thomas Jefferson
The words of language, as they are written or spoken, do not seem to play any role in my mechanism of thought. The physical entities… — Albert Einstein
To rescue from oblivion even a fragment of a language which men have used and which is in danger of being lost -that is to… — Victor Hugo
I began to feel that I lived on a higher plane than the skeptics of the ground; one that was richer because of its very… — Charles Lindbergh
Until now I have never really lived! Life on earth is a creeping, crawling business. It is in the air that one feels the glory… — Gabriele d'Annunzio
Take possession of the air, submit the elements, penetrate the last redoubts of nature, make space retreat, make death retreat. — Romain Rolland
The air is the most mysterious, the most exciting, the most challenging of all the elements. We leave the planet, we leave the sea, we… — Arthur David Beaty
I knew I had to have a hit. I would get no more chances. Analyzing what they had in common I discovered they had many… — Neil Sedaka
In a word, removing control farther away from the ordinary citizen and taxpayer is tantamount to giving the intelligent, far-sighted and public spirited elements in… — Edward Alsworth Ross
I knew that however bad the Republican party was, the Democratic party was much worse. The elements of which the Republican party was composed gave… — Frederick Douglass
The more I view the independence of the press in its principal effects, the more I convince myself that among the moderns the independence of… — Alexis de Tocqueville
You always want to write the perfect song. But no one will ever write the perfect song, I guess. I would just like to write… — Mose Allison
Prospecting for oil is a dynamic art... The greatest single element in all prospecting, past, present and future, is the man willing to take a… — Everette Lee DeGolyer
To be a musician, especially a singer-songwriter - well, you don't do that if you have a thriving social life. You do it because there's… — James Taylor
PERFECTION, n. An imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an element known as excellence; an attribute of the critic. — Ambrose Bierce
I hardly exaggerate. Jewish life consists of two elements: Extracting money and protesting. — Nahum Goldmann
It is marvelous indeed to watch on television the rings of Saturn close; and to speculate on what we may yet find at galaxy's edge.… — Gore Vidal
The Laws of Nature are just, but terrible. There is no weak mercy in them. Cause and consequence are inseparable and inevitable. The elements have… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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