Elements Quotes

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In Nature all is common, and no use is base. She keeps no selected elements done up in gilt papers for sensitive people. — Joel Dorman Steele
I'm fascinated by the mysterious element that runs through our lives. Everyone is looking out of the world through their emotion and history. Nobody has… — Ben Okri
Action in war is like movement in a resistant element. Just as the simplest and most natural of movements, walking, cannot easily be performed in… — Carl von Clausewitz
Doubt is but another element of faith. — Saint Augustine
The mere possession of monopoly power, and the concomitant charging of monopoly prices, is not only not unlawful, it is an important element of the… — Antonin Scalia
Nature contains the elements, in colour and form, of all pictures, as the keyboard contains the notes of all music. But the artists is born… — James Whistler
I suppose an artist takes the elements of his life and rearranges them and then has them perceived by others as though they were the… — Paul Simon
The great man fights the elements in his time that hinder his own greatness, in other words his own freedom and sincerity. — Friedrich Nietzsche
It is a profound mistake to imagine mistake to imagine that the art of combination depends only on natural talent, and that it cannot be… — Richard Reti
Tal's combinations often exert a sort of paralysing influence on the opponent's play. It would seem that the element of surprise plays a big part… — Mark Taimanov
An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer… — Walter Bagehot
THE TOTALLY AWAKENED warrior can freely utilize all elements contained in heaven and earth. The true warrior learns how to correctly perceive the activity of… — Morihei Ueshiba
But I don't think I have any particular talent for prediction, because when you have three or four elements in hand, you don't have to… — Antonio Tabucchi
For me, beauty and fashion are always connected. One doesnâ€™t exist without the other. Make up is a key element of the Gucci runway show… — Frida Giannini
I am firmly of the opinion that a large number of unmarried men, over the age of 24 years, is a dangerous element in any… — George Q. Cannon
There should be no separation between spontaneous work with an emotional tone and work directed by the intellect. Both are supplementary to each other and… — Armin Hofmann
The creation of all those symbols and logotypes which are an ever more striking feature of the world in which we live calls for a… — Armin Hofmann
Anytime you put a baseball player in a suit and take him out of his element its uncomfortable. — Paul Konerko
With buildering, I get to keep that element of danger. Plus, I very much like the feeling of height, and buildings have even more of… — Alain Robert
Unless we abandon elements which resemble a police state, we can't meet the demands of being a modern society. — Ahmet Necdet Sezer

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