Empty Quotes

2485 Empty quotes by 1617 unique authors

I don't see the future as bright, language-wise. I see it as a glass half empty - and evaporating quickly. — Dick Cavett
The biggest change for me as a mom was realizing I needed to put someone else before me. Now the hardest part about the empty… — Kim Alexis
I can take any empty space and call it a bare stage, — Peter Brook
Even the wisest of mankind cannot live by reason alone; pure arrogant reason, denying the claims of prejudice (which commonly are also the claims of… — Russell Kirk
Our lives are like these things I make. Turn 'em, build 'em, bake 'em in fire. That's what you've been, son. Baked and fired. But… — Joanne Harris
There is always hope, as long as the canvases are empty. — Gustav Klimt
When I am fighting I am keeping my mind empty for any expectations. I am waiting for something unique, completely new. — Rickson Gracie
Don't ever empty the bucket of mystery. Never let people define what you do. It's not about zigging when you should zag. It's not about… — Marilyn Manson
A lot of what making art is, is just being open, and empty. And putting yourself in the right place for things to, literally, come… — Bill Viola
A carnival in daylight is an unfinished beast, anyway. Rain makes it a ghost. The wheezing music from the empty, motionless rides in a soggy,… — Katherine Dunn
I've seen people who stink, but the film editor shows them just where they didn't stink. But if you're empty and manipulative on stage, it's… — D. B. Sweeney
There is a quiet light that shines in every heart. It draws no attention to itself though it is always secretly there. It is what… — John O'Donohue
Imagine that your mind is like a calm, clear lake or a vast empty sky: Ripples appear on the surface of the lake and clouds… — Kathleen McDonald
Not thinking about anything is zen. Once you know this, walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is zen. To know that the… — Bodhidharma
The awareness of mortals falls short. As long as they're attached to appearances, they're unaware that their minds are empty. And by mistakenly clinging to… — Bodhidharma
Still others commit all sorts of evil deeds, claiming karma doesn't exist. They erroneously maintain that since everything is empty, committing evil isn't wrong. Such… — Bodhidharma
The fact is that a "minor exorcism" takes place in every Baptism and Confirmation ceremony when we renounce Satan and all his works and empty… — Thomas J. Paprocki
When we talk about democracy, if the people's stomach is empty, democracy is also empty. Democracy can not be installed by fiat; it must be… — Y. C. James Yen
The problem is not that the churches are filled with empty pews, but that the pews are filled with empty people. — Charlie W Shedd
The airy sky has taken its place leaning against the wall. It is like a prayer to what is empty And what is empty turns… — Tomas Transtromer
And he remembered thinking then that if she died, he was certain he wouldn't cry. For it would be the dying face of an unknown,… — Ray Bradbury
The practice of meditation is emptying the mind. When the mind is empty, completely empty, it's perfect meditation. It's really that simple. — Frederick Lenz
My wife and I, Delice and I, are empty nesters. — Juan Williams
The duende....Where is the duende? Through the empty archway a wind of the spirit enters, blowing insistently over the heads of the dead, in search… — Federico Garcia Lorca
The smell of violets, hidden in the green, Pour'd back into my empty soul and frame The times when I remembered to have been Joyful… — Alfred Lord Tennyson

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