Events Quotes

3166 Events quotes by 2208 unique authors

I distrust summaries, any kind of gliding through time, any too great a claim that one is in control of what one recounts; I think… — Harold Brodkey
Tragedy is an imitation not only of a complete action, but of events inspiring fear and pity. Such an effect is best produced when the… — Aristotle
The only way of expressing emotion in the form of art is by finding an "objective correlative"; in other words, a set of objects, a… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Every decision you make - every decision - is not a decision about what to do. It's a decision about Who You Are. When you… — Neale Donald Walsch
Events of October 1962 indicated, as they had all through history, that control of the sea means security. Control of the seas can mean peace.… — John F. Kennedy
I value peace, and I should unwillingly see any event take place which would render war a necessary resource. — Thomas Jefferson
In a novel, the author gives the leading character intelligence and distinction. Fate goes to less trouble: mediocrities play a part in great events simply… — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
I hate outlines. I have a broad sense of where the story is going; I know the end, I know the end of the principal… — George R. R. Martin
Unfortunate events though potentially a source of anger and despair have equal potential to be a source of spiritual growth. Whether or not this is… — Dalai Lama
The tantalizing and compelling pursuit of mathematical problems offers mental absorption, peace of mind amid endless challenges, repose in activity, battle without conflict, refuge from… — Morris Kline
I am so profoundly grateful for the gospel of Jesus Christ, for a testimony of the Atonement of the Savior. I believe in it with… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Life is a kind of Chess, with struggle, competition, good and ill events. — Benjamin Franklin
Traditionally, photography is supposed to capture an event that has passed; but that is not what I'm looking for. Photography brings the past into the… — Julian Schnabel
While I was there I became deeply interested in photography, and indeed the most noteworthy event in my early life was winning first, third, fourth… — Douglass North
I believe that Chess possesses a magic that is also a help in advanced age. A rheumatic knee is forgotten during a game of chess… — Vlastimil Hort
When I make a photograph I want it to be an altogether new object, complete and self-contained, whose basic condition is order (unlike the world… — Aaron Siskind
Often when I walked alone in the mountains, I tried to make sense out of the two halves of my life. What went on in… — Galen Rowell
This idea fascinates me. The idea that a few seconds of watching a photographer in action can tell you his/her status in the medium. And… — David Hurn
I think of myself as a reportage photographer. I like the word. It implies a personal account of an observed event with connotations of subjectivity… — David Hurn
Speed is what makes the Premiership exciting. The millions who would have watched Manchester United and Chelsea would have seen a non-stop game in which… — Alan Hansen
United have spent all season commemorating the 50th anniversary of Busby's decision to defy the Football League and take the club on a tragic and… — Unknown Author
The simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as the precise organization of forms which gives… — Henri Cartier-Bresson
Photographs objectify: they turn an event or a person into something that can be possessed. — Susan Sontag
Photographs bear witness to a human choice being exercised in a given situation. A photograph is a result of the photographer's decision that it is… — John Berger
As I became aware that all things have unique spatial and temporal qualities which visually define and relate them, I began to perceive the things… — Wynn Bullock

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