Evoke Quotes
192 quotes by 170 authors
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What if all it took to bring us to our knees and to ignite our affections was the Word opened and the presence of God?…
— David Platt
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Perfection isn't human. Human beings are not perfect. What evokes our love--and I mean love, not lust--is the imperfection of the human being. So, when…
— Joseph Campbell
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Every cuisine tells a story. Jewish food tells the story of an uprooted, migrating people and their vanished worlds. It lives in people's minds and…
— Claudia Roden
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The mere smell of cooking can evoke a whole civilization.
— Fernand Braudel
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Dave's playing and repertoire evokes memories of the golden era of Modern Jazz, and in addition to being a nice guy he happens to be…
— Unknown Author
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Our life evokes our character. You find out more about yourself as you go on. That's why it's good to put yourself in situations that…
— Joseph Campbell
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Chris Marker has a brilliant mind and heart and appetite for life, and it's a privilege to travel with him to whatever he chooses to…
— Susan Sontag
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We're here to learn how to worship consciousness and radiance, evoke it in each other, and tolerate nothing less than our deepest love.
— David Deida
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A great part of the disaster of contemporary life lies in the fact that it is organized around feelings. People nearly always act on their…
— Dallas Willard
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I consider lace to be one of the prettiest imitations ever made of the fantasy of nature; lace always evokes for me those incomparable designs…
— Coco Chanel
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I think a fragrance is all about sensations and imagery, and can evoke visions, feelings and thoughts.
— Shakira
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The kitchen is the heart of every home, for the most part. It evokes memories of your family history.
— Debi Mazar
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The job is to seek mystery, evoke mystery, plant a garden in which strange plants grow and mysteries bloom. The need for mystery is greater…
— Ken Kesey
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Just as the chicken pox virus continues to live quietly in the body after the disease is gone, the god virus may live quietly in…
— Darrel Ray
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The blessings we evoke for another descend upon ourselves.
— Edmund Gibson
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If we address frankly what is evoked by cheese, I think it becomes clear why so little is said. So what does cheese evoke? Damp…
— Michael Pollan
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Edible substances evoke the secretion of thick, concentrated saliva. Why? The answer, obviously, is that this enables the mass of food to pass smoothly through…
— Ivan Pavlov
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I love church buildings, particularly cathedrals, and I like living in spaces that remind me of music or evoke that creative energy.
— Laura Mvula
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An event in the present evokes past sensations. But science couldn't explain how a foolish heart had the power to overrule common sense.
— Susan Wiggs
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Fateful moments tend to evoke grandeur of speech, especially in French.
— Barbara Tuchman
Who Wrote These Evoke Quotes
170 authors contributed a total of 192 Evoke Quotes, led by these top contributors: