Expression Quotes

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Laughter is equally the expression of extreme anguish and horror as of joy: as there are tears of sorrow and tears of joy, so is… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Liberty of thought soon shrivels without freedom of expression. Nor can truth be pursued in an atmosphere hostile to the endeavor or under dangers which… — Felix Frankfurter
A phrase begins life as a literary expression; its felicity leads to its lazy repetition; and repetition soon establishes it as a legal formula, undiscriminatingly… — Felix Frankfurter
I did some films in college, and I remember working with this director that wanted to shock me so that I'd give him an expression… — John Kapelos
I had danced when I was younger, until I was about 12, and I always idealized it, as most young girls do, as the most… — Natalie Portman
Every improv must be song specific. It has to grow organically out of the particular elements involved or it's just glib self-expression. I hate when… — David First
Back in the day, I came up with the expression "Same Animal - Different Cages" to describe our songs. I suppose over the years I've… — David First
For me, the live show is sort of the ultimate expression of this journey that I've been on. — Jonathan Coulton
The art of life is to live in the present moment, and to make that moment as perfect as we can by the realization that… — Emmet Fox
I believe that the majority of times the scale tilts toward the good. It's this amazing thing that rolls on and if we get in… — Michael J. Fox
Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human. — Viktor E. Frankl
A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in… — Mahatma Gandhi
Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented. — Andre Gide
Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private… — Allen Ginsberg
Hip-hop is a cultural expression - it's embracing. — Nikki Giovanni
Puritanism, in whatever expression, is a poisonous germ. On the surface everything may look strong and vigorous; yet the poison works its way persistently, until… — Emma Goldman
There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of… — Martha Graham
When I was a boy, I was taught never to use insulting expressions like, 'I've been gypped,' or, 'He welshed on the deal.' — Dick Gregory
It was among farmers and potato diggers and old men in workhouses and beggars at my own door that I found what was beyond these… — Lady Gregory
Criticism, that fine flower of personal expression in the garden of letters. — Joseph Conrad

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