Figures Quotes

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In the world I see you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rock feller Center. You'll wear leather clothes… — Chuck Palahniuk
Metaphor is one of a group of problem-solving medicines known as figures of speech which are normally used to treat literal thinking and other diseases. — Grant Morrison
So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out… — Stephen Chbosky
In your walks about London you will sometimes see bent, haggard figures that look as if they had recently been caught in some powerful machinery.… — P.G. Wodehouse
Transition is always a relief. Destination means death to me. If I could figure out a way to remain forever in transition, in the disconnected… — David Wojnarowicz
And she finds it difficult to believeâ€”that a person would love her even when she isn't trying. Trying to figure out what other people need,… — Margaret Atwood
What makes people so impatient is what I can't figure; all the guy had to do was wait. — Ken Kesey
One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. — Carl Jung
Stick Boy liked Match Girl, He liked her a lot. He liked her cute figure, he thought she was hot. But could a flame ever… — Tim Burton
R is a velocity of measure, defined as a reasonable speed of travel that is consistent with health, mental well-being, and not being more than,… — Douglas Adams
When I heard the learnâ€™d astronomer; When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me; When I was shown the charts and the… — Walt Whitman
A big chunk of Western civilization, consciously or otherwise, has given the impression that it's dying to surrender to somebody, anybody. Reasonably enough, Islam figures:… — Mark Steyn
When I read obituaries I always note the age of the deceased. Automatically I relate this figure to my own age. Four years to go,… — Don DeLillo
I count too heavily on birthdays, though I know I shouldn't. Inevitably I begin to assess my life by them, figure out how I'm doing… — Lorrie Moore
Philosophy [nature] is written in that great book which ever is before our eyes -- I mean the universe -- but we cannot understand it… — Galileo Galilei
I figure if Doc is right about the time I have left,I should wrap up my adolescence in the next few days, get into my… — Chris Crutcher
Lady, I was gonna cut you some slack, 'cause you're a major mythological figure...but now you've just gone nuts! — Mike Mignola
I have filled 3 Mead notebooks trying to figure out whether it was Them or Just Me. — David Foster Wallace
I sometimes wonder if it is just me, or if there are other women who figure out where they are supposed to be by going… — Jodi Picoult
Thus Gotama [Buddha] walked toward the town to gather alms, and the two samanas recognized him solely by the perfection of his repose, by the… — Hermann Hesse

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