Figures Quotes

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Poetry is a sort of inspired mathematics, which gives us equations, not for abstract figures, triangles, squares, and the like, but for the human emotions.… — Ezra Pound
He was visited on a lunar basis by these great unspecific waves of horniness, whereby all women within a certain age group and figure envelope… — Thomas Pynchon
I'm a ghost," said the small figure, then added, a little uncertainly, "Boo? — John Connolly
According to the latest official figures, 43% of all statistics are totally worthless. — Ashleigh Brilliant
Most of them... most of us never figure it out. Bad dream, they think, or good one. Funny rash, never really goes away, but Doc… — Catherynne M. Valente
But I think half the battle is figuring out what works for you, and I am much better at being a mother than I ever… — Jodi Picoult
The dot that became a speck that became a blob that became a figure that became a boy — John Boyne
it's so easy to get lost inside a problem that seems so big at the time it's like a river a that's so wide it… — Carrie Underwood
The dead are never exactly seen by the living, but many people seem acutely aware of something changed around them. They speak of a chill… — Alice Sebold
Make (the reader) think the evil, make him think it for himself, and you are released from weak specifications. My values are positively all blanks,… — Henry James
The teachings of the Bible are so interwoven and entwined with our whole civic and social life that it would be literally impossible for us… — Theodore Roosevelt
I've learned to write the truth. But to do that, I had to figure out what the truth was-and I had to realize that the… — Pat Murphy
Dates are hard to remember because they consist of figures; figures are monotonously unstriking in appearance, and they don't take hold, they form no pictures,… — Mark Twain
Dear Sir, poor sir, brave sir." he read, "You are an experiment by the Creator of the Universe. You are the only creature in the… — Kurt Vonnegut
For I do not want any one to read my book carelessly. I have suffered too much grief in setting down these memories. Six years… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
I never said that. I just didn't correct you when you were, you know, wrong. Anyway, I just saved you from being burned to death,… — Cassandra Clare
First you find out what you have , Dad would say. Then you figure out how to make it work for what you need, 'cause… — Lilith Saintcrow
Heroes rarely look the way we draw them in our minds: attractive, imposing figures with rippling muscles and strong chins. More times than not they… — Richard Paul Evans
I havenâ€™t got the heart to take the mickey out of him, even,â€ said Fred, looking over at Ronâ€™s crumpled figure. â€œMind you . .… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
My most recent faith struggle is not one of intellect. I donâ€™t really do that anymore. Sooner or later you just figure out there are… — Donald Miller

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