Figures Quotes

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That the Hindus, absorbed in the ideal, lacked in realistic observation is evident from this. Take painting and sculpture. What do you see in the… — Swami Vivekananda
It sometimes takes a while for executives to figure out that the reporters they think of as little bugs to be squashed or spun can… — Jonathan Alter
If you give people a good enough 'why', they will always figure out the 'how'. — Jordan Belfort
It's natural to think that living things must be the handiwork of a designer. But it was also natural to think that the sun went… — Steven Pinker
It's been written that the most sublime figure in American history was George Washington on his knees in the snow at Valley Forge. He personified… — Ronald Reagan
All official institutions of language are repeating machines: school, sports, advertising, popular songs, news, all continually repeat the same structure, the same meaning, often the… — Roland Barthes
Hell is oneself, hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections. There is nothing to escape from and nothing to escape to. One… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
A full-dressed ecclesiastic is a sort of go-cart of divinity; an ethical automaton. A clerical prig is, in general, a very dangerous as well as… — William Hazlitt
I get a lot of people complaining about my ambiguity, often in cases which there is nothing ambigous at all. As far as I can… — Gene Wolfe
But there's a thin line between songwriting and arranging. ... Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the presentation stage in… — Warren Zevon
What I have to do now is figure where my passion is, and follow my heart; I've proven that if I have the passion for… — Clara Hughes
I have lived my life very openly and have never hidden the fact that I am gay. Apparently the prerequisite to being a gay public… — Jonathan Knight
I think a lot of my interest in history now isn't so much in places and names and texts and public figures, but more in… — Sufjan Stevens
Miranda Lambert is actually mixing the singer-songwriter philosophy with the commercial country [mindset]. And I find it just inspiring. My hat's off completely, because she's… — Allison Moorer
That's what I am, Frank thought, an ordinary genius. He had unlocked the secret of radio. The sport of the ordinary! Brillliant me like Reed… — Garrison Keillor
It was the darndest thing I've ever seen. It was big, it was very bright, it changed colors and it was about the size of… — Jimmy Carter
I'm not going to stop torturing myself till I figure out the cause of my pain. — Matt Groening
An optimist is someone who figures that if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's the bluebird of happiness. — Robert Breault
By remaining behind the scenes, they (the Rothschilds) were able to avoid the brunt of public anger which was directed, instead, at the political figures… — G. Edward Griffin
The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working. Beethoven, Wagner, Bach and Mozart settled… — Ernest Newman

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