Figures Quotes

2652 quotes by 1970 authors

I think for me it was a natural transition to move full time into acting rather than figure skating. — Julie Benz
The grey nurse resumed her knitting as Peter Walsh, on the hot seat beside her, began snoring. In her grey dress, moving her hands indefatigably… — Virginia Woolf
Travel gives a character of experience to our knowledge, and brings the figures on the tablet of memory into strong relief. — Henry Theodore Tuckerman
The ancients had little doubt about the true shape of the earth: "It's [the world's] shape has the rounded appearance of a perfect sphere. This… — Pliny the Elder
Believing in the Tooth Fairy is easier than trying to figure out how else the money gets under your pillow. — Cynthia Lewis
His epitaph: Who, by vigor of mind almost divine, the motions and figures of the planets, the paths of comets, and the tides of the… — Isaac Newton
It was the moment I learned acting is not acting out. After that light went on, I spent the rest of my life trying to… — William Hurt
The man who has allowed his body to deteriorate cuts a pitiful figure - chest collapsed, stomach protruding. — Gene Tunney
Guarding your heart and protecting your dignity are a little bit more important than clarifying the emotions of someone who's only texting you back three… — Taylor Swift
I cannot classify the other, for the other is, precisely, Unique, the singular Image which has miraculously come to correspond to the speciality of my… — Roland Barthes
In a long distance race, everyone gets tired. The winner is the runner who figures out where to put the tired, figures out how to… — Seth Godin
She was coming. I watched the slight figure grow out of the dusk between the trees, and the darkness in which I had walked of… — Mary Johnston
'Tell me one last thing,' said Harry. 'Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?' Dumbledore beamed at him, and his voice… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
You can't expect insights, even the big ones, to make you suddenly understand everything. But I figure: Hey it's a step in the right direction… — Lily Tomlin
The medieval doctors of divinity who did not pretend to settle how many angels could dance on the point of a needle cut a very… — George Bernard Shaw
We're taking on Social Security as a property rights issue. We figure that every single American has an absolute property right interest in the fruits… — Malcolm Wallop
Every country in the world loved the folklore of the West--the music, the dress, the excitement, everything that was associated with the opening of a… — John Wayne
Get money - but stop once in a while to figure what it is costing you to get it. No man gets it without giving… — Bruce Barton
Become like a sheet of blotting paper and soak it all in. Later on you can figure out what to keep and what to unload. — Haruki Murakami
If your why is strong enough you will figure out how! — Bill Walsh

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