Flat Quotes
809 quotes by 694 authors
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It is all very well for so-called sensible people to recommend flat heels and short skirts, but most of us prefer not to be sensible.
— Anna Held
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It is surrounded by a thin flat ring, inclined to the ecliptic, and nowhere touches the body of the planet.
— Christiaan Huygens
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Light has not just intensity, but also a vibration, which is capable of roughening a smooth material, of giving a three-dimensional quality to a flat…
— Renzo Piano
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Oh, wouldn't the world seem dull and flat with nothing whatever to grumble at?
— W. S. Gilbert
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The Democratic Party's problem is that voters don't believe the president's claims that the economy is thriving. Even people with jobs feel apprehensive. Paychecks are…
— Karl Rove
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At one time, the earth was supposed to be flat. Well, so it is, even today, from Paris to Asnieres. But that fact doesn't prevent…
— Vincent Van Gogh
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Somebody was saying to Picasso that he ought to make pictures of things the way they are-objective pictures. He mumbled that he wasn't quite sure…
— Gregory Bateson
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You have two pages, that's the whole credit card agreement. The terms are clear and flat and easy to see so anyone can read them.…
— Elizabeth Warren
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They have so fundamentally flawed techniques it's ridiculous. They shoot the ball flat. They all stand upright, there's just so many things they do incorrectly.
— Rick Barry
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The ideal tyranny is that which is ignorantly self-administered by its victims. The most perfect slaves are, therefore, those which blissfully and unawaredly enslave themselves.…
— Donald James
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God is at the tip of our scalpels, our screwdrivers, our computer terminals, our dust rags, our vacuum cleaners, our pencils and pens. He is…
— Sue Monk Kidd
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Everyone wants to talk about it, and right now music, flat-panel televisions, a whole host of new handheld devices are fun to talk about and…
— Kevin B. Rollins
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It's a lifelong failing: she has never been prepared. But how can you have a sense of wonder if you're prepared for everything? Prepared for…
— Margaret Atwood
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You forget what it was like. You'd swear on your life you never will, but year by year it falls away. How your temperature ran…
— Tana French
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There is one brain organ that is optimised for understanding and articulating logical processes and that is the outer layer of the brain, called the…
— Ray Kurzweil
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I submit that tennis is the most beautiful sport there is and also the most demanding. It requires body control, hand-eye coordination, quickness, flat-out speed,…
— David Foster Wallace
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I can't wear flat shoes. My feet repel them. I was in agony. My high heels had left my feet bleeding. Laugh all you want,…
— Mariah Carey
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In a flat choice between smoke and jobs, we're for jobs... But just keep me out of trouble on environmental issues.
— Richard M. Nixon
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Time is a topological manifold. It is a surface. Events flow across it like water over land and like water flowing over land, when the…
— Terence McKenna
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The key of D is daffodil yellow, B major is maroon, and B flat is blue.
— Marian McPartland
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