Forms Quotes

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Imagination is a very high sort of seeing, which does not come by study, but by the intellect being where and what it sees, by… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Philosophers say man forms himself in dialogue. — Anne Carson
As humanity perfects itself, man becomes degraded. When everything is reduced to the mere counter-balancing of economic interests, what room will there be for virtue?… — Gustave Flaubert
I know California isn't a real destination. You can't get there from New Jersey, not simply by following a line drawn on a map. The… — Kate Braverman
There are no vital and significant forms of art; there is only art, and precious little of that. — Raymond Chandler
All over the world major museums have bowed to the influence of Disney and become theme parks in their own right. The past, whether Renaissance… — J. G. Ballard
In mythos and fairy tales, deities and other great spirits test the hearts of humans by showing up in various forms that disguise their divinity.… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Let the labyrinth of wrinkles be furrowed in my brow with the red-hot iron of my own life, let my hair whiten and my step… — Salvador Dali
And now, my friends, a dragon's toast! Here's to life's little blessings: war, plagues, and all forms of evil. Their presence keeps us alert--- and… — T.A. Barron
Dagny, we can never lose the things we live for. We may have to change their form at times, if we've made an error, but… — Ayn Rand
He knew very well that love could be like the most beautiful singing, that it could make death inconsequential, that it existed in forms so… — Mark Helprin
Pleasant things to hear, though hearing them from him embarrasses me. I soak up the praise but feel obliged to disparage the gift. I believe… — Wallace Stegner
She was one of those people who was born for the greatness of a single love, for exaggerated hatred, for apocalyptic vengance, and for the… — Isabel Allende
Or maybe they were just doing it for fun. A lark. Their religion is tolerant of extreme forms of recreation. Boys will be boys, after… — Dean Koontz
Agreements. Specifically, a treaty ratified by all the orders of whimsical like forms who dwell here that affords a measure of security for mortal caretakers.… — Brandon Mull
Since the first human eye saw a leaf in Devonian sandstone and a puzzled finger reached to touch it, sadness has lain over the heart… — Loren Eiseley
Thousands of years ago, man lived in harmony with the rest of the natural world. Through what we would today call Telepathy, he communicated with… — Benjamin Hoff
In our heart we know that life loves life. Yet we feast on some of the other life-forms with which we share our planet; we… — Diane Ackerman
All the higher life forms scythed away, just like that. [ . . . ] Nothing but dust and fundamentalists. — Terry Pratchett
The idea, therefore, that religious faith is somehow a sacred human conventionâ€”distinguished, as it is, both by the extravagance of its claims and by the… — Sam Harris

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