Gist Quotes

28 quotes by 26 authors

• I personally never got the gist of Facebook and Twitter. — Helena Bonham Carter
• The gist of the matter is this: Every impression that comes in from without, be it a sentence which we hear, an object of vision,… — William James
• As the child approaches a new text he is entitled to an introduction so that when he reads, the gist of the... story can provide… — Marie Clay
• Little by little, wean yourself. This is the gist of what I have to say. From an embryo whose nourishment comes in the blood, move… — Rumi
• It feels like a rash. It suddenly seems like I've got a contagion of diseases, I mean awards. But it's nice, it's a nice feeling.… — Helena Bonham Carter
• I thought how proud I am to be standing up beside my dad. Never did it occur to me that he would become the gist… — George W. Bush
• This is the gist of all worship: to be pure and to do good to others. He who sees Shiva in the poor, in the… — Swami Vivekananda
• I cannot too often repeat that Democracy is a word the real gist of which still sleeps, quite unawakened, notwithstanding the resonance and the many… — Walt Whitman
• I went to a place recently I think is one of the most f**ked up places I've ever been to. I'm convinced this place is… — Aziz Ansari
• Laymen learn to read photographs the way they do headlines, skipping over them quickly to get the gist of what is being said. Photographers, on… — Howard S. Becker
• The gist of the Twist is chiefly in the hips — Chubby Checker
• This is the gist of what I know: Give advice and buy a foe. — Phyllis McGinley
• I think Shakespeare is like a dialect. If I heard a broad Scots accent, I'd probably struggle at first but then I'd start to look… — Ralph Fiennes
• I can't remember who told me but I was advised early on not to Google myself or read things about myself... I don't read a… — Leona Lewis
• I always think if it's a good story, the audience can't wait to run out of the theater and go tweet somebody with the gist… — Steven Spielberg
• If your only nice to the people that are nice to you, big deal; what do you want, a gist certificate? Everyone does that. And… — John Bytheway
• Woman wants monogamy; Man delights in novelty. Love is woman's moon and sun; Man has other forms of fun. Woman lives but in her lord;… — Dorothy Parker
• Intermittently she caught the gist of his sentences and supplied the rest from her subconscious, as one picks up the striking of a clock in… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
• I understand the gist of your speculation,' said Rhialto. 'It is most likely nuncupatory. — Jack Vance
• Humans generally get out the gist of what they need to say right at the beginning, then spend forever qualifying, contradicting, burnishing or taking important… — Richard Ford

Who Wrote These Gist Quotes

26 authors contributed a total of 28 Gist Quotes, led by these top contributors:

• 2 Gist Quotes by Helena Bonham Carter
• 2 Gist Quotes by Aziz Ansari
• 1 Gist Quote by Dorothy Parker
• 1 Gist Quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• 1 Gist Quote by Jack Vance
• 1 Gist Quote by Richard Ford
• 1 Gist Quote by Anne Bishop
• 1 Gist Quote by Fernando Pessoa
• 1 Gist Quote by P.G. Wodehouse
• 1 Gist Quote by Cassandra Clare
• 1 Gist Quote by Eoin Colfer
• 1 Gist Quote by Carole Gist
• 1 Gist Quote by Olubayo Adebiyi
• 1 Gist Quote by William James
• 1 Gist Quote by Marie Clay
• 1 Gist Quote by Rumi
• 1 Gist Quote by George W. Bush
• 1 Gist Quote by Swami Vivekananda
• 1 Gist Quote by Walt Whitman
• 1 Gist Quote by Howard S. Becker
• 1 Gist Quote by Chubby Checker
• 1 Gist Quote by Phyllis McGinley
• 1 Gist Quote by Ralph Fiennes
• 1 Gist Quote by Leona Lewis
• 1 Gist Quote by Steven Spielberg