Glance Quotes

446 quotes by 361 authors

My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find out what that light was… — Saint Augustine
On the wagon sped, and I, as well as my comrades, gave a despairing farewell glance at freedom as we came in sight of the… — Nellie Bly
One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it transcends speech; it is the bodily symbol of identity. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The object of geometry in all its measuring and computing, is to ascertain with exactness the plan of the great Geometer, to penetrate the veil… — Benjamin Peirce
Pardon me," I answered, as I placed a bundle of straw upon the fire and slightly stirred it. Then I turned quickly but already we… — Francois Laurent d'Arlandes
Prayer is an aspiration of the heart, it is a simple glance directed to heaven, it is a cry of gratitude and love in the… — Therese of Lisieux
And this is the simple truth - that to live is to feel oneself lost. He who accepts it has already begun to find himself,… — Soren Kierkegaard
You know, if government were a product, selling it would be illegal. ... Government contains impure ingredients - as anybody who's looked at Congress can… — P.J. O'Rourke
To expect that the intricacies of science will be pierced by a careless glance, or the eminences of fame ascended without labour, is to expect… — Samuel Johnson
Most of the crackpot papers which are submitted to The Physical Review are rejected, not because it is impossible to understand them, but because it… — Freeman Dyson
Anger may glance into the breast of a wise man, but rests only in the bosom of fools. — David C. Stark
In the field one has to face a chaos of facts, some of which are so small that they seem insignificant; others loom so large… — Bronislaw Malinowski
In our native terms, the ironic style is often compounded with the sardonic and the hard-boiled; even the effortlessly superior. But irony originates in the… — Christopher Hitchens
Must you continue to be your own cross? No matter which way God leads you, you change everything into bitterness by constantly brooding over everything.… — Jane Frances de Chantal
Look how the blue-eyed violets glance love to one another. — Thomas Buchanan Read
What is striking is these things [patterns in nature, e.g. fish stripes] do look like something that has been crafted. We are conditioned to think… — Philip Ball
Live each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance toward the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are… — Fulton J. Sheen
You've been in love with someone for a decade - someone who barely knows you're alive. You've done everything, tried everything to make this person… — Daniel Quinn
Switch on the television or glance at the newspaper: You will see death everywhere. Yet, did the victims of those plane crashes and car accidents… — Sogyal Rinpoche
The glance embroiders in joy, knits in pain, and sews in boredom. When indifferent, the eye takes stills, when interested, movies. Laughter is regional: a… — Malcolm De Chazal

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