Glittering Quotes

135 Glittering quotes by 121 unique authors

But perhaps my art is the art of a lunatic, I thought, mere glittering quicksilver, a blue soul breaking in upon my pictures. — Marc Chagall
Its Constitution--the glittering and sounding generalities of natural right which make up the Declaration of Independence. — Rufus Choate
Look at that mallard as he floats on the lake; see his elevated head glittering with emerald green, his amber eyes glancing in the light!… — John James Audubon
At times it seemed unfair that I should be paid for my work; for driving out in the early morning with the fields glittering under… — James Herriot
There are some, I know, who see beautification as a frill, as an extra, or as something that is luxurious enough to postpone. Well, they… — Lyndon B. Johnson
Only the great generalizations survive. The sharp words of the Declaration of Independence, lampooned then and since as 'glittering generalities,' have turned out blazing ubiquities… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seamed with scars; martyrs have put on their coronation robes glittering with… — Bill Vaughan
Ever since I was younger I wanted to be on stage, singing my songs in a glittering costume. And that happened and is still happening.… — Katy Perry
Good news is rare these days, and every glittering ounce of it should be cherished and hoarded and worshipped and fondled like a priceless diamond. — Hunter S. Thompson
The rain wasn't the usual glittering silver, but dark and dirty, as if nature were a scrubwoman wringing out a filthy mop. — Dean Koontz
A gigantic tortoise with a jewel-encrusted shell was glittering near the window. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those… — Roald Dahl
She had turned her back upon them all and no awful fate had overtaken her; instead, she had taken a firm hold upon life and… — Louis Bromfield
For now she need not think of anybody. She coud be herself, by herself. And that was what now she often felt the need of… — Virginia Woolf
A capacity for inferiority in the growing adult is threatened by the temptation by squander that capacity ruthlessly, to revel in hallowness. The syndrom especially… — Gregory Maguire
Oh, it's delightful to have ambitions. I'm so glad I have such a lot. And there never seems to be any end to them-- that's… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
We have great cities to visit: New York and Washington, Paris and London; and further east, and older than any of these, the legendary city… — Clive Barker
But I have a new love for that glittering instrument, the human soul. It is a lovely and unique thing in the universe. It is… — John Steinbeck
Orcs, and talking trees, and leagues of grass, and galloping riders, and glittering caves, and white towers and golden halls, and battles, and tall ships… — J.R.R. Tolkien
In the dark, with the windows lit and the rows of books glittering, the library is a closed space, a universe of self-serving rules that… — Alberto Manguel
Chance, my master and my friend, will, I feel sure, deign once again to send me the spirits of his unruly kingdom. All my trust… — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
In some remote corner of the universe, poured out and glittering among innumerable solar systems, there once was a star on which clever animals invented… — Friedrich Nietzsche
You built your walls too, she tells him. So I have my wall. She says it glittering in a beauty he cannot stand. She with… — Michael Ondaatje
This City now doth like a garment wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres and temples lie Open unto the… — William Wordsworth
A billion stars go spinning through the night, / glittering above your head, / But in you is the presence that will be / when… — Rainer Maria Rilke

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