Initial Quotes

266 quotes by 249 authors

Fundamentally a good author has his or her own sense of style. There is a natural, deep voice, and that voice is present from the… — Kenzaburo Oe
I think it's safe to say that it's rather premature for anyone to make any initial assessment or analysis of Kim Jong-un, or have an… — Lee Myung-bak
A man may call to mind the face of his friend, but not his own. Here, then, is an initial difficulty in the way of… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Look down, not up, when making your initial investment decision. If you donâ€™t lose money, most of the remaining alternatives are good ones. — Joel Greenblatt
I love TV now, and 'Modern Family,' but what draws me back to theater is that initial instinct of wanting to be a theater actor.… — Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Consider the wheelbarrow. It may lack the grace of an airplane, the speed of an automobile, the initial capacity of a freight car, but its… — Hal Borland
My initial plan was to spend a year in France, go to some kind of school and learn a bit of French. I went a… — John Howe
In art, vitality is the chaotic initial state; beauty is the cosmic final state. — Chairil Anwar
Any actress will tell you, when you've been given a starring role in the initial run of a show, you want to be getting the… — Martine McCutcheon
Sometimes you get so jaded, you don't have those initial connections and emotions with music, because you are promoting your own. — David Nail
If it's a good LP, you'll get that tingle that makes you put it on again no matter what your initial reaction was. On the… — Andy Partridge
Although I voted against the initial resolution approving the war in Iraq, I have consistently voted to support our troops with much-needed armor and supplies. — Ed Pastor
Joy doesn't betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated and isolated, joy is a fine… — Rebecca Solnit
If you're talking to an architect, he can look at a blank piece of paper, and once the initial design is there, the formula kicks… — Ryan Tedder
While Taliban fighters had an initial claim to protection under the conventions, they lost POW status by failing to obey the standards of conduct for… — John Yoo
The question is...whether we shall, by whatever means, succeed in reconstituting the natural world as the true terrain of politics, rehabilitating the personal experience of… — Vaclav Havel
The first time I ever recorded, which was into my boom-box, I was like, 'Wow, check that out.' It sounded great. The narcotic of it… — Ian MacKaye
My initial career, really, as a baby, was as a singer. — Mel Torme
Nature is my springboard. From her I get my initial impetus. I have tried to relate the visible drama of mountains, trees, and bleached fields… — Milton Avery
Some of the greatest, most revolutionary advances in science have been given their initial expression in attractively modest terms, with no fanfare. — Daniel Dennett

Who Wrote These Initial Quotes

249 authors contributed a total of 266 Initial Quotes, led by these top contributors: