Interpretation Quotes

499 quotes by 434 authors

The constitution of the United States is to receive a reasonable interpretation of its language, and its powers, keeping in view the objects and purposes,… — Joseph Story
The interpretation of the laws is the proper and peculiar province of the courts. A constitution is, in fact, and must be regarded by the… — Alexander Hamilton
We do literature a real disservice if we reduce it to knowledge or to use, to a problem to be solved. If literature solves problems,… — Marjorie Garber
What then is the purpose of national education? Rather than devise complex theoretical interpretations, it is better to start by looking to the lovely child… — Tsunesaburo Makiguchi
The way you see yourself is important, you see. It's as if you carve yourself out of your own interpretation. And so I became the… — Philip Ridley
I could not accept that organizational interpretations, based on shifting human reasoning, could ever be made equal in authority to the actual statements found in… — Raymond Franz
I am always surprised at all the things people read into my photos, but it also amuse me. That may be because I have nothing… — Cindy Sherman
I don't analyze what I'm doing. I've read convincing interpretations of my work, and sometimes I've noticed something that I wasn't aware of, but I… — Cindy Sherman
Each time you go to the same track you know whether you're improving or whether you're not... it's not open to interpretation. It's measurable -… — Eric Bana
The test of a true myth is that each time you return to it, new insights and interpretations arise. — Starhawk
I dont like being told someones interpretation of something that I do. — Jonathan Brandis
Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art. — Man Ray
If youre going to use standards as criteria for signing musicians, you can sign thousands. If youre going to use some sort of conceptual interpretation… — Branford Marsalis
These were specific enablements given to certain believers for the purpose of authenticating or confirming God's Word when it was proclaimed in the early church… — John F. MacArthur
I am an interpreter of interpretations — James Delingpole
My interpretation can only be as inerrant as I am, and that's good to keep in mind. — Rachel Held Evans
I try to make art which celebrates doubt and uncertainty. Which provokes answers but doesn't give them. Which withholds absolute meaning by incorporating parasite meanings.… — Sherrie Levine
Moshe Sluhovsky's fascinating study links spirit possession, exorcism, and mystical practice in early modern Europe. Women and men, healers and priestly exorcisers are caught up… — Natalie Zemon Davis
Building on exhaustive research and probing into such diverse enterprises as textbook production and marketing, public education, and state-level politics, Adam R. Shapiro has situated… — Randall Balmer
In The Jack Daniels Sessions, folktales and modern landscapes collide, exploding and reforming in the form of an intriguing and intelligent collection. Cotman seizes the… — Cat Rambo

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