Manner Quotes

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The manner of your speaking is full as important as the matter, as more people have ears to be tickled than understandings to judge. — Lord Chesterfield
Would I describe a preacher, I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste,… — William Cowper
And this manner of speaking of the Almighty, as one would speak of a man, is consistent with nothing but the stupidity of the Bible. — Thomas Paine
Composition is the art of arranging in a decorative manner the various elements which the painter uses to express his sentiments. In a picture every… — Henri Matisse
Ideas, as the raw material from which knowledge is produced, exist in superabundance, but that makes the production of knowledge more difficult rather than easier.… — Thomas Sowell
It is difficult to tell how much men's minds are conciliated by a kind manner and gentle speech. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
I am almost sure to be blotted out by death, but sometimes I think it is not impossible that I may continue to live in… — Jorge Luis Borges
For the past eighty years I have started each day in the same manner... I go to the piano, and I play preludes and fugues… — Pablo Casals
The artist has only to remain true to his dream and it will possess his work in such a manner that it will resemble the… — Albert Pinkham Ryder
When mountains and waters are painted, blue, green, and red paints are used, strange rocks and wondrous stones are used, the four jewels and the… — Dogen
I do not see in what manner practice alone can be sufficient for the production of correct, excellent, and finished pictures. Works deserving this character… — Joshua Reynolds
It is because the doctrine of human unity based on the spiritual oneness of all beings, is not propagated in the right manner that we… — Sathya Sai Baba
I have always enjoyed dealing with a slightly surrealistic situation and presenting it in a realistic manner. I've always liked fairy tales and myths, magical… — Stanley Kubrick
Our studies will be forever, in a very great degree, under the direction of chance; like travelers, we must take what we can get, and… — Joshua Reynolds
By close inspection... you will discover the manner of handling the artifices of contrast, glazing, and other expedients, by which good colorists have raised the… — Joshua Reynolds
Manner, as much as matter, constitutes eloquence. — Francois Delsarte
In the past decade or so, the women's magazines have taken to running home-handyperson articles suggesting that women can learn to fix things just as… — Robert Briffault
The serpentine line, or the line of grace, by its waving and winding at the same time different ways, leads the eye in a pleasing… — William Hogarth
Do all that you can do in a perfect manner every day, but do it without haste, worry or fear. Go as fast as you… — Wallace D. Wattles
There is more energy locked up in sources around the solar system than we could ever reasonably expect to need, the problem would be transporting… — Wilson Greatbatch

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