Obscuring Quotes

18 quotes by 15 authors

Mother goddesses are just as silly a notion as father gods. If a revival of the myths of these cults gives woman emotional satisfaction, it… — Angela Carter
The frenetic pace of modern life can lead to an obscuring or even a loss of what is truly human... Perhaps more than in other… — Pope John Paul II
Forty years after a battle it is easy for a non-combatant to reason about how it ought to have been fought. It is another thing… — Herman Melville
December's wintery breath is already clouding the pond, frosting the pane, obscuring summer's memory. — John M. Geddes
It is quite possible we may have formed entirely erroneous ideas of what we actually see. The greenish gray patches may not be seas at… — Edward E. Barnard
The business of obscuring language is a mask behind which stands the much bigger business of plunder. — Frantz Fanon
'Tell me one last thing,' said Harry. 'Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?' Dumbledore beamed at him, and his voice… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
It is well to fetter the wings of our fancy and restrain its flights. It is quite possible we may have formed entirely erroneous ideas… — Edward E. Barnard
The clouds were drifting over the moon at their giddiest speed, at one time wholly obscuring her, at another, suffering her to burst forth in… — Charles Dickens
Names are but noise and smoke, Obscuring heavenly light. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Except for light, all other media come in pairs, with one acting as the "content" of the other, obscuring the operation of both. — Marshall McLuhan
Grace is the pleasure of God to magnify the worth of God by giving sinners the right and power to delight in God without obscuring… — John Piper
On one hand the eternal attraction of man towards femininity (cf. Gn. 2:23) frees in him-or perhaps it should free-a gamut of spiritual-corporal desires of… — Pope John Paul II
The result of this is that so-called peace propaganda is just as dishonest and intellectually disgusting as war propaganda. Like war propaganda, it concentrates on… — George Orwell
He might have been encased in a thick glass bubble, so separate did he feel from his three dining companions. It was a sensation with… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I realized that the longing for art, like the longing for love, is a malady that blinds us, and makes us forget the things we… — Orhan Pamuk
Trauma fractures comprehension as a pebble shatters a windshield. The wound at the site of impact spreads across the field of vision, obscuring reality and… — Jane Leavy
You know I am done lying. Obscuring the truth is no longer something I have any interest in doing. I want it all to come… — Jayson Blair

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