Partly Quotes

401 Partly quotes by 361 unique authors

Asymmetric balance creates greater reader interest. Pleasure derived from observing asymmetrical arrangements lies partly in overcoming resistances, which, consciously or not, the spectator adjusts in… — Paul Rand
A novel, I think, is partly about the contemporary and partly about the eternal, and it's the balance of that that's difficult to achieve. — Salman Rushdie
Many people feel they must multi-task because everybody else is multitasking, but this is partly because they are all interrupting each other so much. — Marilyn vos Savant
Women have made tons of progress. But we still have a small percentage of the top jobs in any industry, in any nation in the… — Sheryl Sandberg
I definitely spend the most money on shoes, partly because vintage footwear can be a little funky - in a bad way. I like to… — Chloe Sevigny
The name Shatner is Austrian and partly Germanic, and there's Germanic reticence and silence perhaps, but there is passion underneath. — William Shatner
We can't all be good at everything. This is partly the logic behind having a team in the first place, so each role can be… — Simon Sinek
I wore makeup when I was at school, and I wore makeup when glam started. I started wearing it again when punk started. I've always… — Robert Smith
In the early years, I found a voice that was my voice and also partly my father's voice. But isn't that what you always do?… — Bruce Springsteen
I like writing. It's partly control freak, and partly I really like what I do for a living. I have the luckiest job in the… — J. Michael Straczynski
I battled with my weight as a teenager, partly because there wasn't the information or conversation about how to live a healthy lifestyle. — Alison Sweeney
Over the years, many in the public have become numb to news of financial corruption, partly because too many of these stories involve banker-on-banker crime. — Matt Taibbi
My autism is a very mild form. It was diagnosed at the age of 25, partly because it wasn't diagnosable as a teenager (this is… — Daniel Tammet
The storytelling gift is innate: one has it or one doesn't. But style is at least partly a learned thing: one refines it by looking… — Donna Tartt
Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable mould myself. — Henry David Thoreau
Yes, I think I have the best swing on the Tour. Why have scores comedown in the last ten years? Partly because they are imitating… — Lee Trevino
Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose. — Tennessee Williams
But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric… — George Eliot
She had listened to him, partly sympathetic, partly horrified. For it was one thing for her to reject her background, to be critical of her… — Jhumpa Lahiri
Well, do you do that consciously?" Daily Alice asked, only partly of Cloud. "Do what?" Cloud said. "Grow up? No. Well. In a sense. You… — John Crowley

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