Picture Quotes
3250 quotes by 2309 authors
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Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to look at Haiti…
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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The soul never thinks without a picture.
— Aristotle
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A lot of these kids I think are more content just to be on Facebook and the computer than they are to actually go out.…
— Dave Attell
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The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book?
— David Attenborough
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Because we can't escape our ancient hunger to live close to nature, we encircle the house with lawns and gardens, install picture windows, adopt pets…
— Diane Ackerman
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My dad was an architect, and he wasn't a rich guy, but in our little world in Philadelphia, he was famous. He loved to see…
— Kevin Bacon
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There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
— Ansel Adams
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I start a picture and I finish it.
— Jean-Michel Basquiat
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Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.
— Ambrose Bierce
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I have written most of my melodies walking and I feel it is definitely one of the most helpful ways of sewing all of the…
— Bjork
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Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred…
— Aeschylus
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Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate, a wet sponge…
— Aeschylus
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A picture is worth a thousand words.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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Life is a canvas of many strokes where shades from different palettes meet into a picture so concrete that some forget it is their own,…
— Vanna Bonta
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An image is not simply a trademark, a design, a slogan or an easily remembered picture. It is a studiously crafted personality profile of an…
— Daniel J. Boorstin
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We've seen the uproars around the world concerning cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammad. Anyone who does not think comic strips are relevant never had a…
— Elayne Boosler
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Know what you're trying to do before you do it. Turning knobs at random isn't enlightening any more than throwing paint at a wall blindfolded…
— Steve Albini
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We live in an image society. Speeches are not what anybody cares about; what they care about is the picture.
— Madeleine Albright
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I don't think anyone likes to see a picture of themselves in a tabloid, besides a couple people who I'm not going to mention. I'm…
— Gisele Bundchen
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What sort of sap doesn't know by now that picture-perfect beauty is all done with smoke and mirrors anyway?
— Julie Burchill
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