Placing Quotes

184 quotes by 172 authors

Belief is reassuring. People who live in the world of belief feel safe. On the contrary, faith is forever placing us on the razor's edge. — Jacques Ellul
Another good reducing exercise consists in placing both hands against the table edge and pushing back — Robert Quillen
I think of myself as a stylist, and stylists can become notoriously obsessed with the placing of a comma, the weight of a semicolon. — Truman Capote
By placing discretion in the hands of an official to grant or deny a license, such a statute creates a threat of censorship that by… — Harry A. Blackmun
Placing a time limit on affirmative action would in all likelihood blunt the orchestrated politics of controversy that now bedevils it. And thinking about phasing… — Orlando Patterson
Follow your heart, whatever you do. You are placing your fate and our fate in the hands of men and women who are going to… — Thuli Madonsela
Even if chords are simple, they should rub. They should have dissonances in them. I've always used a lot of alternate bass lines, suspensions, widely… — Jimmy Webb
A stone that looks satisfied with its position reflects the sense ofÂ ease the waller felt when placing it there. — Dan Snow
When words such as painting and sculpture are used, they connote a whole tradition and imply a consequent acceptance of this tradition, thus placing limitations… — Sol LeWitt
Making me into a role model is placing too much importance on what I see as a work in progress. — PJ Harvey
When a character is born, he acquires at once such an independence, even of his own author, that he can be imagined by everybody even… — Luigi Pirandello
Missions is God finding those whose hearts are right with Him and placing them where they can make a difference for His kingdom — Henry Blackaby
Every Latter-day Saint should make the study of this book a lifetime pursuit. Otherwise, he is placing his soul in jeopardy and neglecting that which… — Ezra Taft Benson
This is Huntress placing Panta four-five, four-six on battle stations, I repeat battle stations, time one-two-four-one. Authenticate hotel romeo, all parties acknowledge with initials. — Jeremy Powell
The defects born of habit are innumerable. I see every child occupied in some way in disarranging and disfiguring his physique; some displace the ankles… — Jean-Georges Noverre
In Buddhism, we speak of touching Nirvana with our own body, In Christianity, you can also touch the Kingdom of God with your body, right… — Nhat Hanh
We can let the energy of love flow instead of placing it in a jar and leaving it aside. — Paulo Coelho
When seen up close, dangers are controllable: when you begin to climb the mountain of your dreams, pay attention to the surroundings. There are cliffs,… — Paulo Coelho
So it is that real, personal sacrifice never was placing an animal on the altar. Instead, it is a willingness to put the animal in… — Neal A. Maxwell
Animals can be driven crazy by placing too many in too small a pen. Homo sapiens is the only animal that voluntarily does this to… — Robert A. Heinlein

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