Pointed Quotes

490 quotes by 385 authors

Pointed criticism, if accurate, often gives the artist an inner sense of relief. The criticism that damages is that which disparages, dismisses, ridicules, or condemns. — William Ernest Henley
Nothing is more apt to deceive us than our own judgment of our work. We derive more benefit from having our faults pointed out by… — Leonardo da Vinci
I think Israel, as a number of commentators pointed out, is becoming an insane state. And we have to be honest about that. While the… — Norman Finkelstein
What must novel dialogue . . . really be and do? It must be pointed, intentional, relevant. It must crystallize situation. It must express character.… — Elizabeth Bowen
The first day or so we all pointed to our country. The third or fourth day we were pointing to our continent. By the fifth… — Sultan bin Salman Al Saud
No country upon earth ever had it more in its power to attain these blessings than United America. Wondrously strange, then, and much to be… — George Washington
That useful alterations will be suggested by experience, could not but be foreseen . . . . It moreover equally enables the general and state… — James Madison
The defect of power in the existing confederacy, to regulate the commerce between its several members is in the number of those which have been… — James Madison
When our minds are purified through karma (selfless action) and made single-pointed through up-asana (worship), we cannot remain satisfied with the small achievements in worldly… — Tejomayananda
Its at night, when perhaps we should be dreaming, that the mind is most clear, that we are most able to hold all our life… — Brian Aldiss
But a priest's life is not supposed to be well-rounded; it is supposed to be one-pointed - a compass, not a weathercock. — Aldous Huxley
A good orator is pointed and impassioned. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
A lady came up to me on the street and pointed at my suede jacket. 'You know a cow was murdered for that jacket?' she… — Jake Johannsen
A minimal level of sportsman ethics afield is mandated by written law. Beyond that, say, when an action is legal but ethically questionable, or when… — David Petersen
I was never raised to think that I was pretty. It's not that I was raised to think I was unattractive, but it was just… — Mila Kunis
Teens today rule the world. The whole culture - movies, music - is pointed at young people. They have so 'much' power. — James Franco
In music, as you develop a theme or musical idea, there are many points at which directions must be decided, and at any time I… — Duke Ellington
I actually pointed my wand and it blew up! The power! The power was just likeÂ Angry Birds, but big [as] life. — Helena Bonham Carter
The cosmic spotlight isn't pointed at you; it radiates from within you. — Marianne Williamson
The reason so many of us are obsessed with becoming stars is because we are not yet starring in our own lives. The cosmic spotlight… — Marianne Williamson

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