Pointed Quotes

490 quotes by 382 authors

As we shall see, the concept of time has no meaning before the beginning of the universe. This was first pointed out by St. Augustine.… — Stephen Hawking
People... of the universe! Tonight... is the night.. when the skies will open, and spray forth a divine hand with pointed finger! And it will… — Thurston Moore
Ive realized that even more that what is beautiful about the accordion is to play with a single finger sometimes, with a very pure, very… — Richard Galliano
When I started looking for pointed shoes, I used to go to Fairfax on Orchard Street in New York City, one of those little pushcart… — Tom Waits
I grew up with a glue gun pointed at my head. — Alexis Stewart
The imagined memories had to have as much weight as the real, or we had to at least pretend they did to such a degree… — Dinaw Mengestu
Like a young heir, come a little prematurely to a large inheritance, we shall wanton and run riot until we have brought our reputation to… — George Washington
I remember nothing about it except a philological fact. My mother said nothing about the dragon, but pointed out that one could not say 'a… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Better pointed bullets than pointed words. — Otto von Bismarck
Perception is a tool that's pointed on both ends. — Hannibal
For while this year it may be a Catholic against whom the finger of suspicion is pointed, in other years it has been, and may… — John F. Kennedy
Any one who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin. For, as has been pointed out several… — John von Neumann
Media reporters have pointed out that the paragraphs in my Time column this week bear close similarities to paragraphs in Jill Lepore's essay in the… — Fareed Zakaria
Apparently Brooklyn needn't always push itself to be something else, something conscious and anxious, something pointed toward Manhattan.... Brooklyn might sometimes also be pleased, as… — Jonathan Lethem
Isn't Hollywood a dump-in the human sense of the word. A hideous town, pointed up by the insulting gardens of its rich, full of the… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters. When readers start asking about character motivations instead… — Alan Dean Foster
The star of Bethlehem was a star of hope that led the wise men to the fulfillment of their expectations, the success of their expedition.… — D. James Kennedy
C. S. Lewis pointed out that some people are angry with God for His not existing, and others for His existing but for failing to… — Neal A. Maxwell
In the dooryard fronting an old farm-house near the white-wash'd palings, Stands the lilac-bush tall-growing with heart-shaped leaves of rich green, with many a pointed… — Walt Whitman
Let your love flow outward through the universe, To its height, its depth, its broad extent, A limitless love, without hatred or enmity. Then as… — Gautama Buddha

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