Pointed Quotes

490 quotes by 378 authors

I would like to live. . . open to time and death painlessly, noticing everything, remembering nothing, choosing the given with a fierce and pointed… — Annie Dillard
In Gilead, the narrator's friend's son describes himself not as an atheist but in "state of categorical unbelief." He says, "I don't even believe God… — Will Schwalbe
Love knows no pain, no sacrifice is too much for it; it is an absolute one-pointed state of mind toward the well-being of the other… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
I do half the cooking, and by 'half' I mean three quarters," Dad pointed out. "And if you're going to turn up your nose at… — Sarah Rees Brennan
[Raphael's] great superiority is due to the instinctive sense which, in him, seems to desire to shatter form. Form is, in his figures, what it… — Honore de Balzac
The language and concepts contained herein are guaranteed not to cause eternal torment in the place where the guy with the horns and pointed stick… — Frank Zappa
By steadily disciplining the animal nature, until it becomes one pointed, it is possible to establish conscious awareness of The Eternal. — Laozi
I gamble with one foot pointed toward the door. — Frank Scoblete
The nurse pointed out that identical twins were already clones in a sense, and Mother Emmanuel suggested that the soul to worry about belonged to… — Mark Salzman
You... are now servants to the ear that needs quiet solace, and the eye that needs the consolation of beauty, servants to the mind that… — Joyce DiDonato
If we have trouble hearing Him, He will faithfully work in our lives until we are pointed in the direction He wants us to go. — Tony Dungy
He was expressing his certainty that my appeal would be granted, but I was carrying the burden of a sin from which I had to… — Albert Camus
Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. — Nelson Mandela
True fragrance speaks for itself. It does not require to be pointed out by the bearer. — Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi
As you know, Bergson pointed out that there is no such thing as disorder but rather two sorts of order, geometric and living. — Jean Piaget
I do not believe that all books will or should migrate onto screens: as Douglas Adams once pointed out to me, more than 20 years… — Neil Gaiman
Jesus always pointed people towards a better version of themselves - particularly when they'd failed. — Bob Goff
OSTRICH, n. A large bird to which (for its sins, doubtless) nature has denied that hinder toe . . . . The absence of a… — Ambrose Bierce
Jesus wanted to show us his heart as the heart that loved so deeply. For this reason we have this commemoration today, especially of God's… — Pope Francis
Primroses and landscapes, he pointed out, have one grave defect: they are gratuitous. A love of nature keeps no factories busy. It was decided to… — Aldous Huxley

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