Pointed Quotes

490 quotes by 378 authors

Captain Nemo pointed to this prodigious heap of shellfish, and I saw that these mines were genuinely inexhaustible, since nature's creative powers are greater than… — Jules Verne
Modern psychology has pointed to the need of educating people to use a much larger portion of the mind. Transcendental meditation fulfills this need. And… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
As someone pointed out, you could have an attribute that says 'optimize the heck out of this routine', and your definition of heck would be… — Larry Wall
As pointed out in a followup, Real Perl Programmers prefer things to be visually distinct. — Larry Wall
A broadsheet obituarist once pointed out to me that veteran soldiers die by rank. First to go are the generals, admirals and air marshals, then… — A. A. Gill
Be sure that it is not you that is mortal, but only your body. For that man whom your outward form reveals is not yourself;… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
There were reprints of American editorials. Liberals saw it as a resurgence of social protest and decried the discrimination, poverty, and hunger that had provoked… — Dan Simmons
Blackened skeleton arms of wood by the wayside pointed upward to the convent, as if the ghosts of former travellers, overwhelmed by the snow, haunted… — Charles Dickens
The weathercocks on spires and housetops were mysterious with hints of stormy wind, and pointed, like so many ghostly fingers, out to dangerous seas, where… — Charles Dickens
One day when I was studying with Schoenberg, he pointed out the eraser on his pencil and said, 'This end is more important than the… — John Cage
You can manage 50 people through the strength of your personality and lack of sleep. You can touch them all in a week and make… — Mark Pincus
There was nothing subtle about our landing. The pilot just pointed the nose at the ground and let her rip. — Bob Hope
Perhaps I should have pointed out more often that without her (mother's) guidance and example I might have gone straight from short pants to Long… — Clive James
A reader kindly pointed out to me recently that most of the quotes I include are by men. And it's true. Personally, I don't even… — Charlotte Bronte
And as we know now, and as I pointed out many times, the great plume of fire at the bottom of the Space Shuttle is… — Dana Rohrabacher
My last two records that I made were both quite pointed in one direction and I think I do my best stuff when it's all… — Vince Gill
And so in my warnings, I was pointing to a number of incidents around the communion that could undermine our growing sense of communion -… — George Carey
The combination of Federalism and Republicanism which formed the substance of the system, did not constitute a progressive and formative political principle, but it pointed… — Herbert Croly
I guess I am basically most comfortable when I'm alone. As a kid, I was very much a loner. I love long distance running and… — Kevin Conroy
I can't think of anything specific growing up that pointed me toward NASA at all. I was interested in the Moon landings just about the… — Laurel Clark

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