Pointed Quotes

490 Pointed quotes by 378 unique authors

I'm not a stranger," I said, and pointed to his book. "I'm someone who reads the same authors you do. — Daniel Handler
What's up?" Christian asked. "Need some hairstyling tips?" "Tips you stole from me? No thanks. But I hear you've got a really good bacon meatloaf… — Richelle Mead
Proust has pointed out that the predisposition to love creates its own objects; is this not also true of fear? — Elizabeth Bowen
The mind of one meditating on a single object becomes one-pointed. And one-pointedness of mind leads to abidance in the self. Real attainment is to… — Ramana Maharshi
We thus learn that man is descended from a hairy quadruped, furnished with a tail and pointed ears, probably arboreal in its habits, and an… — Charles Darwin
You learn by writing short stories. Keep writing short stories. The money's in novels, but writing short stories keeps your writing lean and pointed. — Larry Niven
We could become quite satisfied with ourselves because we are sitting in meditation and are endeavoring to practice the spiritual path. Such satisfaction with ourselves… — Ayya Khema
God revealed himself through the Law, which pointed to Christ as its end and goal, commanded the obedience that comes from faith, increased transgressions, and… — John Piper
In China, the dead are not forgotten - my relatives cheerfully pointed out all the niches of deceased friends and family, as if gesturing at… — Tess Gerritsen
The mind is a monkey, hopping around from thought to thought, image to image. Rarely do more than a few seconds go by in which… — Dani Shapiro
Adam Smith pointed out that there were three things that make us more prosperous, in a general sort of way: freedom to pursue our own… — P.J. O'Rourke
Virtually any pointed edifice is considered a candidate for alien engineering. After all, how could the Egyptians or Mayans have possibly stacked up stone blocks… — Seth Shostak
Ajax is a multicultural club, and we have found that many talented immigrant players quit when they reach puberty. So we wanted to tackle this… — Johan Cruyff
I treated myself to a £700 Chloe bag after one of my first acting jobs. Then my friends pointed out that, for the same money,… — Lily James
The open letter has always been an interesting rhetorical strategy - a way of delivering a pointed message to a specific individual or group while… — Roxane Gay
My songs are self-explanatory... somebody pointed out to me that... my songs pretty much speak for themselves. — Christine McVie
But as someone pointed out earlier, it is not really about fairness; it is about taking finite resources and applying them where they will have… — Jim Walsh
In 1963 and later papers, I pointed out that the special market characteristics of medical care and medical insurance could be explained by reference to… — Kenneth Joseph Arrow
Before, we may have taken part in it without even thinking it was American Jewish, but in this case, I think, you have now perhaps… — Neville Marriner
Darwin himself, in his day, was unable to fight free of the theoretical errors of which he was guilty. It was the classics of Marxism… — Trofim Lysenko
For example, the opposition between acute and grave phonemes has the capacity to suggest an image of bright and dark, of pointed and rounded, of… — Roman Jakobson
I pointed out on the floor last year, after Hurricane Katrina, we were very proud that one of our National Guard engineering battalions was called… — Kit Bond
I never threatened him and no Syrian intelligence officer has ever pointed a gun to his head. — Rafik Hariri
I think at a certain level compared - as was pointed out earlier, compared to what is happening in Europe, the United States still gets… — Mark Steyn
In addition to myself and a number of others, President Clinton talked about the deficit and the debt issue. And he pointed out, really, what… — Chris Van Hollen

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