Precisely Quotes

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You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities… — Thomas Merton
My objection to supernatural beliefs is precisely that they miserably fail to do justice to the sublime grandeur of the real world. They represent a… — Richard Dawkins
Nothing connects to the moment like music. I count the music to bring me back, or more precisely, to bring her forward. — Rob Sheffield
We've strayed into a zone with a high magical index,' he said. 'Don't ask me how. Once upon a time a really powerful magic field… — Terry Pratchett
Practice is funny that way. For days and days, you make out only the fragments of what to do. And then one day you've got… — Atul Gawande
Are you at work?" I asked. Not precisely, but that's a good suggestion.... — Kat Richardson
Symbolic of life, hair bolts from our head[s]. Like the earth, it can be harvested, but it will rise again. We can change its color… — Diane Ackerman
Cannot you conceive that another man may wish well to the world and struggle for its good on some other plan than precisely that which… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Creative Writing was not a form of psychotherapy, in ways both sublime and ridiculuous, it clearly was, precisely that. — A. S. Byatt
We must be listened to: above and beyond our personal experience, we have collectively witnessed a fundamental unexpected event, fundamental precisely because unexpected, not foreseen… — Primo Levi
It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong. — John Maynard Keynes
He can occasionally see to an enemy," she conceded. "If he manages to get his sword pointed in the right direction and the enemy does… — Lynn Kurland
Or more precisely, is there anything I can do for you, maâ€™am? (Waiter) â€˜How about a bag for my head, or a stick to beat… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Worship is the proper response of all moral, sentient beings to God, ascribing all honor and worth to their Creator-God precisely because he is worthy,… — D. A. Carson
Small jerks began to appear in my legs, my walk became unsteady precisely because I wanted it to be smooth. — Knut Hamsun
King Shrewd is expecting me, rather he isn't expecting me, and that is precisely why I must go to him now. — Robin Hobb
Gabbe jumped up and seized the cocanut first, giving its contents a sniff. "Arriane, she has just been through a trama," she scolded. Arriane tossed… — Lauren Kate
One of the great fallacies of our time is that the Nazis rose to power because they imposed order on chaos. Precisely the opposite is… — John Fowles
The only difference between Obama and Bush is that Obama is killing more people. Heâ€™s about double the numbers now. Can you imagine if McCain… — Penn Jillette
Indeed, compulsive and rigid moralism arises in given persons precisely as the result of a lack of sense of being. Rigid moralism is a compensatory… — Rollo May

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