Reference Quotes

431 quotes by 384 authors

Language can't describe reality. Literature has no stable reference, no real meaning. Each reader's interpretation is equally valid, more important than the author's intention. In… — Dean Koontz
The poverty fighters resent the climate-change folks; climate folks hold summits without reference to biodiversity; the food advocates resist the biodiversity protectors. They all need… — Thomas Friedman
So we get a plan," I said. "Any suggestions?" "Blow up the building," Kincaid said without looking up. "That works good for vampires. Then soak… — Jim Butcher
Zombieland reference," Jon said, nodding. "How do you know that? That's a thousand-year-old reference!" I looked at laura. "I can't think of a single movie… — MaryJanice Davidson
To begin with, poor peopleÂ´s memory is less nourished than that of a rich; it has fewer landmarks in space because they seldom leave the… — Albert Camus
The task of all Christian scholarshipâ€”not just biblical studiesâ€”is to study reality as a manifestation of Godâ€™s glory, to speak and write about it with… — John Piper
Your brain, Peekay, has two functions; it is a place for original thought, but also it is a reference library. Use it to tell you… — Bryce Courtenay
Everything in our lives," she said quietly, "leads to everything else in our lives. So a moment in the present has a reference point, both… — Elizabeth George
Teenage girls, please donâ€™t worry about being super popular in high school, or being the best actress in high school, or the best athlete. Not… — Mindy Kaling
...in order for this to happen, your entire frame of reference will have to change, and you will be forced to surrender many things that… — James A. Baldwin
Like all people, we perceive the version of reality that our culture communicates. Like others having or living in more than one culture, we get… — Gloria E. AnzaldÃºa
I can not give you the reference of Ram Chandar or Krishna, because they were not historical figures. I can not help it but to… — Mahatma Gandhi
Gods can screw anything and anybody. For reference, see history. Atticus O'Sullivan — Kevin Hearne
Trying to wake you,â€ Bones answered crisply. â€œI cut you, threw water on you, slapped you, and set a lighter to your legs. For future… — Jeaniene Frost
...you showed me what love truly is just by giving yours so selflessly. I wasn't made for love. It wasn't [woven]into the fabric of my… — Sylvia Day
When Isaiah predicted that spears would become pruning hooks, that's a reference to cultivating. Pruning and trimming and growing and paying close attention to the… — Rob Bell
The more familiar two people become, the more the language they speak together departs from that of the ordinary, dictionary-defined discourse. Familiarity creates a new… — Alain de Botton
But what if God himself can be simulated, that is to say can be reduced to signs that constitute faith? Then the whole system becomes… — Jean Baudrillard
Ay-firmative,' Eve said, and tried for a smile. 'Sorry. An Aliens reference always makes me feel better at times like this. Exept I'm not sure… — Rachel Caine
My being subsists only from a supreme point of view which is precisely incompatible with my point of view. The perspective in which I fade… — Maurice Blanchot

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