Reference Quotes

431 quotes by 384 authors

The seduction of evil is precisely in that it involves us in trying to eliminate it. When your consciousness is open, any action you take… — Thaddeus Golas
The world is a never-ending cross-reference. — Cees Nooteboom
The reference-points pictures should be shot and taken off one's system. But don't follow that always, create you own points — Raghu Rai
Be curious about the world in which you live. Look things up. Chase down every reference. Go deeper than anybody else--that's how you'll get ahead. — Austin Kleon
Men may be spoiled by education, even as they are spoiled by illiteracy. Education is the preparation of the mind for future work, hence men… — Timothy Thomas Fortune
Perfume follows you; it chases you and lingers behind you. It's a reference mark. Perfume makes silence talk. — Sonia Rykiel
I was trying to write an autobiography using prints and patterns that reference emotional, psychological, and personal development in my work, as a person growing… — Jim Hodges
Distinctly American poetry is usually written in the context of one's geographic landscape, sometimes out of one's cultural myths, and often with reference to gender… — Diane Wakoski
Jesus, the Word incarnate, is always the center of our announcement, the point of reference for our evangelizing mission and for its methodology, because He… — Pope Benedict XVI
Children with harsh fathers accept much of what is thrown their way as normal because they donâ€™t have a frame of reference for anything else,… — Robert Whitlow
The (stock) market is there only as a reference point to see if anybody is offering to do anything foolish. When we invest in stocks,… — Warren Buffett
The fable of Christ and his twelve apostles is a parody of the sun and the twelve signs of the Zodiac, copied from the ancient… — Thomas Paine
These dog bones are just making art the way art should be made, without any overarching reference. Just for fun, if you can imagine that-art… — Sally Mann
Students of the heavens are separable into astronomers and astrologers as readily as the minor domestic ruminants into sheep and goats, but the separation of… — Willard Van Orman Quine
The process of receiving information for me is seeing, hearing, and feeling their energy in my frame of reference. That doesn't mean I see the… — John Edward
One cannot use an evil action with reference to a good intention. — Thomas Aquinas
The Constitution, when it says, "We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility,… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
With reference to the narrative of events, far from permitting myself to derive it from the first source that came to hand, I did not… — Thucydides
Whenever convictions are not arrived at by direct contact with the world and the objects themselves, but indirectly through a critique of the opinions of… — Max Scheler
Our essential differences from the norm are both huge and deeply offensive to those among us who wish to be quietly integrated into society without… — Reverend Malcolm Boyd

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