Seized Quotes

164 quotes by 153 authors

There is force and vitality in a first sketch from life which the after-work rarely has. You want a picture to seize you as forcibly… — William Morris Hunt
It was implicitly supposed that every living thing was distinctively plant or animal; that there were real and profound differences between the two, if only… — Asa Gray
Not every financial company toppled during the 2008 crisis, and some seized the opportunity to take advantage of weaker competitors in the midst of the… — James C. Collins
Feeling confident - or pretending that you feel confident - is necessary to reach for opportunities. It's a clichÃ©, but opportunities are rarely offered; they're… — Sheryl Sandberg
But, on balance, we seized the marketplace. We've got a great infrastructure. And yes it's struggling in some areas because of some external factors and… — Jim Cantalupo
...where legitimate opportunities are closed, illegitimate opportunities are seized. Whatever opens opportunity and hope will help to prevent crime and foster responsibility. — Lyndon B. Johnson
For eager teachers seized my youth, pruned my faith and trimmed my fire. Showed me the high, white star of truth, there bade me gaze… — Matthew Arnold
John F. Kennedy, who seized the White House from Richard Nixon in a frenzied campaign that turned a whole generation of young Americans into political… — Hunter S. Thompson
Six decades ago, as Mao's Communists seized power, the question in Washington was, 'Who lost China?' Now, as his capitalist descendants stand astride the world… — Eric Liu
In the order I was in, each brother takes five vows, one of which is teaching the poor gratuitously. As a young person I was… — Godfrey Reggio
In the seventies, a group of American artists seized the means not of production but of reproduction. They tore apart visual culture at a time… — Jerry Saltz
It's because it was at a time when women didn't have any power. It was so unusual for a young woman in her 20s to… — Marlo Thomas
So I still seized the power, but I felt that if I officially made myself the boss, in black and white, it would be too… — Marlo Thomas
The mind of America is seized by a fatal dry rot - and it's only a question of time before all that the mind controls… — Hunter S. Thompson
Amor, ch'al cor gentile ratto s'apprende prese costui de la bella persona che mi fu tolta; e 'l modo ancor m'offende. Amor, che a nullo… — Dante Alighieri
This account of him [Thomas More] developed as I wrote: what first attracted me was a person who could not be accused of any incapacity… — Robert Bolt
Love, which is quickly kindled in the gentle heart, seized this man for the fair form that was taken from me, the manner still hurts… — Dante Gabriel Rossetti
...it's my hypothesis that the individual is not a pre-given entity which is seized on by the exercise of power. The individual, with his identity… — Michel Foucault
She looked into the staring glass eyes and complacent face, and suddenly a sort of heartbroken rage seized her. She lifted her little savage hand… — Frances Hodgson Burnett
One day, on tearing off some old bark, I saw two rare beetles, and seized one in each hand. Then I saw a third and… — Charles Darwin

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