Selects Quotes

39 quotes by 35 authors

We are as much informed of a writer's genius by what he selects as by what he originates. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ignorance is the first requisite of the historian - ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection unattainable by the… — Lytton Strachey
The difference between a gourmet and a gourmand we take to be this: a gourmet is he who selects, for his nice and learned delectation,… — Abraham Hayward
Memory selects single important images, just as the camera does. In that manner both are able to isolate the highest moments of living. — Galen Rowell
It is the process of evolution which identifies innovative benefits from any source and selects them on merit without prejudice — David Landes
Art is the subjective, preferential treatment of certain elements of reality; it selects and resets, distributes light and shade, omits and underlines, softens and emphasises. — Egon Friedell
God shows his contempt for wealth by the kind of person he selects to receive it. — Austin O'Malley
The personal qualities necessary for attaining office are practically the opposite of those demanded by the office itself. The trouble with the damn system is… — James P. Hogan
Quantitative work shows clearly that natural selection is a reality, and that, among other things, it selects Mendelian genes, which are known to be distributed… — John B. S. Haldane
Photography is inherently an analytic discipline. Where a painter starts with a blank canvas and builds a picture, a photographer starts with the messiness of… — Stephen Shore
One-fourth of humanity must be eliminated from the social body. We are in charge of God's selection process for planet Earth. He selects, we destroy.… — Barbara Marx Hubbard
True art selects and paraphrases, but seldom gives a verbatim translation. — Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Only a very few would allow creatures like us to exist. Thus our presence selects out from this vast array only these universes that are… — Stephen Hawking
I can understand that memory must be selective, else it would choke on the glut of experience. What I cannot understand is why it selects… — Virgilia Peterson
Until a man selects a DEFINITE PURPOSE IN LIFE, he dissipates his energies & spreads his thoughts over so many subjects & in so many… — Napoleon Hill
Few are sufficiently sensible of the importance of that economy in reading which selects, almost exclusively, the very first order of books. Why, except for… — John Foster
An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes. — Anton Chekhov
Painting, like poetry, selects in the universe whatever she deems most appropriate to her ends. She assembles in a single fantastic personage, circumstances and features… — Francisco Goya
Most of the photographs I make are personal pictures and never end up in print. Even the magazines I shoot for on assignment publish very… — David Alan Harvey
An average American loves his family. If he has any love left over for some other person, he generally selects Mark Twain. — Thomas A. Edison

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