Senses Quotes

1128 Senses quotes by 752 unique authors

Cultivating whatever gave pleasure to my senses was always the chief business of my life; I have never found any occupation more important. Feeling that… — Giacomo Casanova
Yes, we should not forget that the five senses are one. And all of them extensions of the skin — Frederick Leboyer
Science asks no questions about the ontological pedigree or a priori character of a theory, but is content to judge it by its performance; and… — Chauncey Wright
All observers not laboring under hallucinations of the senses are agreed, or can be made to agree, about facts of sensible experience, through evidence toward… — Chauncey Wright
We know that our senses are subject to decay, that from our middle years they are decaying all the time; but happily it is as… — William Henry Hudson
You don't have to sin to be carnal. People who are carnal just means they make all their decisions based on their senses. — T.D. Jakes
Design truly is a contact sport. It demands that we bring all of our senses to the task, and that we apply the very best… — Tom Wujec
Gravity is measured by the bottom of the foot; we trace the density and texture of the ground through our soles. Standing barefoot on a… — Juhani Pallasmaa
If we extend our senses, we will consequently extend our knowledge. — Neil Harbisson
If you live for pleasure, your ability to enjoy it may pass away and your senses grow dim. — Matthew Simpson
Music can act upon our senses to produce or induce feelings of reverence, humility, fervor, assurance, or other feelings attuned to the spirit of worship. — Spencer W. Kimball
We don't have a language for the senses. Feelings are images, sensations are like musical sounds. — Anais Nin
In 1792, my Sister told me, I was growing out of my senses. — Joanna Southcott
The sage governs by emptying senses and filling bellies. — Laozi
As much as the needs of fact, the needs of the spirit and the senses, must be satisfied. Architecture is as much a part of… — Harry Seidler
When you cease to fear your solitude, a new creativity awakens in you. Your forgotten or neglected wealth begins to reveal itself. You come home… — John O'Donohue
The normal cut in a theatrical film is anywhere from 3 to 6 seconds. That means thousands of images in a film over a couple… — Godfrey Reggio
Unlike television, reading does not swallow the senses or dictate thought. Reading stimulates the ecology of the imagination. Can you remember the wonder you felt… — Richard Louv
This seems clear enough: When truly present in nature, we do use all our senses at the same time, which is the optimum state of… — Richard Louv
We tend to block off many of our senses when we're staring at a screen. Nature time can literally bring us to our senses. — Richard Louv
Nature-deficit disorder describes the human costs of alienation from nature, among them: diminished use of the senses, attention difficulties, and higher rates of physical and… — Richard Louv
As the young spend less of their lives in natural surroundings, their senses narrow, physiologically and psychologically and this reduces the richness of human experience… — Richard Louv
Now, my tree-climbing days long behind me, I often think about the lasting value of those early, deliciously idle days. I have come to appreciate… — Richard Louv
The world in which we live is the only world about which our senses can testify. — Abraham Flexner
Do not underestimate the human being, who sometimes appears so simple. Even with sight as sharp as an eagle, a mind as sharp as a… — Pramoedya Ananta Toer

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