Setting Quotes

1038 quotes by 880 authors

Men who have excessive faith in their theories ... make poor observations, because they choose among the results of their experiments only what suits their… — Claude Bernard
There's a stone I had made for Luke at the top of the hill road, where the pasture opens wide and the setting sun highlights… — Patricia McConnell
What a splendid perspective contact with a profoundly different civilization might provide! In a cosmic setting vast and old beyond ordinary human understanding we are… — Carl Sagan
Our world is very dishonest, and our leaders encourage dishonesty by setting bad examples - by lying, being corrupt, and using political sleight of hand… — Stuart Wilde
Living a connected life ultimately is about setting boundaries, spending less time and energy hustling and winning over people who don't matter, and seeing the… — BrenÃ© Brown
I'm not very good in a classroom sort of setting. I never was. I was kind of a clown in high school - got suspended… — Bobby Cannavale
Every time I imagine a garden in an architectural setting, it turns into a magical place. I think of gardens I have seen, that I… — Peter Zumthor
This is why true beauty never strikes us directly. The setting sun is beautiful because of all it makes us lose. — Antonin Artaud
If the poem has no obvious destination, there's a chance that we'll be all setting off on an interesting ride. — Paul Muldoon
Marriage provides an ideal setting for overcoming any tendency to be selfish or self-centered. I think one of the reasons that we are counseled to… — Richard G. Scott
This divorce between man and his life, the actor and his setting, is properly the feeling of absurdity. — Albert Camus
We are setting ourselves up for disappointment if our hope is built on anything less than Jesus. — Shane Claiborne
We do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting. The self is not the… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
I've always been a bit of a decorator. I think if I wasn't a singer I'd probably be in stage setting or interior design or… — Florence Welch
You can't remember sex. You can remember the fact of it, and recall the setting, and even the details, but the sex of the sex… — E L Doctorow
When you see the setting, wait for the rising. Why worry about a sunset or a fading moon? — Unknown Author
By offering an education centered on values, the faculty in Catholic schools can create an interactive setting between parents and students that is geared toward… — Mark Foley
If you try to improve the performance of a system of people, machines, and procedures by setting numerical goals for the improvement of individual parts… — Myron Tribus
For better or worse, I tend to do a lot of thinking in my poems. But lately I've been trying to pay more attention to… — Jennifer Grotz
The first setting in which faith enlightens the human city is the family. — Pope Francis

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