Setting Quotes

1038 quotes by 887 authors

If we were to have a presidential election in Europe it would be an event that would spark a huge interest in people from Lisbon… — Wolfgang Schauble
You can really help support a character if you understand the setting. So for that reason I generally write about Philadelphia. — Lisa Scottoline
Investment is crucial. Because the truth is, you only get jobs and growth in the economy when people invest money, at their own risk, in… — John Key
A victim is a victim is a victim. We should stop setting up standards that say we will have one standard of law enforcement for… — Patrick Leahy
If passed by the U.N. and ratified by the U.S. Senate, the U.N. Small Arms Treaty would almost certainly force the United States to... create… — Paul Broun
I prefer the competitive atmosphere of a classroom setting, like yoga or Pilates. That keeps me going. Although performing on stage is great exercise! — Dita Von Teese
My earliest memories of my mom were of her multi-tasking - preparing dinner while checking on homework and housework; clearing the dinner plates while setting… — Christine Pelosi
By providing our young children with opportunities for free, child-directed play, along with proper nutrition, we are setting them up for a lifetime of healthy… — Darell Hammond
India offers exciting business opportunities owing to the growth in corporate travel and a significant middle-class population waiting to explore the world. To begin with,… — Lloyd Dorfman
The Australian way of affirmative action is setting goals and recognising discrimination and lack of opportunity and deciding to take action and setting some goals… — Quentin Bryce
Obviously, I love to do both contemporary and historical fiction. When a hint of a story grabs me, I try to go with it to… — Katherine Paterson
You can always tell in a movie when they are setting you up for something. If someone leaves an important object on the table and… — Bill Viola
Shyness is about the fear of social judgments - at a job interview or a party you might be excessively worried about what people think… — Susan Cain
The deepest depth of vulgarism is that of setting up money as the ark of the covenant. — Thomas Carlyle
Space, like time, engenders forgetfulness; but it does so by setting us bodily free from our surroundings and giving us back our primitive, unattached state — Thomas Mann
You're an old-timer if you can remember when setting the world on fire was a figure of speech. — Franklin P Jones
Been given 24 hours To tie up loose ends To make amends His eyes said it all I started to fall And the silence deafened… — Jem
Genius is a nuisance, and it is the duty of schools and colleges to abate it by setting genius-traps in its way. — Samuel Butler
What do we mean by setting a man free? You cannot free a man who dwells in a desert and is an unfeeling brute. There… — Antoine De Saint-Exupery
Are bombs the only way of setting fire to the spirit of a people? Is the human will as inert as the past two world-wide… — Gregory Clark

Who Wrote These Setting Quotes

887 authors contributed a total of 1,038 Setting Quotes, led by these top contributors: