Shapes Quotes

2282 Shapes quotes by 1689 unique authors

I cannot tell by what logic we call a toad, a bear, or an elephant ugly; they being created in those outward shapes and figures… — Thomas Browne
I would like the events never to be told directly by the author, but rather to be introduced (and several times, from various angles) by… — Andre Gide
In history as it comes to be written, there is usually some Spirit of the Age which historians can define, but the shape of things… — Joseph Wood Krutch
All our yesterdays are summarized in our now, and all the tomorrows are ours to shape. — Hal Borland
Nothing can be meaner than the anxiety to live on, to live on anyhow and in any shape; a spirit with any honor is not… — George Santayana
Alas, how right the ancient saying is: We, who are old, are nothing else but noise And shape. Like mimicries of dreams we go, And… — Euripides
Disfranchisement means inability to make, shape, or control one's own circumstances... . That is exactly the position of women in the world of work today;… — Susan B. Anthony
Virtue must shape itself in deed. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
The automobile changed our dress, manners, social customs, vacation habits, the shape of our cities, consumer purchasing patterns, common tastes and positions in intercourse. — John Keats
Do not let any sweet-talking woman beguile your good sense with the fascinations of her shape. It's your barn she's after. — Hesiod
Imagination frames events unknown, In wild, fantastic shapes of hideous ruin, And what it fears creates. — Hannah More
The female covers her breasts, and then proceeds to redefine their shape with a brassiere. This sexual signaling device may be padded or inflatable, so… — Desmond Morris
One of the things I'm trying to do over and over again in my books is create new mythologies, create new ways to understand the… — Clive Barker
A book should have an intellectual shape and a heft that comes with dealing with a primary subject. — William Safire
Happiness puts on as many shapes as discontent, and there is nothing odder than the satisfaction of one's neighbor. — Phyllis McGinley
It hardly seems worthwhile to point out the shortsightedness of those practitioners who would have us believe that the form of the poem is merely… — Mark Strand
I record all of my music with authentic instruments in a studio before we start editing, doing many, many versions. The music shapes the film… — Ken Burns
I'm staying in shape, working out. — Pete Sampras
A theory of the middle class: that it is not to be determined by its financial situation but rather by its relation to government. That… — Lionel Trilling
Like the tail fins on fifties American cars or the parabolic shapes of Populuxe furniture, 'West Side Story' incarnates the dream of momentum in the… — John Lahr
In these times - where social appearance is more important than spiritual substance - what has become our longing to change is really the unconscious… — Guy Finley
No one has ever seen the self. It has no visible shape, nor does it occupy measurable space. It is an abstraction, like other abstractions… — Irving Howe
I would like all my friends, followers, fans and fellow travelers to know that I am fighting cancer and will therefore be taking a break… — Jon Lord
The point is the 'me' that you see before you is not the 'me' in my private little space, shape-shifting into the writing role, nor… — Julia Leigh
If war occurs, that positive adult contact in every shape is needed more than ever. It will be a matter of emotional life and death.… — Richard Louv

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