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136 Show How quotes by 121 unique authors

Man is made of opinions,—of truth and error; and his life is a warfare like all other lives before him.... Man goes on developing error… — Phineas Quimby
Idioms are a big thing in Ireland. They want to fill the time, to show how good they are at talk - it's a talk-off — Dylan Moran
Whatever the right hand findeth to do, the left hand carries a watch on its wrist to show how long it takes to do it. — Ralph Washington Sockman
All censure of a man's self is oblique praise. It is in order to show how much he can spare. — Samuel Johnson
I want to show how strong I am from my roots. — Edward James Olmos
If some woman tells me how she feels about something, my immediate assumption is that she wants an answer, or that she wants me to… — Fred Ward
A story must be told in such a way that it constitutes help in itself. My grandfather was lame. Once they asked him to tell… — Martin Buber
If you're writing a scene for a character with whom you disagree in every way, you still need to show how that character is absolutely… — Tana French
When my father made 'Jean de Florette' and 'Manon des Sources' back to back, everybody said, 'Why two movies?' But you need two movies to… — Thomas Langmann
A film must have two elements - it must deal with the real world and show how it could be made better. — Rouben Mamoulian
Many books serve merely to show how many ways there are of being wrong, and how far astray you yourself would go if you followed… — Arthur Schopenhauer
I'd like to show how 'intimations of mortality brought on by aging family members' connects with 'the hatred of mirrors that begins in middle age. — Jeffrey Eugenides
Keep this little canvas, it is a promise for the future. When I say 'keep this canvas,' I mean for the influence on yourself. When… — Charles Webster Hawthorne
Some drawings are better than others... Some are utterly spoiled... I keep them all. I find a use sometimes even for the worst drawing... But… — Walter J. Phillips
Everyone of us needs to show how much we care for each other and, in the process, care for ourselves. — Princess Diana
In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man. — Alfred Hitchcock
Women are very intelligent and not appreciated. We try to pretend that we are not clever, and it's such a pity that we can't show… — Yoko Ono
I don't really know what is shocking. When you tell the story of a man who is beheaded, you have to show how they cut… — Roman Polanski
So what 'Twilight' does is show how women/girls can drive box office and they can support a tent pole movie. They're an extremely passionate fan… — Melissa Rosenberg
The aim of all commentary on art now should be to make works of art - and, by analogy, our own experience - more, rather… — Susan Sontag
Time perspective is one of the most powerful influences on all of human behavior. We're trying to show how people become biased to being exclusively… — Philip Zimbardo
In 'Surprised by Grace: God's Relentless Pursuit of Rebels,' I retell the story of Jonah and show how Jonah was just as much in need… — Tullian Tchividjian
There did not have to be a moral. She need only show separate minds, as alive as her own, struggling with the idea that other… — Ian Mcewan
Reading is merely a surrogate for thinking for yourself; it means letting someone else direct your thoughts. Many books, moreover, serve merely to show how… — Arthur Schopenhauer
The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give… — Randy Pausch

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