Sight Quotes
2271 quotes by 1583 authors
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Nothing is more usual than the sight of old people who yearn for retirement: and nothing is so rare than those who have retired and…
— Charles de Saint-Evremond
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To interpose the threat of physical destruction between a man and his perception of reality, is to negate and paralyze his means of survival to…
— Ayn Rand
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At first sight experience seems to bury us under a flood of external objects, pressing upon us with a sharp and importunate reality, calling us…
— Walter Pater
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We should have a bond of sympathy for all sentient beings, knowing that only the depraved and base take pleasure in the sight of blood…
— Seneca the Younger
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The sight of the eye, the hearing of the ear, the touch of the hand may each and all be deceived, but the instructions of…
— Unknown Author
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And now good morrow to our waking souls, Which watch not one another out of fear; For love, all love of other sights controls, And…
— John Donne
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By the time these students enter the workforce, many of the jobs they will apply for ill be in industries that don't even exist yet.…
— Taylor Mali
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It is shameful that dancing should renounce the empire it might assert over the mind and only endeavor to please the sight.
— Jean-Georges Noverre
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I do not believe there is any such sixth sense. A man with a good sense of direction is, to me, quite simply an able…
— Harold Gatty
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My dad was a football player - a soccer player - for Manchester United, and I loved playing football, but I also happened to be…
— Ian McShane
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Would not the sight of a single enemy airplane be enough to induce a formidable panic? Normal life would be unable to continue under the…
— Giulio Douhet
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My philosophy is to take one day at a time. I don't worry about the future. Tomorrow is even out of sight for me.
— Bobby Darin
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Whenever we make changes in our surroundings, we can too easily shortchange ourselves, by cutting ourselves off from some of the sights and sounds, the…
— Tony Hiss
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Look in, look the storm in the eye. Look out, to the sea and the sky. Look around, at the sight and sound. Look in,…
— Neil Peart
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Indeed, I have observed one ingredient, somewhat necessary in a man’s composition towards happiness, which people of feeling would do well to acquire; a certain…
— Henry Mackenzie
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Have you ever thought of yourself as a junior angel crowned with glory and honor? Every one of our Father in Heaven's children is great…
— L. Tom Perry
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We need to 'go out,' then, in order to experience our own anointing, its power and its redemptive efficacy: to the 'outskirts' where there is…
— Pope Francis
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The beauty of You delights me. The sight of You amazes me. For the Pearl does this... and the Ocean does that.
— Hafez
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Smell and taste differentiate, whereas language, like sight and hearing, integrates.
— Michel Serres
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The most dangerous and successful conspiracies take place in public, in plain sight, under the clear, bright light of day -- usually with TV cameras…
— L. Neil Smith
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