Sight Quotes

2271 Sight quotes by 1583 unique authors

Humanism . . . is not a single hypothesis or theorem, and it dwells on no new facts. It is rather a slow shifting in… — William James
For sight is woman-like and shuns the old. — Victor Hugo
But no words will change my desire / My determination born of love / My will to set my eccentric sight / On an ever… — Kenji Miyazawa
man has an irrepressible tendency to read meaning into the buzzing confusion of sights and sounds impinging on his senses; and where no agreed meaning… — Arthur Koestler
Revealed religion first informed thy sight, and reason saw not till faith sprung to light. — John Dryden
Enjoying the least things - a chill glass of water, a moment of play with the cat, the sight of sunlight caught in the frost… — Stephanie Mills
Sprinkled along the waste of years Full many a soft green isle appears: Pause where we may upon the desert road, Some shelter is in… — John Keble
Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the play-place of our early days; The scene is touching, and the heart is stone,… — William Cowper
Reality, as usual, beats fiction out of sight. — Joseph Conrad
O loss of sight, of thee I most complain! Blind among enemies, O worse than chains, Dungeon, or beggary, or decrepit age! — John Milton
These eyes, tho' clear To outward view of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot, Nor to their idle orbs doth… — John Milton
Smell is a strange sight. It evokes sentimental landscapes through a sudden sketching of the subconscious. — Fernando Pessoa
Oh, say! what is that thing call'd light, Which I must ne'er enjoy? What are the blessings of the sight? Oh, tell your poor blind… — Colley Cibber
Any man will admit if need be that his sight is not good, or that he cannot swim or shoots badly with a rifle, but… — Stephen Leacock
The real reason Milton went blind was to avoid reading unsolicited manuscripts. — Rita Mae Brown
In every sorrowing soul I pour'd delight, And poverty stood smiling in my sight. — Homer
When you get so that you can't see, you come to it gradually. And if you didn't come by it gradually, I guess you'd just… — Georgia O'Keeffe
Architecture is the art which so disposes and adorns the edifices raised by man, that the sight of them may contribute to his mental health,… — John Ruskin
I believe that the sight is a more important thing than the drawing... — John Ruskin
There was always more in the world than men could see, walked they ever so slowly; they will see it no better for going fast.… — John Ruskin
Whole sight; or all the rest is desolation. — John Fowles
The sight of anything extremely beautiful, in nature or in art, brings back the memory of what one loves, with the speed of lightning. — Stendhal
As it is our nature to be more moved by hope than fear, the example of one we see abundantly rewarded cheers and encourages us… — Francesco Guicciardini
Most beautiful is the sight of those near and dear to us when our original kinship makes us of one mind. — Epicurus
I find it impossible to think of a picture save as a window, and my first concern about a window is to find out what… — Andre Breton

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