Skeleton Quotes

115 quotes by 101 authors

How is it that there are so many minds that are incapable of understanding mathematics? ... the skeleton of our understanding, ... and actually they… — Henri Poincare
America forms the longest and straightest bone in the earth's skeleton. — Ellsworth Huntington
Every writer is necessarily a critic - that is, each sentence is a skeleton accompanied by enormous activity of rejection; and each selection is governed… — Thornton Wilder
Hamburg totally wrecked us. I remember getting home to England and my dad thought I was half-dead. I looked like a skeleton, I hadn't noticed… — Paul McCartney
Without the emotion and willingness of Spirit, our music becomes dry and dustyâ€”without life. Without doctrinal bones as a skeleton, the Body is not enfleshed… — Marva Dawn
Can you imagine any better example of divine creative accomplishment that the consummate flying machine that is a bird? The skeleton, very flexible and strong,… — Guy Murchie
How can any person justify an aesthetic that reduces a woman or child to an emaciated skeleton? Is it art? Surely fashion's aesthetic should enhance… — Coco Rocha
It isn't easy to become a fossil. ... Only about one bone in a billion, it is thought, becomes fossilized. If that is so, it… — Bill Bryson
He it was that first gave to the law the air of a science. He found it a skeleton, and clothed it with life, color,… — Barry Yelverton, 1st Viscount Avonmore
The laws of nature are the skeleton of the universe. They support it, give it shape, tie it together. Taken as a whole, they embody… — James Trefil
The dreams are the skeleton of all reality. — James Salter
After I die, wherever my spirit goes, I'm going to try to get back and visit my skeleton at least once a year, because, "Hey,… — Jack Handey
If you want to sue somebody, just get a little plastic skeleton and lay it in their yard. Then tell them their ants ate your… — Jack Handey
It's not good to let any kid near a container that has a skull and crossbones on it, because there might be a skeleton costume… — Jack Handey
Poetry is only secondarily about words. Primarily, it is about truth. I dealt with the Ding an Sich, the substance behind the shadow, weaving powerful… — Dan Simmons
Any constraint is part of the skeleton that you build the composition on - including your own incompetence. — Brian Eno
I can't wait to die so I can be a skeleton and play my chest like a xylophone. — Thom Yorke
Drawing is the skeleton of what you do and color is its flesh. — Nicolas Poussin
The mere mention of the Farakka Express, which jerks its way eastward each day from Delhi to Calcutta, is enough to throw even a seasoned… — Tahir Shah
Lucy brought with her an image of our human ancestors that you don't get when you find a jaw or an arm bone or a… — Donald Johanson

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