Startle Quotes

40 quotes by 37 authors

Though the parallel is not complete, it is safe to say that science will never touch them unaided by its practical applications. Its wonders may… — Arthur Balfour
But the female mind has demonstrated a capacity for all the mental acquirements and achievements of men, and as generations ensue that capacity will be… — Nikola Tesla
He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are successful may be… — Confucius
There is great danger, yea, many times most danger, in the smallest sins... Greater sins do sooner startle the soul, and awaken and rouse up… — Thomas Brooks
I try to write in plain brown blocks of American speech but occasionally set in an ancient word or a strange word just to startle… — James Laughlin
Though we seem to be sleeping, there is an inner wakefulness that directs the dream, and will eventually startle us back to the truth of… — Rumi
When did the business community in America become so sensitive? ... that we have to treat like some type of rare exotic animal - don't… — Bill Maher
Poetry can startle you, awaken you, make you fall in love, take your breath away. When those words sink in, you'll never look at your… — Maria Shriver
Bears, dragons, tempestuous on mountain and river, Startle the forest and make the heights tremble. Clouds darken beneath the darkness of rain, streams pale with… — Li Bai
Other intelligent life-forms will differ greatly in appearance - they may resemble the creature in E.T. or startle us with their beauty - but life… — Frank Drake
The falling apart of a man's life should make more noise. It should startle passesrby with its Sturm and Drang. It ought to sound like… — Kristin Hannah
I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Coming from a farming background, I saw nothing out of the ordinary in running barefoot, although it seemed to startle the rest of the athletics… — Zola Budd
It was very difficult to startle or surprise someone with a particular sound during the family computer era. — Nobuo Uematsu
Truth derives its strength not so much from itself as from the brilliant contrast it makes with what is only apparently true. This applies especially… — Emanuel Lasker
I'd forgotten how that sort of craving felt, how it rose suddenly and loudly from the pit of my stomach like a flock of startle… — Sue Monk Kidd
The instant trivial as it is is all we have unless-unless things the imagination feeds upon, the scent of the rose, startle us anew. — William Carlos Williams
The service of philosophy, of speculative culture, towards the human spirit, is to rouse, to startle it to a life of constant and eager observation. — Walter Pater
However now we can create a sound that can truly startle someone and in terms of sound effects I think the environment that we are… — Nobuo Uematsu
When Newton saw an apple fall, he found In that slight startle from his contemplation- 'Tis said (for I'll not answer above ground For any… — Lord Byron

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