Static Quotes

214 quotes by 192 authors

The subject matter... is not that collection of solid, static objects extended in space but the life that is lived in the scene that it… — Wallace Stevens
A work of art is static; and its value and its weakness lie in being so: but the tuft of grass and the clouds above… — Freya Stark
That nothing is static or fixed, that all is fleeting and impermanent, is the first mark of existence. Everything is in process. — Pema Chodron
It is the fragrant lack of practicality that makes high-heeled shoes so fascinating: in terms of static mechanics they induce a sort of insecurity which… — Stephen Bayley
The resurrection is not a static and an isolated event fixed in the past, but the unleashing of a power and force that takes the… — Frank Griswold
I would say that in my scientific and philosophical work, my main concern has been with understanding the nature of reality in general and of… — David
There wasn't any Republicans in Washington's day. No Republicans, no Boll Weevil, no income tax, no cover charge, no disarmament conference, no luncheon clubs, no… — Will Rogers
If you have a radio, the next three months is a good time to have it quit working. All you will hear from now until… — Will Rogers
The First thing to understand about the universe is that no condition is "good" or "bad." It just is. So stop making value judgments. The… — Neale Donald Walsch
Rather than a universe of static certainty, at the most fundamental level of matter, the world and its relationships were uncertain and unpredictable, a state… — Lynne McTaggart
Marriage is not a static state between two unchanging people. Marriage is a psychological and spiritual journey that begins in the ecstasy of attraction, meanders… — Harville Hendrix
In order to survive, all systems must evolve by providing greater and greater access to the currents that flow through them. This applies to all… — John Hagel
Confidence is a static state. Determination is active. Determination allows for doubt and for humility - both of which are critical in the world today.… — Anna Deavere Smith
The effect of boredom on a large scale in history is underestimated. It is a main cause of revolutions, and would soon bring to an… — William Ralph Inge
The theme of Cosmology, which is the basis of all religions, is the story of the dynamic effort of the World passing into everlasting unity,… — Alfred North Whitehead
In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In physical terms, I move through them; yet in metaphysical ones,… — John Fowles
Those who today always look for disciplinarian solutions, those who long for an exaggerated doctrinal 'security,' those who stubbornly try to recover a past that… — Pope Francis
A lot of my works deal with a passage, which is about time. I don't see anything that I do as a static object in… — Maya Lin
But when researchers at Bell Labs discovered that static tends to come from particular places in the sky, the whole field of radio astronomy opened… — Murray Gell-Mann
I am restless. I don't mind leaving this comfortable, static life. I could live a year on my own in a remote village. — Michael Palin

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