Stir Quotes

313 Stir quotes by 263 unique authors

Writing has power, but its power has no vector. Writers can stir the mind, but they can't direct it. Time changes things, God changes things,… — Isaac Bashevis Singer
It feels much nobler to feel guilty than resentful, and it takes more courage to express resentment than guilt. With expressing guilt you expect to… — Frederick Salomon Perls
Is there in painting an effect which arises from the being together of repose and energy in the artist's mind? - can both repose and… — Eli Siegel
For the Rays, to speak properly, have no Colour. In them there is nothing else than a certain power and disposition to stir up a… — Isaac Newton
Television can stir emotions, but it doesn't invite reflection as much as the printed page. — Bill Moyers
When you have received Him, stir up your heart to do Him homage; speak to Him about your spiritual life, gazing upon Him in your… — Saint Francis de Sales
That short, potential stir That each can make but once, That bustle so illustrious Tis almost consequence, Is the eclat of death. — Emily Dickinson
It's not about going around trying to stir up trouble. As long as you're honest and you articulate what you believe to be true, somebody… — Criss Jami
Burn all the statutes and their shelves: They stir us up against our kind; And worse, against ourselves. — William Wordsworth
Break not an ancient friendship; keep it hale; Stir round its roots, that it be green of heart; Let not the spirit of its growth… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
The First thing that strikes a traveler in the United States is the innumerable multitude of those who seek to emerge from their original condition;… — Alexis de Tocqueville
No stir of air was there, Not so much life as on a summer's day Robs not one light seed from the feather'd grass, But… — John Keats
It is the mind which creates the world around us, and even though we stand side by side in the same meadow, my eyes will… — George Gissing
I tend to like simple music. And clever, succinct lyrics. Songs that don't try to be more than they need to to be effective, to… — Zooey Deschanel
When the impulses which stir us to profound emotion are integrated with the medium of expression, every interview of the soul may become art. This… — Hans Hofmann
And old affront will stir the heart Through years of rankling pain. — Jean Ingelow
Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy. — Jesse Jackson
Soups are a great way to introduce a lot of vegetables to kids. Stir-fries, too, because they contain so many different shapes and colors. — Emeril Lagasse
Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this. — Abraham Lincoln
Big dreams create the magic that stir men's souls to greatness. — Bill McCartney
It's like a jar of salad dressing sitting on a shelf... most of the seasoning settles to the bottom of the bottle. But when you… — Joyce Meyer
I'm very drawn to Eastern Europe, so I like a Hungarian writer who wrote in French called Emil Cioran; he was always good for giving… — Dylan Moran
I think a newspaper should be provocative, stir 'em up, but you can't do that on television. It's just not on. — Rupert Murdoch
I will not be a common man. I will stir the smooth sands of monotony. — Peter O'Toole
The trickster's function is to break taboos, create mischief, stir things up. In the end, the trickster gives people what they really want, some sort… — Tom Robbins

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