Surface Quotes

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It's a brilliant surface in that sunlight. The horizon seems quite close to you because the curvature is so much more pronounced than here on… — Neil Armstrong
When we speak the word 'life,' it must be understood we are not referring to life as we know it from its surface of fact,… — Antonin Artaud
Once you allow yourself to identify with the people in a story, then you might begin to see yourself in that story even if on… — Chinua Achebe
With a lot of actors, you've got to chip through the surface to see who the real person is. — Kevin Bacon
To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces and record the qualities of nature and humanity which live or are latent in… — Ansel Adams
All a work of art can do is present the surface. I can't know the insides of people. I know very little about the inside… — John Banville
Just under the surface I shall be, all together at first, then separate and drift, through all the earth and perhaps in the end through… — Samuel Beckett
Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic. — Ambrose Bierce
Land: A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation… — Ambrose Bierce
We are like ignorant shepherds living on a site where great civilizations once flourished. The shepherds play with the fragments that pop up to the… — Allan Bloom
Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience. — Randolph Bourne
If a theme or idea is too near the surface, the novel becomes simply a tract illustrating an idea. — Elizabeth Bowen
What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things... it is impossible for anyone to express anything essentially real by imitating… — Constantin Brancusi
As a comic and as a nurse, it's important to look calm on the surface when you're absolutely crapping yourself inside. So, if someone is… — Jo Brand
Art historians agree that Da Vinci's paintings contain hidden levels of meaning that go well beneath the surface of the paint. Many scholars believe his… — Dan Brown
Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath. — Michael Caine
The best way to study Mars is with two hands, eyes and ears of a geologist, first at a moon orbiting Mars... and then on… — Buzz Aldrin
All the Chinese have to do is fly around the Moon and back, and they'll appear to have won the return to the Moon with… — Buzz Aldrin
Armstrong described the lunar surface as 'beautiful.' I thought to myself, 'It's not really beautiful. It's magnificent that we're here, but what a desolate place… — Buzz Aldrin
By refocusing our space program on Mars for America's future, we can restore the sense of wonder and adventure in space exploration that we knew… — Buzz Aldrin

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