Surface Quotes

1360 quotes by 1055 authors

If I perceive in another person mainly the surface, I perceive mainly the differences,that which separates us. If I penetrate to the core, i perceive… — Erich Fromm
The problem is not the claycourt. The problem is, you know, rather something to do with the conditions on center court. Because I've played well… — Roger Federer
Hell be lucky to last five or six years on those knees. What it might have to come down to is playing less on hard… — Jim Courier
The eye can travel over the surface in a way parallel to the way it moves over nature. It should feel caressed and soothed, experience… — Bridget Riley
The surface of things gives enjoyment, their interiority gives life. — Piet Mondrian
What beauty. I saw clouds and their light shadows on the distant dear earthâ€¦. The water looked like darkish, slightly gleaming spotsâ€¦. When I watched… — Yuri Gagarin
The fear of your own solitude, of its vast surface and its infinityâ€¦ Remorse is the voice of solitude. And what does this whispering voice… — Emile M. Cioran
Studying goes deeper than mere reading. There are surface nuggets to be gathered but the best of the gold is underneath, and it takes time… — Mary McLeod Bethune
Photos have no narrative content. They only describe light on surface. — Garry Winogrand
In reading the biographies of very successful men and women, one theme frequently surfaces: such people have a strong bias for action. Those who achieve… — Steve Pavlina
I cry a lot. My emotions are very close to my surface. I don't want to hold anything in so it festers and turns into… — Nicolas Cage
We know the surface temperature of the Earth is warming. It has risen by .6 degrees Celsius over the past 100 years. There was a… — George W. Bush
The worse the country, the more tortured it is by water and wind, the more broken and carved, the more it attracts fossil hunters, who… — Jack Horner
Instead of waiting until crisis problems develop which result in panic praying for others, we need to trust God to protect them as we pray… — Bruce Willis
But if you've really learned how to think, how to pay attention...it will actually be within your power to experience a crowded, loud, slow, consumer-hell-type… — David Foster Wallace
The love of those we don't love in return settles on the surface and from there quickly evaporates. — Paolo Giordano
A grain of gold will gild a great surface, but not so much as a grain of wisdom. — Henry David Thoreau
Life just seems so full of connections. Most of the time we don't even pay attention to the depth of life. We only see flat… — Colin Neenan
If the children acquiesce, they may learn to suppress their anger to avoid retribution. But the rage remains inside, often just below the surface. — Alvin Rosenfeld
Swarmers run the risk of skittering like water bugs on the surface of life. By being quickly and constantly connected, they can avoid deep contact… — Joel Garreau

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