Surface Quotes

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To some people, I may seem calm. But if you could peer beneath the surface, you would see that I'm like a duck--paddling, paddling, paddling. — Scott Stossel
In a sense, the first (if not necessarily the prime) function of a novelist, of ANY artist, is to entertain. If the poem, painting, play… — Brigid Brophy
Whatâ€™s so incredibly amusing with photography is that while seemingly an art of the surface, it catches things I havenâ€™t even noticed. And it pains… — Jacques-Henri Lartigue
History resists an ending as surely as nature abhors a vacuum; the narrative of our days is a run-on sentence, every full stop a comma… — Mark Slouka
On the surface, humans appear to hate conflict, but in reality, they seek it. — Nagaru Tanigawa
There are many different stories to tell. It's never the same. Every day weather blows in and out, alters the surface. Sometimes it is stripped… — Helen Humphreys
A man who has been born into the house of a warrior and yet places no loyalty in his heart and thinks only of the… — Torii Mototada
Is a planetary surface the right place for an expanding technological civilization? — Gerard K. O'Neill
Nothing is what it seems on the surface of Heroes. — George Takei
No matter how many stones you throw at the water's surface, no matter how much you step on a shadow, the water's surface does not… — Kohta Hirano
The hard surface of the stone is impervious to nothing in the end. The heat of the sun leaves evidence of daylight. Each drop of… — Susan Griffin
The Glittering World is a stunning phantasmagoria drawn from the world just beneath the surface, aswarm with great and memorable characters and a plot that… — Keith Donohue
This is sad. I just think itâ€™s a little ridiculous we are still only looking at the surface of one another. Red hair? Blue hair?… — Hayley Williams
Nothing that happens on the surface of the sea can alter the calm of its depths — Andrew Harvey
Touch is a reciprocal action, a gesture of exchange with the world. To make an impression is also to receive one, and the soles of… — Robert Macfarlane
My capacity for having a good time exists. It surfaces, however, on odd occasions. — Renata Adler
I did a comparison of a school of architects known as the New York Five. I compared their articulation of wall surfaces, which I enjoyed… — Parker Stevenson
One of the things that made me persist in the Antarctic in the face of sickening discouragements was my determination to name a portion of… — Lincoln Ellsworth
With all due respect for the wondrous ways people have invented to amuse themselves and one another on paved surfaces, I find that this exodus… — Barbara Kingsolver
Treat your friends for what you know them to be. Regard no surfaces. Consider not what they did, but what they intended. — Henry David Thoreau

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