Surface Quotes

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I don't dig beneath the surface for things that don't appear before my own eyes. — John Singer Sargent
When writing loses touch with the beautiful surface of the world, it loses its way. You always want to be in touch with how things… — Garrison Keillor
Every great narrative is at least two narratives, if not more - the thing that is on the surface and then the things underneath which… — Ali Smith
Those who speculate from the shore about the ocean shall know only its surface, but those who would know the depths of the ocean must… — Meher Baba
If surface water can be compared with interest income, and non-renewable groundwater with capital, then much of the West was living mainly on interest income.… — Marc Reisner
The moment of truth, the sudden emergence of a new insight, is an act of intuition. Such intuitions give the appearance of miraculous flushes, or… — Arthur Koestler
The need of a constantly expanding market for its products chases the bourgeoisie over the entire surface of the globe. — Karl Marx
Private appropriation of the Earthâ€™s surface, the natural resources, and the means of life is nothing less a crime than a crime against humanity, but… — Eugene V. Debs
I truly believe there is a field of peace within and that it can be enlivened and brought to the surface to be enjoyed by… — David Lynch
My happiest hours are those in which I think nothing, want nothing, when I do not even dream, but lose myself in some spurious vegetable… — Fernando Pessoa
Yoga says instinct is a trace of an old experience that has been repeated many times and the impressions have sunk down to the bottom… — Swami Satchidananda
All down the ages we see how blood has stained the surface of the earth; but now a ray of greater light has come, man's… — Abdu'l-BahÃ¡
In his larger forms, Schubert is a wanderer. He likes to move at the edge of the precipice, and does so with the assurance of… — Alfred Brendel
Bad things are like waves. They're going to happen to you, and there's nothing you can do about it. They're part of life, like waves… — Lisa Scottoline
The MagiciansÂ brilliantly explores the hidden underbelly of fantasy and easy magic, taking whatâ€™s simple on the surface and turning it over to show us… — Naomi Novik
A painting is an object which has an emphatic frontal surface. On such a surface, I paint a black band which does not recede, a… — Jo Baer
You never know what lurks just beneath the surface of my fragile sanity. — Ashly Lorenzana
We may seem fine, even when the pain remains right there beneath our surface. — Ashly Lorenzana
I am trying to find out why a subject does look so marvelous, and trying to make that sensation manifest on a flat surface. — Euan Uglow
The coming and going of the seasons give us more than the spring times, summers, autumns, and winters of our lives. It reflects the coming… — Gary Zukav

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