Surface Quotes

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There was wildlife, untouched, a jungle at the border of the sea, never seen by those who floated on the opaque roof. Describing his early… — Jacques Yves Cousteau
Far out in the ocean, where the water is as blue as the prettiest cornflower, and as clear as crystal, it is very, very deep;… — Hans Christian Andersen
The glacier was God's great plough . . . set at work ages ago to grind, furrow, and knead over, as it were, the surface… — Louis Agassiz
So many of the chemical reactions occurring in living systems have been shown to be catalytic processes occurring isothermally on the surface of specific proteins,… — John Desmond Bernal
The simplest spiritual discipline is some degree of solitude and silence. But it's the hardest, because none of us want to be with someone we… — Richard Rohr
Coal lay in ledges under the ground since the Flood, until a laborer with pick and windlass brings it to the surface. We may well… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The great black and white draftsman, the sculptor, and the blind man know that form and color are separate. The form itself is what the… — John French Sloan
One is quite astonished to find how many things there are in the landscape, and in every object in it, one never noticed before. And… — Winston Churchill
Gods are but greater demons, the Cishaurim said, hungers across the surface of eternity, wanting only to taste the clarity of our souls. Can you… — R. Scott Bakker
An enlightened entertainer, via story, casts her line into the souls of others, hooks their heart, and pulls their greater potential to the surface. — Derek Rydall
The picture surface recedes just as much in the 20th century as it did in the 15th. The techniques of making pictures have hardly changed. — Howard Hodgkin
We know what the surface of the moon is better than we know what the surface of the sea floor is. — James Garner
The surface of the Moon is not smooth, uniform, and precisely spherical as a great number of philosophers believe it to be, but is uneven,… — Galileo Galilei
Deep beneath the surface of the Sun, enormous forces were gathering. At any moment, the energies of a million hydrogen bombs might burst forth in… — Arthur C. Clarke
The earth itself assures us it is a living entity. Deep below surface one can hear its slow pulse, feel its vibrant rhythm. The great… — Frank Waters
The eye transmits its own image through the air to all the objects which face it, and also receives them on its own surface, whence… — Leonardo da Vinci
I say that the power of vision extends through the visual rays to the surface of non-transparent bodies, while the power possessed by these bodies… — Leonardo da Vinci
It is probable that a greater number of monuments of the skill and industry of man will, in the course of the ages, be collected… — Charles Lyell
When we skim along the surface of history we see little but the rough barren rocks that rise out of it. — Augustus William Hare
He knew by heart every last minute crack on its surface. He had made maps of the ceiling and gone exploring on them; rivers, islands,… — Josephine Tey

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