Surface Quotes

1360 quotes by 1055 authors

The collision of hail or rain with hard surfaces, or the song of cicadas in a summer field. These sonic events are made out of… — Iannis Xenakis
Cats may sense early on that you don't like paw prints on your butter, but they will jump onto any surface in the home as… — Kathy Young
She's like a queen, magnificently tall, with a lovely figure, a stately neck, and a face of the most delicate and finished modelling: the flow… — Walter Deverell
I would like to start by emphasizing the importance of surfaces. It is at a surface where many of our most interesting and useful phenomena… — Walter Houser Brattain
It may seem rash indeed to draw conclusions valid for the whole universe from what we can see from the small corner to which we… — Emile Borel
I think of color as being seen in and throughout, not solely on the surface. — Jules Olitski
Your great power lies not on the surface, but deep within your being. — Roger McDonald
The breaking up of the terrestrial globe, this it is we witness. It doubtless began a long time ago, and the brevity of human life… — Eduard Suess
When we let our mind relax, a moment will come when we rest without thoughts. This stable state is like an ocean without waves. Within… — Bokar Rinpoche
If life has given us no more than a prison cell, let's at least decorate it as best we can-with the shadows of our dreams,… — Fernando Pessoa
The single biggest change in middle-distance running, from the 1500 metres to 10,000 metres, has been the track surface. — Herb Elliott
The personal needs a base, a body to identify oneself with, just as a colour needs a surface to appear on. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
The attributes of God, though intelligible to us on their surface yet, for the very reason that they are infinite, transcend our comprehension, when they… — John Henry Newman
Do not be bewildered by the surfaces: in the depths all becomes law. — Rainer Maria Rilke
There's no way to put a limit on what one may accomplish individually if the intent is an impeccable intent. Don Juan's teachings are not… — Carlos Castaneda
The Wise Man believes profoundly in silence - the sign of a perfect equilibrium. Silence is the absolute poise or balance of body, mind and… — Charles Alexander Eastman
The brain may take advice, but not the heart, and love having no geography, knows no boundaries: weight and sink it deep, no matter, it… — Truman Capote
My mother was the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. There are moments when I remember her beauty, unadorned, unposed, not in some artificial… — Jamie Lee Curtis
I don't care how intelligent or attractive someone is, if he zaps your energy, he isn't for you. True chemistry is more than intellectual compatibility.… — Judith Orloff
...the global surface albedo [surface whiteness] and greenhouse gas changes account for practically the entire global climate change. — James Hansen

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