Surface Quotes

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Let it them be put into any clean oven vessel of china or stoneware which should be wider at the top than at the bottom.… — James Lind
Bats drink on the wing, like swallows, by sipping the surface, as they play over pools and streams. — Gilbert White
In the surface of the paper there is only length and width-there is no such thing as thickness. — John Clayton
Depth must be hidden. Where? On the surface. — Hugo von Hofmannsthal
The closer the bird is to the surface of the water, the firmer and more inelastic is the uplift of the rising air. The bird… — Lawrence Hargrave
Balls should be good for at least six sets, and for more for the average player. But if the rallies are long, they do not… — Helen Wills Moody
We expect to keep our writing sessions going until late spring, then to play some new material in a few secret club dates. The record… — Adrian Belew
I admit that Post-it note sheets that adhere to virtually any surface are now my substitute of choice for retention. — Candice Bergen
Bits and pieces flung into the universe, sticking in the sky like cotton balls on a jet black velcro surface. — Bradley Chicho
This camera works like photosynthesis. It is as if you were Xeroxing your own face. The pictures have such physicality: their surface is like fine… — Julian Schnabel
That result at the French was a big break for me. I had been playing quite well up until that point but nobody really expected… — Jo Durie
When the music industry started collapsing, the logical people understood that the only place to go for shelter was the underground. If the world on… — will.i.am
On the surface, rock and roll changes at an amazing pace. The influence of a figure like the Maharishi can appear and disappear in a… — Jon Landau
I can write with authority only about what I know well, which means that I end up using surface details of my own life in… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
We apply our effort to be mindful, to be aware in this very moment, right here and now, and we bring a very wholehearted effort… — Sharon Salzberg
The essence of religion is the knowledge of God which is eternal life. That and nothing less than that is religion. Everything else is on… — Annie Besant
I work on stretched linen canvas, sized so that the surface already has a sense of tension when I begin. It is a very rich… — Sean Scully
Truth is a gem that is found at a great depth; whilst on the surface of this world, all things are weighed by the false… — Lord Byron
As a kid, you see something that you know in your heart is true. Its such a huge hypocrisy that it makes you think, Well,… — Serj Tankian
His laughter, which was never far below the surface of his conversation, now sparkled like a splash of water in sunlight. — Joseph Lelyveld

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