Suspension Quotes
79 quotes by 73 authors
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Somewhere between the ages of eleven and fifteen, the average child begins to suffer from an atrophy, the paralysis of curiosity and the suspension of…
— Thomas A. Edison
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Intuition is a suspension of logic due to impatience.
— Rita Mae Brown
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Why suspend the habeas corpus in insurrections and rebellions? Examine the history of England. See how few of the cases of the suspension of the…
— Thomas Jefferson
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This element of surprise or mystery - the detective element as it is sometimes rather emptily called - is of great importance in a plot.…
— E. M. Forster
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The Patriot Act followed 9-11 as smoothly as the suspension of the Weimar constitution after the Reichstag Fire Decree.
— Sr?a Trifkovic
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He felt himself in suspension between the two worlds, the warm, neat civilization behind his back, the cool, dark mystery outside. We all write poems;…
— John Fowles
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The more you can create that magic bubble, that suspension of disbelief, for a while, the better.
— Edward Norton
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Faith means the purposeful suspension of critical thinking. It’s nothing to be admired.
— Bill Maher
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Mogami cable is durable and flexible enough to practically build a suspension bridge with but I'll settle for using it for my guitars and amps!
— Dave Mustaine
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I have said that each aspect of the novel demands a different quality of the reader. Well, the prophetic aspect demands two qualities: humility and…
— E. M. Forster
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Ugly programs are like ugly suspension bridges: they're much more liable to collapse than pretty ones, because the way humans (especially engineer-humans) perceive beauty is…
— Eric S. Raymond
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The generation of atmosphere, the aura of the uncanny, is one of the most important secrets of magic. It contributes to the willing suspension of…
— Doreen Valiente
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Your silence exists as does my self gathering. But so does the almost absolute silence of the world's dawning. In such suspension, before every utterance…
— Luce Irigaray
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If the situation in Zimbabwe continues to deteriorate, Britain will argue for Zimbabwe's suspension from the Commonwealth at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in…
— Jack Straw
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I accept my punishment and will begin serving my suspension immediately.
— Chris Davis
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The idea that the Christian god is just, is directly contradicted by the idea that the Christian god is merciful. Perfect justice and any mercy…
— Matt Dillahunty
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People are so helpful. People will stop what they're doing to show you something, to walk with you through a section of the town, or…
— David McCullough
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Postmodernism represents a moment of suspension before the batteries are recharged for the new millennium, an acknowledgment that preceding the future is a strange and…
— Lyman Abbott
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I prefer to think of faith, as Coleridge says of poetry, not as the taking up of belief but as "the willing suspension of disbelief".…
— Sharon Salzberg
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I had dreams once. Once I wanted to build the world's longest suspension bridge. But then I found out someone else had already done it.
— Jack Handey
Who Wrote These Suspension Quotes
73 authors contributed a total of 79 Suspension Quotes, led by these top contributors: