Touchstones Quotes

65 Touchstones quotes by 59 unique authors

Do certain events in our lives leave a permanent mark, freezing a piece of us in time, and that becomes a touchstone that we measure… — Mary E. Pearson
That's why we feel so disoriented, irritated even, when these touchstones from our past are altered. We don't like it when our hometown changes, even… — Eric Weiner
The measure of our mindfulness, the touchstone for sanity in this society, is our level of productivity, our attention to responsibility, our ability to plain… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being. Without interrelation with society he cannot… — Mahatma Gandhi
In a secularising world, art has replaced religion as a touchstone of our reverence and devotion. — Alain de Botton
Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture, without appeal to any part of… — Bertrand Russell
The essence of Vanderbilt is still learning, the essence of its outlook is still liberty, and liberty and learning will be and must be the… — John F. Kennedy
One should not wish anyone disagreeable conditions of life; but for him who is involved in them by chance, they are touchstones of characters and… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A thing is not proved just because no one has ever questioned it. What has never been gone into impartially has never been properly gone… — Denis Diderot
In time, foods such as hamburgers and ice cream became more than just meals. They became part of American history and culture, touchstones that are… — Homaro Cantu
When Marvel approached me about possibly bringing back a She-Hulk solo series, a few touchstones for a take immediately popped into my head - make… — Charles Soule
Neil Gaiman has reached a masterful stage in his writing where he deserves his own adjective, which could be extended to younger writers following in… — Paul Di Filippo
The three touchstones that woke Buddha up - sickness, old age, and death - are a pretty good place to start when crafting a tragic… — Paul Di Filippo
In my book I specifically discussed the structural nature of injustice and offered Nine Touchstones of Goddess ethics as an alternative to the Ten Commandments… — Carol P. Christ
Dreams are the touchstones of our characters. — Henry David Thoreau

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