Traces Quotes

143 quotes by 135 authors

Old or new, the only sign I always try to rid my books of (usually with little success) is the price-sticker that malignant booksellers attach… — Alberto Manguel
I gravitate towards places where humans have been and are no more, to the edge of man's influence, where the elements are taking over or… — Michael Kenna
Behold, I have reached the peak of the mountain and my spirit has taken flight in the heavens of freedom and liberation. I have gone… — Khalil Gibran
There is in this world in which everything wears out, everything perishes, one thing that crumbles into dust, that destroys itself still more completely, leaving… — Marcel Proust
The tastes and pursuits of manhood will bear on them the traces of the earlier impressions of our education. It is therefore not unreasonable to… — Charles Babbage
The grossly impudent lie always leaves traces behind it, even after it has been nailed down. — Adolf Hitler
No one can be certain where a nation which spans two continents, whose history begins in the faint traces of early civilization, a nation now… — Harrison Salisbury
The new man is born too old to tolerate the new world. The present conditions of life have not yet erased the traces of the… — Eugenio Montale
If 'Mystery Train' is my Nixon book and 'Lipstick Traces' my Reagan book, 'Invisible Republic' is my Bill Clinton book. I really liked Clinton. He… — Greil Marcus
I am convinced that a good building must be capable of absorbing the traces of human life and taking on a specific richness... I think… — Peter Zumthor
Katz traces the courageous role of Black women in settling the West (and] deftly shows how these pioneering spirits helped stabilize early communities in Texas,… — Herb Boyd
Year after year, author/historian William Loren Katz continues to mine the lodestone of Black culture, and it is simply amazing how often he manages to… — Herb Boyd
Memory is the place where our vanished days secretly gather. ... The past seems to be gone and absent. Yet the grooves in the mind… — John O'Donohue
To the guests that must go, bid God's speed and brush away all traces of their steps. — Rabindranath Tagore
Personality in man is what is "not his own" . . . what come from outside, what he has learned, or reflects, all traces of… — G I Gurdjieff
I made the flames lick the surface of the painting in such a way that is recorded the spontaneous traces of the fire. But what… — Yves Klein
Those who largely rely on their hands and the beautiful or shocking traces of the imagination that they leave on the canvas ...CONCRETE... one builds… — Pierre Alechinsky
If we examine a work of ordinary art, by means of a powerful microscope, all traces of resemblance to nature will disappear - but the… — Edgar Allan Poe
Strength must build up, not destroy. It should outdo itself, not others who are weaker. Used without responsibility, it causes nothing but harm and death.… — Patrik Baboumian
Joe Klein is the flower of American political journalism, a sharp raconteur who shows traces of the gonzo style that was in vogue when he… — Thomas Frank

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