Turning Quotes

1757 quotes by 1375 authors

The isolation spins its mysterious cocoon, focusing the mind on one place, one time, one rhythm - the turning of the light. The island knows… — M. L. Stedman
The camera has an interest in turning history into spectacle, but none in reversing the process. At best, the picture leaves a vague blur in… — Denis Donoghue
Turning the other cheek is a kind of moral jiu-jitsu. — Gerald Stanley Lee
I believe in treating others as I want to be treated--but I certainly don't believe in turning the other cheek and the truth is that… — James Hervey
The true felicity of a lover of books is the luxurious turning of page by page, the surrender, not meanly abject, but deliberate and cautious,… — Edith Wharton
Itâ€™s always about, somehow, finding a part of myself that is relevant, and then turning the volume up on that particular part. So, I am… — Tom Hiddleston
When a woman dresses modestly, I can take her seriously as a woman because she doesnâ€™t look like sheâ€™s begging for attention. She knows that… — Jason Evert
Not often, but every once in a while, God brings us to a major turning point--a great crossroads in our life. From that point we… — Oswald Chambers
Are you becoming more sweet-spirited, more like Jesus? Are you looking soberly in the mirror each day and praying, â€˜Lord, I want to conform to… — David Wilkerson
It is as hard to see one's self as to look backwards without turning around. — Henry David Thoreau
The liberal Gluten-free agenda is turning our dogs lesbian. — Stephen Colbert
I have a New Year's tradition. I lay all my travel dreams on the table, sort them out, prioritize, and begin the process of turning… — Rick Steves
Act as if the universe is a prodigious miracle created for your amusement and illumination. Assume that secret helpers are working behind the scenes to… — Rob Brezsny
The crime which bankrupts men and nations is that of turning aside from one's main purpose to serve a job here and there. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Truly in the heart there is a void that can not be removed except with the company of Allah. And in it there is a… — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
Contrary to the fantasies of the fundamentalists, there was no deathbed conversion, no last minute refuge taken in a comforting vision of a heaven or… — Ann Druyan
The seminaries must face the fact that they are not turning out well-trained professional clergy. They must realize that preaching is creative work and that… — Andrew Greeley
By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God. — Saint Francis de Sales
A painting, you know, it's all dirty material. But it's about transformation. Taking that earth, that heavy earthen kind of thing, turning it into air… — Brice Marden
More people than ever are slowly but surely turning their ears toward poetry — Saul Williams

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