Turning Quotes

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The history of men of science has one peculiar advantage, as it shows the importance of little things in producing great results. Smeaton learned his… — Robert Aris Willmott
Movie-making is the process of turning money into light. All they have at the end of the day is images flickering on a wall. — John Boorman
At the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor fleshless; Neither from nor towards; at the still point, there the dance is, But… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Nothing ever gets anywhere. The earth keeps turning round and gets nowhere. The moment is the only thing that counts. — Jean Cocteau
Art is both the taking and giving of beauty, the turning out to the light of the inner folds of the awareness of the spirit. — Ansel Adams
Museums are tombs, and it looks like everything is turning into a museum. — Robert Smithson
I remember turning in my first assignment in elementary school using the computer and the teachers were kind of confused that I had printed it. — Larry Page
In my studies of astronomy and philosophy I hold this opinion about the universe, that the Sun remains fixed in the centre of the circle… — Galileo Galilei
I would not for a moment have you suppose that I am one of those idiots who scorns Science, merely because it is always twisting… — Robertson Davies
St. Augustine and St. Thomas define mortal sin to be a turning away from God: that is, the turning of one's back upon God, leaving… — Alphonsus Liguori
I remember vividly my student days, spending hours at the light microscope, turning endlessly the micrometric screw, and gazing at the blurred boundary which concealed… — Albert Claude
If your wearing lingerie that makes you feel glamorous, you're halfway thereto turning heads. — Elle Macpherson
Business is recognizing the role it can play in combatting climate change. Thank God, is all I can say, for there is a desperately urgent… — Prince Charles
I love turning my daughter on to old movies. — Susie Bright
The right procedure: You begin at the wrong end if you first dispute about your election. Prove your conversion, and then never doubt your election.… — Joseph Alleine
I celebrated [my 50th birthday] by throwing a big bowl on the pottery wheel, then going for a water ski at the lake on our… — Marcia Gay Harden
Praise has different effects, according to the mind it meets with; it makes a wise man modest, but a fool more arrogant, turning his weak… — Owen Feltham
The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris… — Natalie Babbitt
Things have a way of turning out so badly. — Tennessee Williams
Turning someone away who wants to come near you, just because of your pride is also a form of mistake. — Sung Hoon

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