Volume Quotes

466 quotes by 394 authors

Extreme volume in music very often disguises a lack of actually important content. — Michael Tilson Thomas
Exegetical commentaries on the books of the Bible come in all shapes and sizes. Harold Hoehner's new volume on Ephesians has both a distinctive shape… — Ralph P. Martin
Sculptures permit me to create real volume One can touch the forms, one can give them smoothness, the sensuality that one wants. — Fernando Botero
Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones at hand do more toward a happy life than whole volumes that we… — Seneca the Younger
For I often please myself with the fancy, now that I may have saved from oblivion the only striking passage in a whole volume, and… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
I can't help but admire the structural linguists who have carved out forthemselves a linguistic discipline based on the deterioration of writtencommunication. Another case of… — Daniel Keyes
I recall this passage as the hour of its first fully coming over me that she was a beautiful liberal creature. I had seen her… — Henry James
After all, an overvalued dollar gives us the ability to buy foreign goods at lower prices. And the existing volume of exports brings more yen… — Martin Feldstein
Books are a world in themselves, it is true; but they are not the only world. The world itself is a volume larger than all… — William Hazlitt
When I was in junior high, I would carry around this huge volume of Shakespeare. I just like the romantic vibe. I write about it… — Fefe Dobson
It is perfectly delightful to take advantage of the conscientious labors of those who go through and through volume after volume, divide with infinite patience… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Information networks straddle the world. Nothing remains concealed. But the sheer volume of information dissolves the information. We are unable to take it all in. — Gunter Grass
The pornography of violence of course far exceeds, in volume and general acceptance, sexual pornography, in this Puritan land of ours. — Ursula K. Le Guin
The pornography of violence of course far exceeds, in volume and general acceptance, sexual pornography, in this Puritan land of ours. Exploiting the apocalypse, selling… — Ursula K. Le Guin
There are single thoughts that contain the essence of a whole volume, single sentences that have the beauties of a large work. — Joseph Joubert
It is worth remembering that every writer begins with a naively physical notion of what art is. A book for him or her is not… — Jorge Luis Borges
Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious. — Herbert Spencer
When a system is considered in two different states, the difference in volume or in any other property, between the two states, depends solely upon… — Rudolf Arnheim
If you're trying to be more creative, one of the most important things you can do is increase the volume and diversity of the information… — Jonah Lehrer
So when your mom walks in, turn down the volume and act like you're doing your homework. — Willie D

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