Of context Quote by John Wyndham Download Open image “Some quotations," said Zellaby, "are greatly improved by lack of context.” — John Wyndham ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Of context Quotations Said
A fine quotation has really no meaning only when one reads without getting any inspiration from it. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
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“I've never said anything worth quoting. You can quote me on that. My characters' words are another matter.” — Karen Vorbeck Williams Copy Share Image
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I'm a discursive thinker, so quotation has played an active role in the structure and content of my books from the beginning. — Masha Tupitsyn Copy Share Image
Quotations (such as have point and lack triteness) from the great old authors are an act of reverence on the part of the quoter,… — Louise Imogen Guiney Copy Share Image
“Everyone quoted it, it was full of so many words that they could not understand.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I shall pray God to send charity into this hideous world, and sympathy for the weak, and love for the unhappy and unfortunate. I… — John Wyndham Copy Share Image
“But he survived, that radio announcer. His ship and five others out of the flotilla of ten came through, a bit radioactive, but otherwise… — John Wyndham Copy Share Image
“You will have experienced, perhaps, that feeling of being relieved of a weight that you had not properly realized was there?” — John Wyndham Copy Share Image
“We have both been given the same wish to survive, We are all, you see, toys of the life-force. It made you numerically stronger,… — John Wyndham Copy Share Image
But, as I understand it, your God is a universal God; He is God on all suns and all planets. Surely, then, He must… — John Wyndham Copy Share Image
“Personal honesty takes time to assert itself - if it is ever allowed to.” — John Wyndham Copy Share Image
Why was I condemned to live in a democracy where every fool's vote is equal to a sensible man's? — John Wyndham Copy Share Image
“It seemed to me an odd view to take - rather as if one should protest that one didn't LIKE the idea of dying… — John Wyndham Copy Share Image
“Darling, whose book is this to be?" "Ostensibly yours, my sweet" "I see -- rather like my life since I met you?" "Yes darling” — John Wyndham Copy Share Image
“Sophie dear,' I said. 'Are you in love with him - with this spider-man?' 'Oh, don't call him that - please - we can't… — John Wyndham Copy Share Image
“It was all conveyed by the nicest, almost indetectably refined blend of sympathy and bitchiness...” — John Wyndham Copy Share Image
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Do we believe the Russians or do we believe our own lying media? Yeah, believe the Russians hands down, believe the Russians hands down.… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
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The natural world is not only a set of constraints but of contexts within which we can more fully realize our dreams. — Paul Shepard Copy Share Image
I'm more interested in talking about what I do. And I don't think people are interested in my personal life. I've never had a… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
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Some extremists take elements of the sacred scriptures out of context. — Cat Stevens Copy Share Image
But ripped out of context, ["Who am I to judge?" phrase] has become an all-purpose filter through which everything else - including the pope's… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
Let's face it, the romantic scene between the Romulan Commander and Spock [in “The Enterprise Incident”] was totally out of context. Any Romulan worth… — D. C. Fontana Copy Share Image
There is a lack of context in contemporary education. And contemporary consideration - because we live in those interiorities so much. Especially young kids… — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
Art needs to be socialised, and you need a lot of context to understand that, and that doesn't mean having read a few art… — Peter M. Brant Copy Share Image