Connotation Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

Every writer creates his own precursors. His work modifies our conception of the past, as it will modify the future.

— Jorge Luis Borges

In the critic's vocabulary, the word "precursor" is indispensable, but it should be cleansed of all connotations of polemic or rivalry. The fact is…

— Jorge Luis Borges

I always loved Little Anthony and the Imperials. They were like the precursors of the Temptations. I loved their music.

— Bobby Keys

We need grief as a precursor to emotional refreshment, and so consume it vicariously in somewhat titrated but powerful enough form through engagement with…

— Catherine Wilson

My parents, grandmother and brother were teachers. My mother taught Latin and French and was the school librarian. My father taught geography and a…

— Sam Abell

Prominence is the precursor of obsolescence

— MM

In his very rejection of art Walt Whitman is an artist. He tried to produce a certain effect by certain means and he succeeded…He…

— Oscar Wilde

At another location, we found barrels of chemical material that was intended for use as biochemical weapons. Everyone talks about there being no weapons…

— Chris Kyle

Theory is continually the precursor of truth; we must pass through the twilight and its shade, to arrive at the full and perfect day.

— Anonymous

The distrust and suspicion which men everywhere evidence toward their adversaries, at all states of historical development, may be regarded as the immediate precursor…

— Karl Mannheim

Retreat itself is often a plan of resistance and may be a precursor of great bravery and sacrifice. Every retreat is not cowardice which…

— Mahatma Gandhi

Happiness is the precursor to success.

— Shawn Achor