Fascination Quote by William Cowper Download Open image “Some to the fascination of a name, Surrender judgment hoodwinked.” — William Cowper ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Fascination Judgment Names Surrender
This naming of things is so crucial to possession - a spiritual padlock with the key thrown irretrievably away - that it is a… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
A name is precious; it carries inside it a language, a history, a set of traditions, a particular way of looking at the world.… — Laila Lalami Copy Share Image
The urging of that word, judgment, hath bred a kind of remorse in me. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Naming is a privilege of reason and the province of bullies. We name to tame and to maim; to honor the great, the dead,… — Jane Leavy Copy Share Image
It made me a household name, but nothing comes for nothing. What I had to give physically, emotionally and vocally to that role took… — Anthony Warlow Copy Share Image
I felt for the tormented whirlwinds Damned for their carnal sins Committed when they let their passions rule their reason. — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest. It was a scandal that a breed of fearless and sinister people ran… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
It is exactly the fear of revenge that motivates the deepest crimes, from the killing of the enemy's children lest they grow up to… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
If the soul be happily disposed, every thing becomes capable of affording entertainment, and distress will almost want a name. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
The unexpected has happened so continually in my life that it has ceased to deserve the name. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“When we spread our name by scattering it into many mouths we call that ‘increasing our renown’; we wish our name to be favourably… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“Beyond the storage and analysis capabilities of a machine built to emotionlessly evaluate a choice on the basis of abstract psychological data reduced to a simple numerical formula, the charismatic power of a nickname had just cast the decisive vote in a decision that was going to upend the lives of numerous human beings. According to that same report, the… — Pierre REHOV Copy Share
And hast thou sworn on every slight pretence, Till perjuries are common as bad pence, While thousands, careless of the damning sin, Kiss the… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was possessed. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Stamps God's own name upon a lie just made, To turn a penny in the way of trade. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
But conversation, choose what theme we may, And chiefly when religion leads the way, Should flow, like waters after summer show'rs, Not as if… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
“When we don't pray, we quit the fight. Prayer keeps the Christian's armor bright. And Satan trembles when he sees. The weakest saint upon… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
But animated nature sweeter still, to soothe and satisfy the human ear. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Don't ever for a minute make the mistake of looking down your nose at westerns. They're art - the good ones, I mean. They deal in life and sudden death and primitive struggle, and with the basic emotions - love, hate, and anger - thrown in. We'll have westerns films as long as the cameras keep turning. The fascination that… — John Wayne Copy Share
I've always had a fascination with vampires. It's not that I'm exactly fascinated with the dark side. It's the human struggle with it. How… — Sheryl Lee Copy Share Image
It is a great profession. There is the fascination of watching a figment of the imagination emerge through the aid of science to a… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
There's a lot of Google fascination out there and we share it, and we're going to compete, we're going to compete very, very hard. — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
The population at large is neither 'ordinary' or 'normal'. They seem to be bound together by a collective ignorance of themselves and what they are. They have, every one of them, got their deep dark thoughts with many a skeleton rattling in their secret cupboards. Their fascination with 'types' like myself plagues them with the mystery of why and how… — Dennis Nilsen Copy Share
Bringing nature into the classroom can kindle a fascination and passion for the diversity of life on earth and can motivate a sense of… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
I love all animals. I have a fascination with fish, birds, whales - sentient life - insects, reptiles. — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
This fascination with computer models is something I understand very well. Richard Feynmann called it a disease. I fear he is right. — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
The attraction of horror is a mental, or even an intellectual, excitement, but the fascination of the repulsive, so noticeable incontemporary writing, can spring… — Ellen Glasgow Copy Share Image
My personal fascination with the power of the crowd has been growing: Exactly what can a 'crowd' accomplish? We know crowds can raise billions… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
My work involves the physical manifestation of emotional reality. Thus, the invisible becomes visible; the normal, abnormal; and the familiar, unfamiliar. Ordinary life is… — Sandy Skoglund Copy Share Image
There is a fascination with violence and power in all modernism, and I sort of saw classic modernism as being more similar to Wyndham… — John Currin Copy Share Image
