Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tea Obreht

At the end of the day, it's about the reader's attachment to and belief in the magical elements that make or break magical realism.

Sharon Salzberg

With attachment all that seems to exist is just me & that object I desire.

Swami Vivekananda

This attachment of Love to God is indeed one that does not bind the soul but effectively breaks all its bondages.

Swami Vivekananda

Only by practice and non-attachment can we conquer mind.

Tim McCarthy

The primary object of meditation is to not become overly attached to any particular thoughts that may come into to the mind. It is most important to let the mind "flow," with less mental worry about, and attachment to, the various thoughts that may come into the mind.

Tadao Ando

All those involved in the construction of an architectural design, from the architect to the builder, have an attachment to the architecture, although it's difficult to quantify the attachment.

Swami Vivekananda

If you can get rid of your attachment to a single thing, you are on the way to liberation.

Swami Vivekananda

Everything that you do under compulsion goes to build up attachment.

Swami Vivekananda

Attachment comes only where we expect a return.

Swami Vivekananda

As soon as we identify ourselves with the work we do, we feel miserable; but if we do not identify ourselves with it, we do not feel that misery.

Sue Grafton

Perhaps when we're forced to forfeit what we own, we lose any sentimental associations. Perhaps pawning our valuables frees us in the same way a house fire destroys not only our worldly goods, but our attachment to what's gone.

T. S. Eliot

There are three conditions which often look alike Yet differ completely, flourish in the same hedgerow: Attachment to self and to things and to persons, detachment From self and from things and from persons; and, growing between them, indifference, ... .

Ramakrishna

To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward...

Ramakrishna

Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.

And you can't be attached to creature comforts.

Even going to the Olympics, not a lot of people even know who you are. But when you win a medal and you have that attached to your name, a lot of people recognize you.

Beverly Sills

Attachment to spiritual things is.. just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.

Attaching patients to a particular provider is difficult.

Countless sinners are sanctified, attaching their minds to the Feet of the Lord.

Customers won't notice anything different, there's just a new unit attached to the meter. We want the process to be as seamless as possible with the least impact of the customer. Once installed, the customers will also experience less estimated bills when our workers can't get in.

Anton Corbijn

'Control' had to do with my own life a lot, and that's why that seemed to be a film I could be the director of, because I had an emotional attachment to the whole story. And because of that experience, I feel that I can try other films. I didn't set out to become a director.

Branding is key. Without a household name and some strong marketing attached to it, a particular site is going to have difficulty catching on.

Sathya Baba

You get attachment when your mind is turned towards the world. When it is turned towards God, you attain liberation. It is the same lock and the same key that are responsible for bondage and liberation.

Timothy Spall

You find yourself attached to five or six projects that never get made.

Michael Mullen

Basically, we've grown up very focused on the institution. The institution tells me what to do. It tells me where to go. It tells me what my career path is, and then I, sort of, attach my own personal desires, my own personal interests. I think we're living in a time where we're going to have to change - to put people in the center.

Paul Weller

I am aware of the words 'national treasure' being attached to me occasionally. It just makes me feel old.

Phil Hartman

I think there's a notion in our society, and it may be valid, that people aren't as funny when they get older. It's a stigma still attached to the rebelliousness of youth.

Women are sometimes so emotionally attached to the house that they cannot see the financial pros and cons of it,

Jacques Chirac

Tonight, France has reaffirmed its attachment to values of the Republic.

To my Lucy I now offer myself with my stock, wares and chattels and all the devotedness of heart attached to such an enthusiastic being as I am.

The other is less tangible -- the emotional attachment to a city or a neighborhood. There's a powerful human desire to return to that and restore that.

I've never met a seller who wasn't emotionally attached to their house. It's where they lived, where their children grew up.

David Strathairn

It would be real nice to have some kind of bell or whistle attached to this film - it would give it a longer life. People seem to need that validation to go to a film these days.