Quotes about expression
expression sin states
In the deepest sense, the being in a state of sin is the sin, the particular sins are not the continuation of sin, they are expressions of its continuation. Soren Kierkegaard
expression feelings littles
They spoke very little of their mutual feeling; pretty phrases and warm expressions being probably unnecessary between such tried friends. Thomas Hardy
expression literature propriety
Those expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud in the family.
expression asceticism ease
Asceticism may be a mere expression of organic hardihood, disgusted with too much ease. William James
expression
To define an expression is, paradoxically speaking, to explain how to get along without it. To define is to eliminate. Willard Van Orman Quine
expression political immaturity
Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity. Vera Brittain
expression individuality violence
Violence is a personal necessity for the oppressed...It is not a strategy consciously devised. It is the deep, instinctive expression of a human being denied individuality. Richard Wright
expression talking years
When you say ‘old friend,’ are we talking, like...since the Ice Age?” “No. Of course not.” “Oh.” “It’s only been about four hundred years.” “Ah. Yes. Only four hundred.” A wry expression spread over his face. “Being with you is a continual experiment in perspective. Among other things. Richelle Mead
expression promise noble
Freedom is unlikely to be lost all at once and openly. It is far more likely to be eroded away, bit by bit, amid glittering promises and expressions of noble ideals. Thomas Sowell
expression three left
Listen. I got three expressions: looking left, looking right and looking straight ahead. Robert Mitchum
expression people use
Have you ever noticed that when people use the expression 'I have to say', what follows usually needn't be said? Richard Russo
expression different form
Faith can take many different forms and expressions. Rob Bell
expression perfection mind
Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the comtemplative reason, and the desire for aestetic perfection. Richard Courant
expression combination wildness
The combination of domesticity and wildness - that's a deep expression Tracy Kidder
expression essence differences
The major difference frequently is in time. The motion picture, for example, gives you considerably more freedom of expression than does the confined thirty-minute television show. But in essence, they're not that dissimilar. Rod Serling
expression default homicidal
Nick looked vaguely homicidal, but that was sort of his default expression. Sarah Rees Brennan
expression ideas liberty
Now, you receive all your ideas; therefore you receive your wish, you wish therefore necessarily. The word "liberty" does not therefore belong in any way to your will....The will, therefore, is not a faculty that one can call free. A free will is an expression absolutely void of sense, and what the scholastics have called will of indifference, that is to say willing without cause, is a chimera unworthy of being combated. Voltaire
expression speech censorship
We hold that no person or set of persons can properly establish a standard of expression for others. William Randolph Hearst
expression literature mood
What is literature but the expression of moods by the vehicle of symbol and incident? William Butler Yeats
expression soul mystery
The mystery which underlies the beauty of women is never raised above the reach of all expression until it has claimed kindred with the deeper mystery in our own souls. Wilkie Collins
expression self denial
I have in my life concentrated more on self-expression than self-denial. Winston Churchill
expression quiet splendid
'No comment' is a splendid expression. I am using it again and again.
expression doers firsts
Thought cannot conceive of anything that may not be brought to expression. He who first uttered it may be only the suggester, but the doer will appear. Woodrow Wilson
expression vocabulary pieces
True expression is hard when performing opera. The problem is that opera relies on the dramatic context of the piece. It can be interpreted and represented, but there are guidelines; there is a vocabulary within the pieces that you must know objectively and reflect. Zola Jesus
expression challenges east
I consider the modernization of the Middle East the central challenge of our time. This region behaves as if it were disturbed, if you'll excuse the clinical expression. Zalmay Khalilzad
expression trying able
I am freely able to express myself honestly to the public without trying to polish it over, trying to hide something. I'm just trying to be free with my expression. Ziggy Marley
expression taoism sage
The love of a Sage for his fellows likewise finds expression amongst mankind. Were he not told sop, he would not know that he loved his fellows. But whether he knows it or whether he does not know it, whether he hears it or whether he does not hear it, his love for his is without end, and mankind cease not to repose therein. Zhuangzi
expression ridiculous be-careful
Anyone who reaches for great expression has to be careful of the ridiculous. Yves Saint Laurent
expression ideas presence-of-mind
The expression of a gentleman's face is not so much that of refinement, as of flexibility, not of sensibility and enthusiasm as of indifference; it argues presence of mind rather than enlargement of ideas. William Hazlitt
expression tree soul
In trees, I see expression and soul Vincent Van Gogh
expression leader political
A political leader who desires to be useful to the revolutionary proletariat must be able to distinguish concrete cases of compromises that are inexcusable and are an expression of opportunism and treachery. Vladimir Lenin
expression giving able
Methinks the human method of expression by sound of tongue is very elementary, and ought to be substituted for some ingenious invention which should be able to give vent to at least six coherent sentences at once. Virginia Woolf
expression firsts language
It's a lot to ask of one creature, it's a lot to ask, that he should first behave as if he were not, then as if he were, before being admitted to that peace where he neither is, nor is not, and where the language dies that permits of such expressions. Samuel Beckett