Quotes about light
lightning wonder resolution
I'm wondering if there's a spell to make lightning flash in the background whenever I make an ominous resolution. Eliezer Yudkowsky
light world rationality
There is light in the world, and it is us!
light tears bed
Having got into bed and turned out the light, I quietly burst into tears because I am not a good person. As they came and went for some minutes, I was concerned with the words following 'because' in the previous sentence, rewriting them over and over in my head until they seemed to be as close to the truth as it was possible for me to make them. Edward Gorey
light house want
I guess I'm not very human. All I really want to do is paint light on the side of a house. Edward Hopper
light inner-light cracks
It’s in the darkest moments when the cracks allow the inner light to come out. Edward James Olmos
light imagination darkness
There exists an infinite universe between the boundaries of light and darkness; the photographer explores this chasm in a ship of the imagination, that is the camera.
light chocolate want
When I want comfort food, I buy Maltesers. I like all chocolates, but especially those. You can eat them, and because they're so light, you can convince yourself that they are not actually that fattening. David Walliams
light godmother haste
You've got to make haste while it's still light of day. Ben Vereen
light work-out long
You've got to make haste while it's still light of day. My godmother used to say, I don't want to rust out, I just want to work out. If you stand still long enough, people will throw dirt on you.
light names water
People in these places don't know Audrey Hepburn, but they recognise the name UNICEF. When they see UNICEF their faces light up, because they know that something is happening. In the Sudan, for example, they call a water pump UNICEF. Audrey Hepburn
light quality literature
The quality of light by which we scrutinize our lives has direct bearing upon the product which we live, and upon the changes which we hope to bring about through those lives. Audre Lorde
light vegetables play
Composing a concert is like composing a menu.... If you start with light pieces and play a 45-minute sonata after the interlude, it's like starting dinner with hors d'oeuvres and dessert and finishing with a Châteaubriand and vegetables. Arthur Rubinstein
light darkness wonder
A day! It has risen upon us from the great deep of eternity, girt round with wonder; emerging from the womb of darkness; a new creation of life and light spoken into being by the word of God. Edwin Hubbel Chapin
light evil shadow
All evil, in fact the very existence of evil, is inexplicable until we refer to the paternity of God. It hangs a huge blot in the universe until the orb of divine love rises behind it. In that apposition we detect its meaning. It appears to us but a finite shadow as it passes across the disk of infinite light.
light vision persons
The principal person in a picture is light. Edouard Manet
light suffering retired
Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired: Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to be admired. Edmund Waller
light darkness doe
Darkness is drawn to light, but light does not know it; light must absorb the darkness and therefore meet its own extinguishment. Edna O'Brien
light progress meat
My refusing to eat meat occasioned inconveniency, and I have been frequently chided for my singularity. But my light repast allows for greater progress, for greater clearness of head and quicker comprehension. Benjamin Franklin
light purses heavy
A light purse is a heavy curse.
light liberty sun
The sun of liberty is set; you must light up the candle of industry and economy.
light names young
As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights. Barbra Streisand
lightning brilliant disappear
The more brilliant the lightning, the quicker it disappears. Avicenna
light darkness
There is light in darkness, you just have to find it. bell hooks
light views talent
Put yourself on view. This brings your talents to light. Baltasar Gracian
light advice forgotten
When you counsel someone, you should appear to be reminding him of something he had forgotten, not of the light he was unable to see.
light white spirit
I could compare my music to white light which contains all colours. Only a prism can divide the colours and make them appear; this prism could be the spirit of the listener. Arvo Part
light have-faith moments
Even in the darkest moments, light exists if you have faith to see it. Dean Koontz
light giving darkness
None of us can ever save himself; we are the instruments of one another’s salvation, and only by the hope that we give to others do we lift ourselves out of the darkness into light.
light causes negative
I'm a friend of the CEO of Twitter and he showed me how to be on it, but it causes such an uproar if what you post is perceived in a negative light. Dana Carvey
light fire barns
You know, sometimes you can't just take an armadillo, put it in the barn, light it on fire and expect it to make licorice.
light truck pickups
I looked over at her; if women knew how good they looked in the dash light of oversized pickup trucks, they'd never get out of them. Craig Johnson
light hands ultrasounds
It's not a big part, ... I wheel in an ultrasound machine and say to Taylor's gynecologist, 'If you have a problem with it, just give it a light tap on the side.' Then they hand me a urine sample, and I put it up to the light and say 'Hmm, looks pretty healthy, but I'll check.' Craig Kilborn
light
A woman is only as good as the peace and light she radiates. Coco Chanel