Quotes with presence

  • There are some achievements which are never done in the presence of those who hear of them. Catching salmon is one, and working all night is another.
  • There is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow creatures, and feeling that your presence is an addition to their comfort.
  • For, usually and fitly, the presence of an introduction is held to imply that there is something of consequence and importance to be introduced.
  • Todd Palin's frequent presence in the governor's office led some in Juneau to call him the 'Shadow Governor.' But it had never been clear, at least to the public, what roles he played.
  • Love can take what shape he pleases; and when once begun his fiery inroad in the soul, how vain the after knowledge which his presence gives! We weep or rave; but still he lives, and lives master and lord, amidst pride and tears and pain.
  • That which we call character is a reserved force which acts directly by presence, and without means. It is conceived of as a certain undemonstrable force, a familiar or genius, by whose impulses the man is guided, but whose counsels he cannot impart.
  • Being solitary is being alone well: being alone luxuriously immersed in doings of your own choice, aware of the fullness of your won presence rather than of the absence of others. Because solitude is an achievement.
  • Once you're in the presence of people who have put their lives actively on the line, repeatedly, you're never allowed to complain again. And I do, and we all do. But now I look at things a little differently.
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson 'Tis very certain that each man carries in his eye the exact indication of his rank in the immense scale of men, and we are always learning to read it. A complete man should need no auxiliaries to his personal presence.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Victor Serge I followed his argument with the blank uneasiness which one might feel in the presence of a logical lunatic.
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  • Baltasar Gracian If to talk to oneself when alone is folly, it must be doubly unwise to listen to oneself in the presence of others.
    Baltasar Gracian
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • George Eliot A mother's yearning feels the presence of the cherished child even in the degraded man.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Byron Howard A nice thing about being at Disney is that these movies can develop into a presence in theme parks and become something real, or maybe get a sequel or tell other stories.
    Byron Howard
    American film director and producer (1968 - )
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  • Ann Bancroft And then there's also this element of - some people would describe it as spirits or a presence that appears when things are very difficult, physically and emotionally. You know, when you're really putting out. So the third man aura is sort of an appearance. It's the yeti.
    Ann Bancroft
    American author, teacher, adventurer (1955 - )
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  • Alan Cohen Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.
    Alan Cohen
    American businessman (1954 - )
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  • Abraham Joshua Heschel Being is both presence and absence. God had to conceal His presence in order to bring the world into being. He had to make His absence possible in order to make room for the world's presence. Coming into being brought along denial and defiance, absence, oblivion and resistance.
    Who Is Man? (1965)
    Abraham Joshua Heschel
    Polish-American rabbi (1907 - 1972)
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  • Alice Koller Being solitary is being alone well: being alone luxuriously immersed in doings of your own choice, aware of the fullness of your won presence rather than of the absence of others. Because solitude is an achievement.
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  • Benjamin Haydon Beware of the beginnings of vice. Do not delude yourself with the belief that it can be argued against in the presence of the exciting cause. Nothing but actual flight can save you.
    Benjamin Haydon
    British artist (1786 - 1846)
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  • George Eliot But the mother's yearning, that completest type of the life in another life which is the essence of real human love, feels the presence of the cherished child even in the debased, degraded man.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Anna Held Charm them with your presence as soon as they look at you.
    Anna Held
    Polish-born stage performer and singer (1872 - 1918)
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  • Barrett Foa Cyndi Lauper is really good at talking to you about normal things. It's strange to be in the presence of a big celebrity like that. You want to make these connections and say things related to being a fan. It's not as interesting for them. She's amazing at making small talk without it seeming small.
    Barrett Foa
    American bari-tenor singer, dancer, and actor (1977 - )
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  • Arthur Machen For, usually and fitly, the presence of an introduction is held to imply that there is something of consequence and importance to be introduced.
    Arthur Machen
    Welsh author and mystic (1863 - 1947)
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  • James Thurber From now on, I think it is safe to predict, neither the Democratic nor the Republican Party will ever nominate for President a candidate without good looks, stage presence, theatrical delivery, and a sense of timing.
    James Thurber
    American cartoonist (1894 - 1961)
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  • Carl Sagan Hidden within every astronomical investigation, sometimes so deeply buried that the researcher himself is unaware of its presence, lies a kernel of awe.
    Cosmos (1980)
    Carl Sagan
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author (1934 - 1996)
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  • Carl Gustav Jung I cannot love anyone if I hate myself. That is the reason why we feel so extremely uncomfortable in the presence of people who are noted for their special virtuousness, for they radiate an atmosphere of the torture they inflict on themselves. That is not a virtue but a vice.
    Carl Gustav Jung
    Swiss psychiatrist (1875 - 1961)
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  • Buzz Aldrin I think it's inevitable that there will be Earthlings establishing a presence on Mars. And I would say that it would certainly take place by 2050 or shortly thereafter.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Allen Ginsberg I want people to bow as they see me and say he is gifted with poetry, he has seen the presence of the creator.
    Allen Ginsberg
    American poet (1926 - 1997)
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  • Paul E. Little I was frustrated out of my mind, trying to figure out the will of God. I was doing everything but getting into the presence of God and asking Him to show me.
    Paul E. Little
    American Christian author
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