Quotes with shape

  • A woman of the world is anxious to exhibit her form and shape, whether walking, standing, sitting, or sleeping. Even when represented as a picture, she desires to captivate with the charms of her beauty and, thus, to rob men of their steadfast heart.
  • I used to say: ''there is a God-shaped hole in me.'' For a long time I stressed the absence, the hole. Now I find it is the shape which has become more important.
  • I should like to see any kind of a man, distinguishable from a gorilla that some good and even pretty woman could not shape a husband out of.
  • I do not accept that life has an ordinary shape, or that there is anything ordinary about life at all. We make it ordinary, but it is not.
  • Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.
  • 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.
  • Create a vision and never let the environment, other people's beliefs, or the limits of what has been done in the past shape your decisions. Ignore conventional wisdom.
  • Nothing can be meaner than the anxiety to live on, to live on anyhow and in any shape; a spirit with any honor is not willing to live except in its own way, and a spirit with any wisdom is not over-eager to live at all.
  • While one who sings with his tongue on fire Gargles in the rat race choir Bent out of shape from society's pliers Cares not to come up any higher But rather get you down in the hole That he's in
  • Composing is like driving down a foggy road toward a house. Slowly you see more details of the house-the color of the slates and bricks, the shape of the windows. The notes are the bricks and the mortar of the house.
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  • Anthony Robbins Create a vision and never let the environment, other people's beliefs, or the limits of what has been done in the past shape your decisions. Ignore conventional wisdom.
    Anthony Robbins
    American author, entrepreneur, philanthropist and life coach (1960 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde Art, like Nature, has her monsters, things of bestial shape and with hideous voices.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Carol Bellamy Here once again education is crucial, it enables children to be become more aware of their rights and to exercise them in a respectful manner which helps them shape their own future.
    Carol Bellamy
    American nonprofit executive (1942 - )
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  • Rainer Maria Rilke I feel it now: there's a power in me to grasp and give shape to my world I know that nothing has ever been real without my beholding it. All becoming has need me..
    Rainer Maria Rilke
    German poet (1875 - 1926)
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  • Kofi Annan If tolerance, respect and equity permeate family life, they will translate into values that shape societies, nations and the world.
    Kofi Annan
    Ghanaian diplomat (1938 - 2018)
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  • Richard M. DeVos Life... It tends to respond to our outlook, to shape itself to meet our expectations.
    Richard M. DeVos
    American businessman, co-founder of Amway Corp. (1926 - 2018)
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  • George Santayana Nothing can be meaner than the anxiety to live on, to live on anyhow and in any shape; a spirit with any honor is not willing to live except in its own way, and a spirit with any wisdom is not over-eager to live at all.
    George Santayana
    Spanish - American philosopher (1863 - 1952)
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  • Joseph Addison Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.
    Joseph Addison
    English politician, writer and poet (1672 - 1719)
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  • Boris Pasternak A candle burned on the table, a candle burned... he whispered to himself — the beginning of something confused, formless; he hoped that it would take shape of itself. But nothing more came to him.
    Boris Pasternak
    Russian writer (1890 - 1960)
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  • Buddha A woman of the world is anxious to exhibit her form and shape, whether walking, standing, sitting, or sleeping. Even when represented as a picture, she desires to captivate with the charms of her beauty and, thus, to rob men of their steadfast heart.
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
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  • Mary Caroline Richards Am I willing to give up what I have in order to be what I am not yet? Am I able to follow the spirit of love into the desert? It is a frightening and sacred moment. There is no return. One's life is charged forever. It is the fire that gives us our shape.
    Mary Caroline Richards
    American poet, potter, and writer (1916 - 1999)
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  • Billy Tauzin And if citizens of New Orleans who are really contemplating coming back heard that we're really intent upon making the place secure again - regardless of whether the levees held or not - then I think a rebuilding process would really take shape.
    Billy Tauzin
    American lobbyist and politician (1943 - )
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  • Ben Zobrist As I get older, I just need to continue to make sure I'm staying in peak shape and taking care of my body the best I can.
    Ben Zobrist
    American professional baseball player (1981 - )
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  • Buddha As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds.
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
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  • W. Clement Stone Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
    W. Clement Stone
    American businessman and author (1902 - 2002)
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  • Don DeLillo Clouds are no deterrent. Clouds intensify the drama, trap and shape the light.
    White Noise (2011) 358
    Don DeLillo
    American Author (1936 - )
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  • Benjamin Britten Composing is like driving down a foggy road toward a house. Slowly you see more details of the house-the color of the slates and bricks, the shape of the windows. The notes are the bricks and the mortar of the house.
    Benjamin Britten
    English composer, conductor, and pianist (1913 - 1976)
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  • George Bancroft Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape.
    George Bancroft
    American historian (1800 - 1891)
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  • Georges Bernanos Faith is not a thing which one ''loses,'' we merely cease to shape our lives by it.
    Georges Bernanos
    French writer (1888 - 1948)
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  • Bria Skonberg Fortunately, I have always played a lot of sports, so I keep my lungs in good shape. That translates to singing as well.
    Bria Skonberg
    Canadian jazz trumpeter and vocalist (1983 - )
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