Quotes of: Elements Keyword

It seems to me that very sad things always contain an element of the comical

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

Sensual love deceives one as to the nature of heavenly love; it could not do so alone, but since it unconsciously has the element of heavenly love within it, it can do so.

Franz Kafka

It is only with burning anger that we can speak of this attack by counter-revolutionary reactionary elements against the capital of our country, against our people's democratic order and the power of the working class.

Janos Kadar

In this world, with thy earthly life, thou art under heaven, stars, and elements, also under hell and devils; all ruleth in thee, and over thee.

Jakob Bohme

In an oppressive society the truth-telling nature of literature is of a different order, and sometimes valued more highly than other elements in a work of art.

Julian Barnes

Myth and fairy-story must, as all art, reflect and contain in solution elements of moral and religious truth (or error), but not explicit, not in the known form of the primary 'real' world.

J. R. R. Tolkien

If you're speaking of love, you really must include the element of uncertainty - and perhaps it's best approached as the art of constant maintenance.

Twyla Tharp

His biases played a large role here, but for Komatsu bias was an important element of truth.

1Q84

If it is the dirty element that gives pleasure to the act of lust, then the dirtier it is, the more pleasurable it is bound to be.

The 120 Days of Sodom

Medía su felicidad con una fórmula elemental: «Un buen día más otro buen día igual a una buena vida».

Ripper

LOVE is the most incendiary element ever known, once it sparks the heart, the flame is inextinguishable.

The scalpel: game beneath

Be conscious of the global elements in your dreams. When starting local, dream of taking it global sooner.

Shaping the dream

Love is a wild fire that cannot be contained by any mere element known to man.

The Unsung Love Story

At its most elemental, a spell is no more than a recipe for change.

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

I understood that I was not the best director in the world nor the worst director in the world. I realized that there is a very mysterious element to what works and what doesn't work in the theater. And it's good to know that from the beginning.

Joe Mantello

One of the tasks that any artistic director has is, you're trying to bring elements together that will work. The truth is that you could bring all the best talents in the world together and produce a big turkey.

Kevin Spacey

All the things that human beings suffer from are how their environment treats them, and how the elements of their planet affects their mind and body - like radiation, cancer, and all.

Ornette Coleman

At 11, I could say ‘I am sodium’ (Element 11), and now at 79, I am gold.

Oliver Sacks

There's an element of tongue-in-cheek in every one of our songs. Walking off into the sunset, holding hands, and being married forever was not exactly a brand new idea.

Peter Noone

There's editing, and scripts to read and edit, and casting, and all the elements of production that just sort of take up the normal downtime that you would have as an actor. So there's not a lot of that for me.

Richard Dean Anderson

There is an element of mystique to radio, and I often listen to cricket commentary on radio, especially when one is stuck in a traffic jam.

Rahul Dravid