Quotes of: Formative Keyword

Mathilde made an effort to use the more intimate form; she was evidently more attentive to this unusual way of speaking than to what she was saying. This use of the singular form, stripped of the tone of affection, ceased, after a moment, to afford J...

The Red and the Black

Reform suggests that you have already been solidified into a self. You were not. You were barely fifteen. You learn that the brain is not fully formed until you're twenty-five years old, and you wonder, then, what becomes of the mind commandeered bef...

When We Were on Fire: A Memoir of Consuming Faith, Tangled Love, and Starting Over

The only prescription for morality is this: Remember that every woman could have been your mother, every girl could be your daughter. Remember that every man could have been your father, every boy could be your son. When it comes to matters of the he...

C. JoyBell C.

[Egon is running tests on Louis, who has been possessed by Gozer and is now the Keymaster] Dr. Egon Spengler: Vinz, you said before you were waiting for a sign. What sign are you waiting for? Louis: Gozer the Traveler. He will come in one of the pre-...

Ghostbusters

Emma Frost: You can stop trying to read my mind, sugar. You're never going to get anything from me while I'm like this. [Erik and Charles subdue Emma] Erik Lehnsherr: So then you can just tell us. Where's Shaw? [uses metal to crack Emma's diamond for...

X-Men: First Class

There are, it seems, two muses: the Muse of Inspiration, who gives us inarticulate visions and desires, and the Muse of Realization, who returns again and again to say "It is yet more difficult than you thought." This is the muse of form. It may be t...

Wendell Berry

Hatred is a form of faith, distilled by passion to remove all rationality.

The Elysium Commission

Women are naturally competitive. That's what drives women to form cliques at early age.

Leslie Morgan Steiner

Men was formed for society, and is neither capable of living alone, nor has the courage to do it.

William Blackstone

Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light.

Le Corbusier

In America, the only truly popular art form is the movies. Most people consider painting a hobby and literature, schoolwork.

Brad Holland

Disco deserved a better name, a beautiful name because it was a beautiful art form. It made the consumer beautiful. The consumer was the star.

Barry White

We're here to bring beauty to the world and make a difference in this planet. That's what art forms are about.

Charlie Haden

Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter.

Chuck Jones

Sometimes words are not needed, and the simplicity of expressing yourself through an art form is one of the best ways of communication.

Emmanuel Jal

Comedy is really not like any other art form in that it's very specialized and varied in it's content, but generic in it's title.

Joe Rogan

Opera is the most complete art form. It includes drama, acting, technology (lighting), art (the sets), dance, and the epitome of the human voices. But mostly, go for the glorious music. The arts are crucial to the life of every community.

Karen DeCrow

The people that are fans of animation are really the people that are keeping the art form of animation alive. If you like cartoons, support the cartoons.

Kari Wahlgren

Art is a form of asset. Hedge-fund managers who have made money fast should diversify into other areas.

Michael Steinhardt

Acting is like any other art form, in that you have the option to go very big or go very small.

Nicolas Cage

Hollywood was born schizophrenic. For 75 years it has been both a town and a state of mind, an industry and an art form.

Richard Corliss