Quotes of: Grasped Keyword

Poetry always runs away from you - it's very difficult to grasp it, and every time you read it, depending on your conditions, you will have a different grasp of it. Whereas with a novel, once you have read it, you have grasped it.

Abbas Kiarostami

I don’t call watches watches, I call them grasps, because one, they grasp onto your wrist, and two, time isn’t something you can watch; it’s a concept you have to grasp.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

One uses power by grasping it lightly. To grasp too strongly is to be taken over by power, and thus to become its victim.

Children of Dune

Giving up also takes courage.

Amazed: A Girl’s Infinite Pursuit to Grasp the Essence of Humanity in Writing

Just as we will never grasp the full meaning of God, we will also never grasp the full meaning of love.

The Nature of Love: A Theology

Nikola Tesla: You're familiar with the phrase "man's reach exceeds his grasp"? It's a lie: man's grasp exceeds his nerve.

The Prestige

Too often do we waste time chasing a gust of wind or grasping at shadows.

Chinese

Sometimes, the intent is good enough when the action seems impossible.

Amazed: A Girl’s Infinite Pursuit to Grasp the Essence of Humanity in Writing

Whatever hurt you felt is not an excuse to inflict the same on others.

Amazed: A Girl’s Infinite Pursuit to Grasp the Essence of Humanity in Writing

The universe (he said) offers a paradox too great for the finite mind to grasp. As the living brain cannot conceive of a nonliving brain — although it may think it can — the finite mind cannot grasp the infinite.

The Gunslinger

Nostalgia reaches into the past with both hands to grasp what is already gone and likely never will be again. Legacy reaches into the past with one hand to grasp what is teachable and passes it forward with the other hand to the next generation.

Lines in the Gravel

Thus the feeling I sometimes have - which all of us who work closely with aphasiacs have - that one cannot lie to an aphasiac. He cannot grasp your words, and cannot be deceived by them; but what he grasps he grasps with infallible precision, namely ...

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales

Rem tene, verba sequentur: grasp the subject, and the words will follow. This, I believe, is the opposite of what happens with poetry, which is more a case of verba tene, res sequenter: grasp the words, and the subject will follow.

Postscript to the Name of the Rose

At the beginning of the season, I set my goal to see if I can lead the league in scoring, because I feel I have that kind of ability. A lot of guys say it, but it's not really in their grasp. I feel that's really in my grasp.

Paul Pierce

If you see a wonderful archaic Greek marble object in a museum, it's not only that it's beautiful, but what comes to your mind is the fact that it's 2,600 or so years old, and it was done by a human being at that time who you have such a limited abil...

Michael Steinhardt

The minute you think you have the right to belittle others because you think you’re better than them is the same minute you’ve proven you’re worse.

Amazed: A Girl’s Infinite Pursuit to Grasp the Essence of Humanity in Writing

I wrote a book on grace, and grace is a free gift, but to receive the gift you have to have your hands open. And a lot of people don't have their hands open, there's something they're grasping because there's a lot of things to grasp in a prosperous ...

Philip Yancey

Can't disagree with the need for a grasp of history.

Gwen Ifill

The Mad Affliction's arm shot out of the cage, grasping for me. I jumped back. His long, ragged talons swiped the air in front of me. "Free me!" the Mad Affliction cried. He grasped for Bethany, but she backed away, too. "Free me and know the living ...

Die and Stay Dead

Success should always be just beyond your grasp.

William Shatner

One of the delights known to age, and beyond the grasp of youth, is that of Not Going.

Anthony Burgess