Quotes of: Large-sums Keyword

I made art a philosophy, and philosophy an art: I altered the minds of men, and the colour of things: I awoke the imagination of my century so that it created myth and legend around me: I summed up all things in a phrase, all existence in an epigram:...

De Profundis and Other Writings

Literature is a cake with many toys baked inside-and even if you find them all, if you don't enjoy the path that leads you to them, it will be a hollow accomplishment. There was a playwright named Heller, American, I believe, who summed it up this wa...

The Rent Collector

He had no conscious knowledge of death, but like every animal of the Wild, he possessed the instinct of death. To him it stood as the greatest of hurts. It was the very essence of the unknown; it was the sum of the terrors of the unknown, the one cul...

White Fang

Live in a place where people are revered for being clever, funny, and creative, instead of rich annoying, and on television. Where they inspire. Where they aspire. Where they dream of the perfect sentence, or the perfect drawing, or the perfect chord...

Sean Beaudoin Wise Young Fool

When it comes to our own well being, it is not a matter of doing the math, it is a matter of choosing the formula. When you add up the numbers, keep the primary factors in mind. Then multiply all sums by a positive outlook. The numbers will inevitabl...

Tom Althouse

If two people stare at each other for more than a few seconds, it means they are about to either make love or fight. Something similar might be said about human societies. If two nearby societies are in contact for any length of time, they will eithe...

Robert Wright

I prefer solitude to companions, since there are so few men who are trustworthy, and almost none truly learned. I do not say this because I demand scholarship in all men -- although the sum total of men's learning is small enough; but I question whet...

Girolamo Cardano

It was a gradual process, realising I was different. I remember at primary school getting a worksheet with sums printed on it. I thought that they must have run out of the right colour inks and sizes for the numbers, because they were all the same, w...

Daniel Tammet

Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart.

Crime and Punishment

We make ourselves large or small, here or there, in our empathies.

The Faraway Nearby

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

Mansfield Park

Safety is largely an illusion, and panic knows this.

Let the Tornado Come: A Memoir

New Zealand is not a small country but a large village.

Peter Jackson

Little islands are all large prisons: one cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow.

Richard Burton

In still moments by the sea life seems large-drawn and simple. It is there we can see into ourselves.

Rolf Edberg

I've discovered I've got this preoccupation with ordinary people pursued by large forces.

Steven Spielberg

Fantasy is the only canvas large enough for me to paint on.

Terry Brooks

A large percentage of the staff plays both online and here at the Casinos.

Tim Page

I was really tired of words like 'plus size,' 'round' and 'large.' I thought, 'Come on, we're fat.'

Kirstie Alley

UTC is very well positioned to take advantage of 2 large megatrends: urbanization and the fast-growing commercial aerospace market.

Louis R. Chenevert

When you're smaller and leaner, you're not going to have that large a presence throughout the world.

Leon Panetta