Quotes of: Whereas Keyword

It was like magic, but so much of magic is about misdirection, whereas so much of redemption is straightforward and ordinary, piercing true and lit with surprise.

The God Cookie

And verily, a woman need know but one man well, in order to understand all men; whereas a man may know all women and understand not one of them.

A Guide to Men

One person may look and only see a tree, whereas others may look and see a tree with leaves.

Bright Moments - A Journey In The Human Mind

I think that narrative, fiction filmmaking is the culmination of several art forms: theater, art history, architecture. Whereas doc filmmaking is more pure cinema, like cinema verite is film in its purest form.

George Hickenlooper

Whereas fiction is a continual discovery of what one wants to say, what one feels, what one means, and is, in that sense, a performance art, biography requires different skills - research and organization.

Edmund White

Whereas painting is a more rarefied art form, with a limited audience, I recognized film as this extraordinary social tool that could reach tremendous numbers of people.

Kathryn Bigelow

In science, if you don't do it, somebody else will. Whereas in art, if Beethoven didn't compose the 'Ninth Symphony,' no one else before or after is going to compose the 'Ninth Symphony' that he composed; no one else is going to paint 'Starry Night' ...

Neil deGrasse Tyson

When I was at college, the idea of fashion was more immediate to me, whereas art photography, the depth of it, was a different thing. Storytelling - fanciful storytelling - can only be told through fashion photography. It's the perfect way to play wi...

Tim Walker

We have at any rate one advantage over Time and Space. We think them whereas it is extremely doubtful whether they think us!

The Art of Happiness

Why is it that drama always starts late? Whereas comedy always seems to have started already.

How I Became a Nun

A lot of people see doubt as legitimate philosophical posture. They think of themselves in the middle, whereas of course really, they're nowhere.

The Honourable Schoolboy

Life is one fool thing after another whereas love is two fool things after each other.

The Happy Prince and Other Tales

I assume this kid is “normal” sixteen, like all the rest of them, whereas I’m “life can, and probably will, totally screw you” sixteen.

Invisibility

Bridget's anger evaporated and the sadness came back. The anger was easier. She owned and controlled it, whereas the sadness owned her.

Sisterhood Everlasting

To theology, ... only what it holds sacred is true, whereas to philosophy, only what holds true is sacred.

Lectures on the Essence of Religion

In asserting that people don't change, what she means is that they don't change for the better. Whereas changing for the worse, that goes without saying.

The Silent Wife

Funny how women are ashamed of their inner fairy whereas men are forever proudly displaying their inner cowboy or fireman

A Tiny Bit Marvellous

Each imagining himself to be the first last and only alone, whereas he is neither first last nor last nor only not alone in a series originating in and repeated to infinity.

Ulysses

Faith is not Desire. Faith is Will. Desires are things that need to be satisfied, whereas Will is a force. Will changes the space around us,...

The Witch Of Portobello

All previous populist movements were demanding things from governments, whereas the Tea Party is saying, 'Give us less, go away.' That's heartening to see.

P. J. O'Rourke

It seems to be that southern Europeans are just more intimate socially, whereas I like a lot of personal space - like, a mile from the nearest person is fine for me.

Peter Steele