A Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with A. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“A piece of creative writing, like a day-dream, is a continuation of, and a substitute for, what was once the play of childhood.”
Source: Art and literature: Jensen's Gradiva, Leonardo da Vinci and other works
“A piece of drapery is like a necktie, hot stuff to paint, and one of the easiest things for a painter to kid himself into thinking he can do. Don't be fooled by the color. Go after the shape and character. Hew the forms together with colored tones.”
“A piece of fabric can get me going.”
“A piece of football history. A unique coach [Sir Alex Ferguson], among the greatest of all-time.”
“A piece of freedom is no longer enough for human beings...unlike bread, a slice of liberty does not finish hunger. Freedom is like life. It cannot be had in installments. Freedom is indivisible--we have it all, or we are not free.”
“A piece of happiness should never be taken as due.”
Source: Sookie Stackhouse 8-copy Boxed Set
“A piece of information can change a person. I'd hate to change the way I'm supposed to live the future.”
Source: Slumber
“A piece of jewelry is in a sense an object that is not complete in itself. Jewelry is a ‘what is it?’ until you relate it to the body. The body is a component in design just as air and space are. Like line, form, and color, the body is a material to work with. It is one of the basic inspirations in creating form.”
“A piece of literature can be many things but first of all it must capture its audience. You need to seduce people, entice them into a world of beauty and horror, light and shadow, of passion, of romance, of mystery. That's the magic of it. Beyond that, of course, you can open a dialogue about the ideas which interest you, but first of all you absolutely must get inside people's minds.”
“A piece of me is gone," she told me once while we were bra shopping. "I think we're made up of all these different pieces and every time someone goes, you're left with less of yourself.”
Source: Saving Francesca
“A piece of me, you take with you,
A piece of you, I take with me,.
Let this be the scent of memories,
in our parting moments.”
“A piece of music is an experience to be taken by itself.”
Source: WALDEN TWO
“A piece of paper makes you an officer, a radio makes you a commander.”
“A piece of paper or a photograph is as much an object, or as 'material' as a ton of lead.”
Source: Six Years: The Dematerialization of the Art Object from 1966 to 1972 ...
“A piece of rusty pump and a pile of stones,--all that was left of the place he and Marthy had called home. Home. What a big word that was. Lots of attempts made lately to belittle it. Plenty of fun poked at it. Young folks laughed about it,--called it a place to park. Everybody wanted to get some place else, seemed like. They'd find out. They'd understand some day. When they got old, they'd know. They'd want to go home. sometimes in their lives everybody wanted to go home.”
Source: A White Bird Flying
“A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.”
“A piece of the miracle process has been reserved for each of us”
“A piece of wall can be visually disintegrated from the whole into a separate triangle by plunging a diagonal of light from edge to edge on the wall; that is, side to floor, for instance.”
“A piece of writing has to seduce the reader; it has to suspend disbelief and earn the reader's trust.”
“A piece of writing is a dangerous thing," he said. "It can change your life.”
“A piece of writing is like a piece of magic. You create something out of nothing.”
“A piece of writing is only worth doing if you're a different person at the end of the process than you were at the beginning.”
“A piece of writing is the product of a series of explosions in the mind.”
Source: Falling Through Space
“A piece of writing takes exactly as long as it needs to be done right.”
“A piecemeal solution creates uncertainty and prolongs the conflict.”
Source: Quantraz
“A piegarci non sono le circostanze o una forza esterna, la sconfitta ci colpisce dall'interno(...) Sono completamente senza energia. Proprio davanti a me qualcosa sta finendo, qualcosa che non vorrei che finisse, e io non riesco nemmeno a ribellarmi, nemmeno a soffrirne. Anche se quella fine mi sembra terribile. Ma vorrei pensarci un'altra volta, con calma, in un posto più allegro, pieno di luce e fiori. Solo che forse sarà troppo tardi.”
Source: Kitchen
“A pier is a disappointed bridge; yet stare at it for long enough and you can dream it to the other side of the Channel.”
Source: Flaubert's Parrot
“A pierced lip that I ache to kiss, a guitar god’s hands that leave stardust on me when we touch.”
Source: Rock Star's Heart
“A piercing satire, a poignant family drama and an investigation of the competing claims of honesty, loyalty, ambition and love.”
“A piercing screech from above caught my attention. However, it was the arm landing beside me with teeth marks that let me know what was going on.
“Can you be a little more careful where you let body parts fall?”
- Faith, Witch Devotions”
“A pig in a blanket is a hot dog wrapped in a dough and baked.”
Source: Notes From The Tilt-A-Whirl: Wide-Eyed Wonder in God's Spoken World
“A pig is a jolly companion,
Boar, sow, barrow, or gilt--
A pig is a pal, who'll boost your morale,
Though mountains may topple and tilt.
When they've blackballed, bamboozled, and burned you,
When they've turned on you, Tory and Whig,
Though you may be thrown over by Tabby or Rover,
You'll never go wrong with a pig, a pig,
You'll never go wrong with a pig!”
Source: Gravity’s Rainbow
“A pig painted gold is still a pig.”
Source: The Great Hunt: Book Two of 'The Wheel of Time'
“a pig produces about four times as much solid waste as an average person, a typical CAFO [Concentrated Animal Feed Operation] of 5000 pigs is equivalent to a small city of 20 000 people with no sewage treatment plant (51)”
“A pig resembles a saint in that he is more honored after death than during his lifetime.”
“A pigeon flying with the ravens will start to caw!”
“A pile of bills and statements - whether paid or not - is a sign that someone is clueless about what's coming in and going out.”
“A PILGRIM IS A WANDERER WITH A PURPOSE. A pilgrimage can be to a place - that's the best known kind - but it can also be for a thing. Mine is for peace, and that is why I am a Peace Pilgrim.”
Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words
“A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose.”
“A Pill cannot make your Unconscious, Conscious.”
Source: Eros and Psyche: An Ancient Soul Mate/Twin Flame Story
“A pill to make you numb A pill to make you dumb A pill to make you anybody else But all the drugs in this world Won't save her from herself.”
“A pill to make you numb, a pill to make you dumb.”
“A pillow for thee will I bring,Stuffed with down of angel's wing.”
Source: The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Canon of Loretto
“A pilot must have a memory developed to absolute perfection. But there are two higher qualities which he also must have. He must have good and quick judgment and decision, and a cool, calm courage that no peril can shake.”
“A pilot who says he has never been frightened in an airplane is, I'm afraid, lying.”
Source: High, Wide and Frightened
“A pilot's business is with the wind, and with the stars, with night, with sand, with the sea. He strives to outwit the forces of nature. He stares with expectancy for the coming of the dawn the way a gardener awaits the coming of spring. He looks forward to port as a promised land, and truth for him is what lives in the stars.”
“A pin has a head, but has no hair”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Christina Rossetti (Illustrated)
“A pin has as much head as some authors and a good deal more point.”
“A pin lies in wait for every bubble and when the two eventually meet, a new wave of investors learns some very old lessons.”
Source: Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha
“A pin lies in wait for every bubble. And when the two eventually meet, a new wave of investors learns some very old lessons: First, many in Wall Street (a community in which quality control is not prized) will sell investors anything they will buy. Second, speculation is most dangerous when it looks easiest.”