T Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with T. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“The verve of the youth, their simplicity, their use of short sentences. Straight to the point and free of the Gordian nature that comes with age.”
Source: Tajrish
“The very "marks" on the bottom of a piece of rare crockery are able to throw me into a gibbering ecstasy.”
Source: A Tramp Abroad: Mark Twain's Collections
“The very ability to empathize with a user requires that I have an understanding of that user's value and needs. This is what leads to many product fails. The individuals developing the innovation don't actually use it.”
“The very acceptance of the limited means of the human condition makes for endless creativity.”
“The very act of accepting responsibility short-circuits and cancels out any negative emotions you may be experiencing.”
Source: Goals!: How to Get Everything You Want -- Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible
“The very act of becoming an entrepreneur is contrarian to middle class values, study hard, get a good job, be happy with secure income and steady salary.”
Source: Stay Hungry Stay Foolish
“The very act of committing an experience to the page is necessarily an act of reduction, and regardless of craft or skill, vision or voice, the result is a story beholden to and inevitably eclipsed by source material.”
“The very act of creation requires such focused concentration that vast areas of knowledge may be completely overlooked. Well, so what? There is no evidence that generalized skills are in any way superior to specialized brilliance.”
Source: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
“The very act of doubting our reality indicates a flicker of suspicion, a seed of uncertainty germinating in our subconscious. Perhaps this nagging sense of unease, this wondering if something isn’t altogether as it should be, is a clue, a whisper from the wellspring of our being that there’s more to this existence than meets the eye.”
Source: Get Out of Here Alive: Inner Alchemy & Immortality
“The very act of drawing an object, however badly, swiftly takes the drawer from a woolly sense of what the object looks like to a precise awareness of its component parts and particularities.”
“The very act of faith by which we receive Christ is an act of the utter renunciation of self, and all its works, as a ground of salvation. It is really a denial of self, and a grounding of its arms in the last citadel into which it can be driven, and is, in its principle, inclusive of every subsequent act of self-denial by which sin is forsaken or overcome.”
Source: BACCALAUREATE SERMONS, AND OCCASIONAL DISCOURSES
“The very act of observing disturbs the system.”
“The very act of questioning whether you exist proves you do, because you must be there for the doubt to be entertained in the first place.”
“The very act of representation has been so thoroughly challenged in recent years by postmodern theories that it is impossible not to see the flaws everywhere, in any practice of photography. Traditional genres in particular-journalism, documentary studies, and fine-art photography-have become shells, or forms emptied of meaning.”
“The very act of sacrifice magnifies the one who sacrifices himself to the point where his sacrifice is much more costly to humanity than would have been the loss of those for whom he is sacrificing himself. But in his abnegation lies the secret of his grandeur.”
“The very act of seeking sets things in motion.”
“The very act of story-telling, of arranging memory and invention according to the structure of the narrative, is by definition holy. We tell stories because we can't help it. We tell stories because we love to entertain and hope to edify. We tell stories because they fill the silence death imposes. We tell stories because they save us.”
“The very act of thinking about power in our lives and experiences creates a process of revelation and self-analysis that may even make us look at ourselves in a new light... thinking about power and its complex manifestations may not simply lead to a better understanding of the abstract complexities of society, but may have an effect on one?s own image and identity. Perhaps a warning label should be placed on the cover.”
Source: Three Faces of Power
“The very act of understanding is a celebration of joining, merging, even if on a very modest scale, with the magnificence of the Cosmos.”
Source: Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
“The very act of writing assumes, to begin with, that someone cares to hear what you have to say. It assumes that people share, that people can be reached, that people can be touched and even in some cases changed. So many of the things in our world lead us to despair. It seems to me that the final symptom of despair is silence, and that storytelling is one of the sustaining arts; it’s one of the affirming arts. A writer may have a certain pessimism in his outlook, but the very act of being a writer seems to me to be an optimistic act.”
“The very actions themselves can be a meditation. For me, walking is certainly a meditation if I walk for awhile. First my mind is busy and I'm thinking about different things and after a while that starts to fall away and I start to become very present in the moment. And that feeling of being present in the moment is being. That's when we know we're connecting with being energy.”
“The very admission of the need to harmonize is an admission that the burden of proof is on the narratives, not on those who doubt them. What harmonizing shows is that despite appearances, the texts still might be true.”
Source: Beyond Born Again: Toward Evangelical Maturity
“The very advanced practitioners of martial arts never had to raise a hand. They could knock an opponent down without physically touching them, just with chi, pure power. We don't see too many of them anymore.”
“The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we may think what we like and say what we think.”
Source: Professor At The Breakfast Table
“The very aim of meditation is firstly subjugation of the mind, so that it can no longer be an obstacle to a clear vision of the Supreme cliché. Secondly, it is the full silencing of that mind, so that consciousness becomes similar to the mirror-like surface of a quiet lake or pool. I can see the real Reflection of Truth in it then, but not otherwise.”
Source: Meditation: An Outline for Practical Study
“The very air had screams smeared on it. He flinched from the noise in this silent room.”
Source: Red Dragon
“The very air in which you live is an inspiration.”
“The very answers in which we seek are staring back at us in every reflection.”
“The very aspect of religions that many of their critics most fear - that the religiously devout, in the name of their faith, take positions that differ from approved state policy - is one of their strengths.”
Source: The Culture of Disbelief: How American Law and Politics Trivialize Religious Devotion
“The very attention given to finding out if the mind can be completely quiet is quietness.”
“The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure.”
“The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.”
“The very basis of creative work is irreverence! The very basis of creative work is bold experimentation. There has never been a creator of lasting importance who has not also been an innovator.”
“The very basis of the work- the very core of the work, is that everything we do can come always new.”
“The very basis of true peace of mind is a benevolent wish to see all the world as happy as one's self.”
Source: Charlotte Temple
“The very beating of your heart has meaning and purpose. Your actions have value far greater than silver or gold.”
“The very beautiful rarely love at all; those precious images are placed above the reach of the passions: Time alone is permitted to efface them.”
Source: Selections from the Writings of Walter Savage Landor
“The very beginning of Genesis tells us that God created man in order to give him dominion over fish and fowl and all creatures. Of course, Genesis was written by a man, not a horse.”
“The very beginning of Genesis tells us that God created man in order to give him dominion over fish and fowl and all creatures. Of course, Genesis was written by a man, not a horse. There is no certainty that God actually did grant man dominion over other creatures. What seems more likely, in fact, is that man invented God to sanctify the dominion that he usurped for himself over the cow and the horse.”
“The very best [infographics] engender and facilitate an insight by visual means - allow us to grasp some relationship quickly and easily that otherwise would take many pages and illustrations and tables to convey. Insight seems to happen most often when data sets are crossed in the design of the piece - when we can quickly see the effects on something over time, for example, or view how factors like income, race, geography, or diet might affect other data. When that happens, there's an instant "Aha!".”
“The very best and highest attainment in this life is to
remain still and let God act and speak in you.”
“The very best and noblest attainment in this life is to be silent and let God work and speak within. Therefore it is said: 'In the midst of silence the secret word was spoken to me'.”
“The very best and the very worst of life will come from [their] ability to love strangers.”
Source: The Coming and Going of Strangers
“The very best approach to medicine is, "Well, I see your physical body is sick, what's been bothering you? What are you worried about? What are you angry about? What are you frustrated about?" Because that is what is at the root of all of this. And then say, "Let it go, let it go, let it go." That's the message, and if they could hear you and do that, then they would all be well right away.”
“The very best authors are no longer with us; so only read books written by dead people.”
“The very best children's stories are enjoyed by adults.”
“The very best financial presentation is one that's well thought out and anticipates any questions... answering them in advance.”
“The very best garden is a new one, on virgin ground. Plants leap out of that spot.”
“The very best gift... is that anyone can experience those unexpected twinkles of joy that make a magical moment. At these moments, you feel true, deep joy because of a great new insight, a beautiful prospect, or a glimpse into the radiance of another soul. They are the magic moments when life seems better than you ever realized.”
“The very best impromptu speeches are the ones written well in advance.”