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But in his motion like an angel sings.

But in his motion like an angel sings.

Quote by William Shakespeare about philosophy

Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about celebrity, stars, miracle, man

People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and yet they pass by themselves without wondering.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about celebrity, stars, miracle, people

Before I was famous, when I was just working in Gilbert's...

Before I was famous, when I was just working in Gilbert's Lodge, everything was moving in slow motion.

Quote by Eminem

Type: Poet Quotes Category: Scottish Poet Quotes Year of Birth: 1732 Year of Death: 1769 Nationality: Scottish Find on Amazon: William Falconer Related Authors: Norman MacCaig Ian Hamilton Finlay Alexander Smith...

Quote by William Falconer about nation, poets, death

The great weight of the ship may indeed prevent her from acquiring her greatest velocity; but when she has attained it, she will advance by her own intrinsic motion, without gaining any new degree of velocity, or lessening what she has acquired.

Quote by William Falconer

After we finished his scene, Dad wrote me a letter saying that in his 41 years of making motion pictures, he had never seen a crew so devoted to their director, nor a director so devoted to his crew.

Quote by Peter Fonda

Never mistake motion for action.

Never mistake motion for action.

Quote by Ernest Hemingway about mistake, action

The vast upheaval of the World War set in motion forces that will either destroy civilization or raise mankind to undreamed of heights of human welfare and prosperity.

Quote by Arthur Henderson about prosperity, destruction, civilization, force, war, human imperfections, world

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he...

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about real estate, life

Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what...

Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about wine, nothing, man

This is just what I have thought when I have seen slaves at work they seem to go through the motions of labor without putting strength into them. They keep their powers in reserve for their own use at night, perhaps.

Quote by Frederick Law Olmsted about night, use, thinking, work

Men know they are sexual exiles. They wander the earth seeking satisfaction, craving and despising, never content. There is nothing in that anguished motion for women to envy.

Quote by Camille Paglia about sex, wanderer, envy, earth, man, nothing

I'm always looking for a kind of new musical entity to...

I'm always looking for a kind of new musical entity to sort of move into a motion picture venue.

Quote by Brian De Palma about music

We can do things that we never could before. Stop-motion...

We can do things that we never could before. Stop-motion lets you build tiny little worlds, and computers make that world even more believable.

Quote by Nick Park about things, computers, world

Our nature consists in motion, complete rest is death.

Our nature consists in motion, complete rest is death.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about nature, death

Ordinary photons do have spin, they have a notion of...

Ordinary photons do have spin, they have a notion of helicity so they spin around their direction on motion.

Quote by Roger Penrose about nation

The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.

Quote by William Faulkner about art, life, artists

I am not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any...

I am not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any other motion picture company.

Quote by Walt Disney about originality, companies

Vegetation is the basic instrument the creator uses to...

Vegetation is the basic instrument the creator uses to set all of nature in motion.

Quote by Antoine Lavoisier about nature, god

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