Shape Quotes - page 2

The following general definition of an animal a system of different organic molecules that have combined with one another, under the impulsion of a sensation similar to an obtuse and muffled sense of touch given to them by the creator of matter as a whole, until each one of them has found the most suitable position for its shape and comfort. (Denis Diderot)
Whom neither shape of danger can dismay, Nor thought of tender happiness betray. View quote
William Wordsworth
I believe that intelligence and rationality will always be primary no matter what shape sentient creatures take. To not think that would be to doubt the value of life itself. View quote
Peter F. Hamilton
You have to stay in shape. My grandmother, she started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She's 97 today and we don't know where the hell she is. View quote
Ellen DeGeneres
Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf. View quote
Albert Schweitzer
Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape. View quote
Charles Dickens
The Devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape. View quote
William Shakespeare
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility. View quote
Eleanor Roosevelt
I was very influenced by The Magic Mountain. It's a book that had a huge impact on me. I loved that as a shape for a novel: put a bunch of people in a beautiful place, give them all tuberculosis, make them all stay in a fur sleeping bag for several years and see what happens. View quote
Ann Patchett
It hardly seems worthwhile to point out the shortsightedness of those practitioners who would have us believe that the form of the poem is merely its shape. View quote
Mark Strand
And sometimes I'm criticized. But I think that if those who criticize us will look at the reason why the shape is this, well then, I think that they would not object so strenuously. (Minoru Yamasaki)
Life... It tends to respond to our outlook, to shape itself to meet our expectations. View quote
Richard M. DeVos
Assume responsibility for outcomes as well as for the processes and people you work with. How you achieve results will shape the kind of person you become. View quote
C.K. Prahalad
I sat down with my trainers to check my past seasons and to see what could be done to keep me motivated and in good shape. I had to find a new motivation, a new momentum. View quote
Hermann Maier
Never let stress shape your strategy. Most women think better after a brisk walk, a light meal, a massage and a nap. View quote
Barbara Taylor Bradford
Just as the British subject loves England despite her faults, so we must insist that all Germans who were part of the old Germany and helped shape her, recognize the greatness and worthiness of present-day Germany. View quote
Gustav Stresemann
We can become inspired to shape a higher, more ideal future, and when we do, miracles happen. View quote
James Redfield
I leave to the militarists the difficult task of trying to explain to us how these wars have served to shape character or to promote the progress of civilization or to achieve the reign of justice on earth. So far, they have not come forward with the explanation. View quote
Elie Ducommun
Ideologies, however appealing, cannot shape the whole structure of perceptions and conduct unless they are embedded in daily experiences that confirm them. View quote
Christopher Lasch
I think the understanding of the role of markets has really helped advance the values of entrepreneurship. It's helped shape public policy discussions in a whole variety of ways. View quote
Lars Peter Hansen
To me, eyewear goes way beyond being a prescription. It's like makeup. It's the most incredible accessory. The shape of a frame or the color of lenses can change your whole appearance. (Vera Wang)
I find it enormously valuable to be sure that that the pacing is what I think it is and that the scenes have the shape I think they have musically and dramatically. View quote
Carlisle Floyd
Here once again education is crucial, it enables children to be become more aware of their rights and to exercise them in a respectful manner which helps them shape their own future. View quote
Carol Bellamy
My mother's passion for something more, to write a different destiny for a dirt-poor farmer's daughter, was to shape my entire life. View quote
Faye Dunaway
I like form and shape and strength in pictures. View quote
Herb Ritts