Lines Quotes - page 8

My father worked on assembly lines in Detroit while I was growing up. Every day, I watched him do what he needed to do to support the family. But he told me, 'Life is short. Do what you want to do.' (Anita Baker)
One of my favorite poets, Neruda, writes close to the bone. Though I know only a little Spanish, I like to compare the Spanish and English lines and see how the translator worked. View quote
Anita Diament
A lot of the fun lies in trying to penetrate the mystery; and this is best done by saying over the lines to yourself again and again, till they pass through the stage of sounding like nonsense, and finally return to a full sense that had at first escaped notice. View quote
Anthony Hecht
In short, the animal and vegetable lines, diverging widely above, join below in a loop. View quote
Asa Gray
I have a hard time retaining the lines. Even on set I make mistakes but I'm okay with that. View quote
Ashley Scott
When people are coming to Krakow and we show them how and where we practice, they are like, 'Seriously? Are you kidding me?' But we're always saying that what matters about the courts - the lines, the nets - are the same. I'm practicing in Poland even when I don't have good facilities. View quote
Agnieszka Radwanska
Most sailing ships take what they call trainees, who pay to be part of the crew. The Picton Castle takes people who are absolutely raw recruits. But you can't just ride along. You're learning to steer the ship, navigation; you're pulling lines, keeping a lookout; in the galley you're cooking. View quote
Billy Campbell
I don't see 'lines of force' as being destructive, except to the extent that they are exclusively traceable through observance of the path of distorted material left in their wake. View quote
Brian Ferneyhough
And there is the headlight, shining far down the track, glinting off the steel rails that, like all parallel lines, will meet in infinity, which is after all where this train is going. View quote
Bruce Catton
The paintings are transferred from my computer to a disk, and I can hand it to the printer this way; or I can modem the painting to the printer over the phone lines from my house in Hawaii. View quote
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Meanwhile, my residence within the Federal lines, and my acquaintance with so many of the officers, the origin of which I have already mentioned, enabled me to gain much important information as to the position and designs of the enemy. (Belle Boyd)
I think the approach of the character for us is the same in a silent movie as in a talking movie because we had balance, we had lines to learn. View quote
Berenice Bejo
Jim Carrey is a consummate actor and professional. He comes on set, knows his lines and knows his moves. View quote
Christine Baranski
I'm so busy these days. I forget everything but my lines. View quote
Christopher Meloni
When you're modeling you're actually acting for the camera and the photographer. It's more fun, too because there are no lines to memorize. View quote
Cindy Margolis
This was all the inspiration it took: We put 100 percent of ourselves in the lines. We personally take care of everything, from fulfillment to answering the mail. View quote
Connie Sellecca
Eccentric doesn't bother me. 'Eccentric' being a poetic interpretation of a mathematical term meaning something that doesn't follow the lines - that's okay. View quote
Crispin Glover
I was delighted to have lines when they came - learning lines for film isn't a problem, but television is a little different, because we shot those shows the whole way through. View quote
David Selby
I was a hard worker, and I always knew my lines. View quote
Diane Cilento
Journalism is straying into entertainment. The lines between serious news segments, news entertainment, and news comedy are blurring. View quote
Drew Curtis
I have learned the art of filling in your lines with your visuals and your movies and your imagination. (Daphne Zuniga)
Modernism, rebelling against the ornament of the 19th century, limited the vocabulary of the designer. Modernism emphasized straight lines, eliminating the expressive S curve. This made it harder to communicate emotions through design. View quote
Eva Zeisel
If you think of life and death on a continuum, finding the point where it tips is complicated. It cuts across all political lines and gets to the root of our humanity. It requires faith informed by years of intimacy that you're doing what's right for your loved one. View quote
Eleanor Clift
Sometimes God writes straightforward in twisted lines. View quote
Gloria Trevi
Footballers are an easy target. They are offered big lines of credit. Every sport is vulnerable; it's such a big gambling industry, and there are problems with syndicates in other countries. View quote
Gordon Taylor