Element Quotes - page 7

The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire, and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes and even modest talent with those characteristics grows. (Milton Glaser)
The thing is there have been American movies that are similar to Solaris, like Alien had a lot of things that are similar, although it's also got the horror element. View quote
Alex Winter
A nation must be embraced, rehabilitated and expressed as a tangible sign of human creativity and as an integral element of mankind's heritage. View quote
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
'Affinity' is beautiful and intense, with no laughs. It's a rather delicate and emotional love story, with a spooky element. View quote
Andrew Davies
In rap music, even though the element of poetry is very strong, so is the element of the drum, the implication of the dance. Without the beat, its commercial value would certainly be more tenuous. View quote
Archie Shepp
With buildering, I get to keep that element of danger. Plus, I very much like the feeling of height, and buildings have even more of a feeling of height than rock faces. View quote
Alain Robert
The sex element is the most important in the business. You must sell sex. View quote
Bobby Darin
The essential element of successful strategy is that it derives its success from the differences between competitors with a consequent difference in their behavior. View quote
Bruce Henderson
Any horror element is as much psychological as special effects. View quote
Christopher Eccleston
I love cities that are on the water. I love the water element, specifically the sea. I grew up on the sea and I grew up sailing - I love sailing - and the presence of the sea gives the air and the light a very special quality that I absolutely adore. View quote
Connie Nielsen
Socially I never was an outsider. I have never thought of the conflict element before frankly, but perhaps it was wanting to belong, and at the same time wanting to retain one's own personality. (Carlisle Floyd)
People in very high places suddenly fall, and we are always surprised because we don't factor in the basic element that they're humans and, therefore, they are flawed and have weaknesses. View quote
Carlisle Floyd
We tell stories. We talk about statistics. And in 1978, we added an element of the show that gave it its heartbeat: the long distance dedication. View quote
Casey Kasem
In fact, the element of play has an important role in my life, and I think that should be the case in the life of every artist. Our life is occupied with playing, whether we play an instrument or a role. View quote
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Hydrogen holds great promise to meet many of our future energy needs, and it addresses national security and our environmental concerns. Hydrogen is the simplest, most abundant element in the universe. View quote
Dan Lipinski
You can't improv off of bad writing. Then you have to actually create your objective, which is really hard to do in an element without the skeleton to go off of. View quote
Eliza Coupe
People who know me would say they get a kick out of the fact that I'm always playing nice people, not that I'm not a nice person, but it's not a defining element. View quote
Elizabeth Reaser
A lot of the characters I end up playing have a certain degree of glamour or sexiness, but I like it when you can have some other element that makes it much more interesting. View quote
Erin Cummings
It is the growth of advertising in this country which, more than any single element, has brought the American magazine to its present enviable position in points of literary, illustrative and mechanical excellence. View quote
Edward Bok
It became evident to me that there was a very serious political element at work. I know that the term impeachment was bandied about. I do not believe, however, that the word was used with the ferocity it was more recently or that it was in the Nixon years. View quote
Fred F. Fielding
But basically what I like are the possibilities, and the fantasy element of the show. Not science fantasy so much, but fantasy, the humanistic elements and how people relate when they're in a dire situation or comedic situation. (Fisher Stevens)
Religion is one dimension of culture, a transcendent element of it. View quote
Francis Arinze
The tragic element of a character is always intriguing I think. View quote
Greg Kinnear
I avoided nudity unless a film couldn't be told without those scenes. If you look at my films, few of them have that element, yet nudity and male fantasies have become emblematic of my work. View quote
Greta Scacchi
From my years of teaching creative writing, I know that new writers take the setting for granted, as simply a place to set the action, but setting is a vital element in fiction writing and deserves serious treatment. View quote
Garry Disher