Denotation by means of sounds and markings is a remarkable abstraction. Three letters designate God for me; several lines a million things. How easy becomes the manipulation of the universe here, how evident the concentration of the intellectual world! Language is the dynamics of the spiritual realm. One word of command moves armies; the word liberty entire nations.
The moment an individual can accept and forgive him or herself, even a little, is the moment in which he or she becomes to some degree lovable.
If India becomes the slave of the machine, then, I say, heaven save the world.
In a close-up, the audience is only inches away, and your face becomes the stage.
Man passes away; his name perishes from record and recollection; his history is as a tale that is told, and his very monument becomes a ruin.
To get over the guilt of drinking, take your brandy in milk. This way, it becomes medicinal.
I guess I have learnt now that life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got.
A 'social justice' society is a conflict which locks beneficiaries and victims alike in a struggle without end. It becomes a society torn apart by resentment over the wealth of capitalists.
I honor anybody who wants to be a man and do the work of becoming a man. I honor anyone who mindfully becomes a woman. That's cool. But, I really don't get how there's only two choices. There's no two of anything else in the entire universe; why should there only be two genders? I don't get it.
Economics becomes redundant if it can rationalise an exchange that sells the future of humankind.
When eight row together with swing the boat becomes the ninth rower.
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
The more artificial a human environment becomes, the more the word ‘natural’ becomes a term of value.
A theatrical on a tight budget really only becomes about generating critical reviews for you and your film, not revenue.
In L. A. , being an actor is like a pastime, everybody there is like, "I was on this reality show; I'm an actor. " It becomes a word that is loosely thrown around.
When anyone becomes an authority, that is the end of him as far as development is concerned.
Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious.
A good aphorism is too hard for the tooth of time, and is not worn away by all the centuries, although it serves as food for every epoch. Hence it is the greatest paradox in literature, the imperishable in the midst of change, the nourishment which always remains highly valued, as salt does, and never becomes stupid like salt.
It is called in our schools 'beastliness', and this is about the best name for it. . . should it become a habit it quickly destroys both health and spirits; he becomes feeble in body and mind, and often ends in a lunatic asylum.
When it becomes clear that no one else shares your level of passion, you are where you belong.