Quotes about Reference

God bless the Reference Librarians Votes: 3

The Population Reference Bureau predicts that the world's total population will double to 7,000,000,000 before the year 2000. I suppose they will all want dignity, I said. Votes: 3

Reference to the territory and total disregard for the nationality of the companies is of course the best guarantee that competition assessment remain just that and doesn't get affected by trade or other considerations. Votes: 3

County library? Reference desk, please. Hello? Yes, I need a word definition. Well, that's the problem. I don't know how to spell it and I'm not allowed to say it. Could you just rattle off all the swear words you know and I'll stop you when...Hello? Votes: 3

No finite point has meaning without an infinite reference point. Votes: 1

Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference. Votes: 1

Sanity is only that which is within the frame of reference of conventional thought. Votes: 1

Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference. Votes: 1

I wrote a book on life coaching, because my life became my own reference point how to live. Votes: 1

If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons. Votes: 1

If you look in 'The Science of Getting Rich,' you see no reference whatsoever to the 'law of attraction.' Votes: 1

A critic should be taught to criticise a work of art without making any reference to the personality of the author. Votes: 1

When you use the term minority or minorities in reference to people, you're telling them that they're less than somebody else. Votes: 1

A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself, without reference to any other purpose. Votes: 1

The atheist is cheating whenever he makes a moral judgment, acting as though it has an objective reference, when his philosophy in fact precludes it. Votes: 1

I feel a sense of sadness and joy. Mostly sadness though about what I've experienced and sadness about what others have experienced in reference to the stroke. Votes: 1

Each age tries to form its own conception of the past. Each age writes the history of the past anew with reference to the conditions uppermost in its own time. Votes: 1

During a color consultation, I like to reference food as a visual. Hot fudge and orange marmalade paint a clearer picture and helps prevent end results that leave you feeling unsatisfied. Votes: 1

I like to give people novels I think they would like, on no particular occasion - just when we're in a bookstore together. I like to receive reference books on my birthday. Votes: 1

I don't think it's cool for people to say, 'You shouldn't reference God because I don't believe that, and I don't want to hear it.' Well, there's a lot of stuff I don't believe that I still gotta hear. Votes: 1

Sir Hugh Greene is the man I hold most responsible for the state of our country today. For 11 years hardly a week went by without a sniping reference to me. And he gave access to anyone who was prepared to say anything morally subversive. Votes: 1

One of the challenges of secularism is that it's not something outside us. In too many instances, secularism has so permeated the church that sometimes it's the frame of reference even for very good people, people who have a strong allegiance to the church. Votes: 1

The second one, the joint Truth and Friendship Commission, which we started now with Indonesia, that is the one that has been criticized; its terms of reference call for providing amnesty for those who cooperate in telling the truth. It does not lead to prosecution. Votes: 1

The core issue here is that the Israeli government refuses to commit to terms of reference for the negotiations that are based on international law and United Nations resolutions, and that it frantically continues to intensify building of settlements on the territory of the State of Palestine. Votes: 1

As the eldest son of an Alabama sharecropper family, I was constantly troubled by a collage of North American southern behaviors and notions in reference to the inhumanity of people. There were questions that I did not know how to ask but could, in my young, unsophisticated way, articulate a series of answers. Votes: 1

When we study Shakespeare on the page, for academic purposes, we may require all kinds of help. Generally, we read him in modern spelling and with modern punctuation, and with notes. But any poetry that is performed - from song lyric to tragic speech - must make its point, as it were, without reference back. Votes: 1

With the Tonys it's a little tricky because a lot of the funnier jokes are more insider, so people watching at home may not get a Julie Taymor reference the way that New Yorkers would. So you have to figure out what comedy plays to a large audience and still respect the individuals who are there. Votes: 1

All I know is movies; I went to school, but movies are my reference point for everything. I figured I'd have to P.A. or intern in the art department. Because the filmmaking process is so many people creating to make one piece of magic, so I've always wanted to be involved. With the acting, I doubted it. Votes: 1

The more I am in a position to be tried in faith with reference to my body, my family, my service for the Lord, my business, etc., the more shall I have opportunity of seeing God's help and deliverance; and every fresh instance, in which He helps and delivers me, will tend towards the increase of my faith. Votes: 1

When you are in church, it's always good to carry a pen and notepad to jot down the scripture text, reference scriptures, and sermon notes. When you come prepared with notepad and pen, you are able to feed off the scriptures from the sermon throughout the week, while asking God to open up your understanding for a deeper illumination of the word. Votes: 1

Presentation, not reference... Votes: 0

The world is a never-ending cross-reference. Votes: 0

I'm always collecting emotions for future reference. Votes: 0

Your frame of reference is what you see. Votes: 0

Your past is a place for reference, not residence. Votes: 0

Well, for future reference, this is my serious face. Votes: 0

Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard. Votes: 0

There are definite reference points to older Depeche Mode records. Votes: 0

Serious occupation is labor that has reference to some want. Votes: 0

Without God man has no reference point to define himself. Votes: 0

We are each other's reference point at our turning points. Votes: 0

Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference. Votes: 0

My point of reference is life, in everything that I do. Votes: 0

For future reference: do not underestimate the seductive power of math. Votes: 0

When people have points of reference that are humanizing, that demystifies difference. Votes: 0

Photographs are not only points of reference... they're often triggers of ideas. Votes: 0

Gods can screw anything and anybody. For reference, see history. Atticus O'Sullivan Votes: 0

One cannot use an evil action with reference to a good intention. Votes: 0

In reference works, as in sin, omission is as bad as willful misbehavior. Votes: 0

Hollywood style means classic glamour. My reference is the 1940s through the 1960s. Votes: 0

In reference to right answers - Knowing is a process, not a product. Votes: 0

School textbooks have almost completely excised any reference to America's true religious heritage. Votes: 0

In the end, we self-perceiving, self-inventing, locked-in mirages are little miracles of self-reference. Votes: 0

If I had a clone, I could list myself as a character reference. Votes: 0

We live in reference to past experience and not to future events, however inevitable. Votes: 0

Ultimately Warhol's private moral reference was to the supreme kitsch of the Catholic church. Votes: 0

Somehow trumpet is the reference point for me it was actually my first instrument, Votes: 0

The principal of unity and indivisibility of the republic are the essential reference points. Votes: 0

A lot of my time is spent reading antique or out-of-print books of reference." Votes: 0

The fiction Im most interested in has lines of reference to the real world. Votes: 0

A lot of my time is spent reading antique or out-of-print books of reference. Votes: 0

I just don't like talking about my relationships or anything like that, in any reference. Votes: 0

Photography started as a means of getting reference material for my paintings of nature subjects. Votes: 0

It's weird when one movie that's connected to another doesn't reference that movie at all. Votes: 0

I call it my billion-dollar mistake. It was the invention of the null reference in 1965. Votes: 0

In mindfulness, breath can not play as not only reference point but point of view. Votes: 0

Whenever I reference something, it usually comes back at some point. I don't know why. Votes: 0

The position of a hero is not for the comparision, it is a reference point Votes: 0

Somehow, trumpet is the reference point for me - it was actually my first instrument. Votes: 0

Violence becomes imperative when an attempt is made to assert rights without any reference to duties. Votes: 0

Paradoxes are less paradoxical in their reference to truth than most of the most plausible axioms. Votes: 0

My friends call me 'Dolittle One' [a reference to her physical stature and affinity for animals]. Votes: 0

When you see reference to a new paradigm you should always, under all circumstances, take cover. Votes: 0

I'm not a cinephile. My films don't reference films. I'm more interested in rhythm and feeling. Votes: 0

All things are moral; and in their boundless changes have an unceasing reference to spiritual nature. Votes: 0

You have to have an international reference of competition. You have to go beyond your home. Votes: 0

God's will can become your internal reference point from this day forward; it is your choice. Votes: 0

I have a large number of cassettes, but I look at them mainly for reference purposes. Votes: 0

Revelation and the nature of truth must be viewed in reference to the structure of language. Votes: 0

I don't feel like I have a lot of reference to sexual innuendo on my songs. Votes: 0

Revelation and the nature of truth must be viewed in reference to the structure of language. Votes: 0

What we call ideology is precisely the confusion of linguistic with natural reality, of reference with phenomenalism Votes: 0

We discover that meaning and purpose only when we make God the reference point of our lives. Votes: 0

Let it go on record that any confusion arose simply because we lacked certain commonalities of reference. Votes: 0

You need to have many points of reference; many places to touch down and make contact with. Votes: 0

A book is judged, not by its reference to life, but by its reference to other books. Votes: 0

While knowledge may provide useful point of reference, it cannot become a force to guide the future. Votes: 0

In the Southwestern United States, the places of power reference the lower three chakras, the chakras of power. Votes: 0

Perfume follows you; it chases you and lingers behind you. It's a reference mark. Perfume makes silence talk. Votes: 0

Storming was one of her main modes of transportation." In reference to teenager Heather in "Carry The One Votes: 0

The photograph gives constant reference to the rectangle. This forces any idea into the confines of pictorial illusionism. Votes: 0

There is no UFO and also there is no alien, at least not in common mind nor reference. Votes: 0

There's an arbitrary idea that the horizontal edge in a frame has to be the point of reference. Votes: 0

Newt changed the frame of reference of all of our candidates. That's why we won so big in 1994. Votes: 0

Our points of reference in America aren't steeped in literature; they're steeped in that five minutes between commercials. Votes: 0

On the bookshelf of life, God is a useful work of reference, always at hand but seldom consulted. Votes: 0

The idea of having to make constant reference to politics is anathema to my calling as a writer. Votes: 0

If you look in The Science of Getting Rich, you see no reference whatsoever to the law of attraction. Votes: 0

Never make any reference to the other person's family. "You're just like your - " because that is out, completely. Votes: 0

The common behavior of mankind is the system of reference by means of which we interpret an unknown language. Votes: 0

I'm trying hard not to use a specific reference, but you'll probably know it's you after the first sentence. Votes: 0

Grace loves without reference to what may or may not happen-which is precisely why such incredible things do happen! Votes: 0

[The public has] the habit now of invalidating opinions emanating from me by reference to my age and infirmities. Votes: 0

Meaning is what essence becomes when it is divorced from the object of reference and wedded to the word. Votes: 0

Rome is a place almost worn out by being looked at, a city collapsing under the weight of reference. Votes: 0

We must re-center philosophy within our frame of reference which I think is the way to deal with it. Votes: 0

If a cultural reference flies over a man's head, does it make a sound if nobody else gets it. Votes: 0

To take the measure of oneself by reference to one's colleagues leads to envy or complacency rather than constructive self-examination. Votes: 0

The reference-points pictures should be shot and taken off one's system. But don't follow that always, create you own points Votes: 0

Viewed systematically, religion can be differentiated from other culturally constituted institutions by virtue only of its reference to superhuman beings. Votes: 0

I can't live for more than four years outside of Canada. I'm Canadian, so ultimately that is my reference point. Votes: 0

My job as a designer is to look into the future. Not to use any frame of reference that exists Votes: 0

Memory never recaptures reality. Memory reconstructs. All reconstructions change the original, becoming external frames of reference that inevitably fall short. Votes: 0

I want my film to be possible to use as a reference when we are trying to live our lives. Votes: 0

Our test of truth is a reference to either a present or imagined future majority in favour of our view. Votes: 0

He who first called money the sinews of the state seems to have said this with special reference to war. Votes: 0

Old reference books are like tree rings. Without them, there'd be no way to know what a tree had lived through. Votes: 0

I've never seen 'Friends;' I've never seen 'Seinfeld.' I've heard people reference these things but I've never seen them. Votes: 0

he who seeks pleasure with reference to himself, not others, will ever find that pleasure is only another name for discontent. Votes: 0

How can you have this reference point, this stability, that is required to maintain the continuity of selves day after day? Votes: 0

Your muse is amused and willed to further renewal during the process of mindless grabbing of reference material or errant imaginings. Votes: 0

It was not possible to formulate the laws of quantum mechanics in a fully consistent way without reference to the consciousness. Votes: 0

The truth can only be absolute as any relativity may include the untruth towards the system of reference where it varies. Votes: 0

My songs are cinematic so they seem to reference a glamorous era or fetishize certain lifestyles, but that's not my aim. Votes: 0

People constantly make pop-culture references. That's why it's called popular culture, because people are aware of it and reference it constantly. Votes: 0

So I am a product of the Internet, and to some degree a product of this sensibility of constant cultural reference. Votes: 0

Enlightenment does not mean getting rid of anything. It means changing one's frame of reference so that all things become enlightening. Votes: 0

A sense of humor judges one's actions and the actions of others from a wider reference. It pardons shortcomings, it consoles failure. Votes: 0

The gospel chargeth us with piety towards God, and justice and charity to men, and temperance and chastity in reference to ourselves. Votes: 0

Culture exists and evolves to relegate to habit categories of interactions the constant conscious reference to which would make human interaction impossible. Votes: 0

Gold is now money with reference to all other commodities only because it was previously, with reference to them, a simple commodity. Votes: 0

We have lost awe and wonder. In reference to the mystery of life itself, we've lost respect for movement in our planet. Votes: 0

Without time as a reference, the mind sits idly by and wanders into the ways of dark imaginings and evil works ~Hecate" Votes: 0

My conscious life has all been in Kenya, and it's my point of reference. But going back to Mexico was very formative. Votes: 0

A lot of people in the movie business don't have a point of reference for me; nobody really knows who I am. Votes: 0

For the speedy reader paragraphs become a country the eye flies over looking for landmarks, reference points, airports, restrooms, passages of sex. Votes: 0

Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine. Earliest reference to the madness or divine inspiration of poets. Votes: 0

No reference is truly direct—every reference depends on SOME kind of coding scheme. It's just a question of how implicit it is. Votes: 0

Business and its logic of productivity have become the reference point in a society that thinks marketing every time it opens its mouth. Votes: 0

It makes no sense to talk of the social obligations of the corporation without reference to its economic obligations. The two are intertwined. Votes: 0

I crave fit disposition for my wife; Due reference of place, and exhibition; With such accommodation, and besort, As levels with her breeding. Votes: 0

I was delighted to become a popular-culture reference point. I'm still delighted about it actually, and I still find it to be weird. Votes: 0

In the context of our present pervasive madness that we call normality, sanity, freedom, all our frames of reference are ambiguous and equivocal. Votes: 0

There is a reference in Aristotle to a gnat produced by larvae engendered in the slime of vinegar. This must have been Drosophila. Votes: 0

None of us see the world as it is but as we are, as our frames of reference, or maps, define the territory. Votes: 0

If you want to be a reference librarian, you must learn to overcome not only your shyness but also the shyness of others! Votes: 0

When the self is ones exclusive subject and limit, reference and measure, one has no choice but to make a world of words. Votes: 0

When the great promise of the Spirit was fulfilled on the day of Pentecost, it was fulfilled not in reference to the apostles only. Votes: 0

His [Martin Luther King] last book, Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community, is a direct reference to angles, barbarism or socialism. Votes: 0

Everywhere the fatal spirit of imitation, of reference to European standards, penetrates and threatens to blight whatever of original growth might adorn the soil. Votes: 0

The memory of the Second World War hangs over Europe, an inescapable and irresistible point of reference. Historical parallels are usually misleading and dangerous. Votes: 0

People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any Act of Parliament. Votes: 0

What I aim at is an image with a minimum of information and markers, that has no reference to a given time or place. Votes: 0

Today, criminal justice functions and justifies itself only by this perpetual reference to something other than itself, by this unceasing reinscription in non-juridical systems. Votes: 0

The Analytical Engine is an embodying of the science of operations, constructed with peculiar reference to abstract number as the subject of those operations. Votes: 0

I think, in my life and in my experience, teens have stress, and everybody's stress is unique, and everybody's frame of reference is different Votes: 0

O Heavenly Father, convert my religion from a name to a principle! Bring all my thoughts and movements into an habitual reference to Thee! Votes: 0

As art is a habit with reference to things to be done, so is science a habit in respect to things to be known. Votes: 0

I always reference 'Mad Max' when I think about what I want to wear. But it's a fine line between that and 'Edward Scissorhands'. Votes: 0

The vital accessories to my work are my reference books, such as the complete Shakespeare and a prayer book, and a large refuse bin. Votes: 0

I make music as good as possible, but I do reference cultural icons, because I want my music to be a time capsule of 2007. Votes: 0

It would be refreshing to have a politician try to defend guns without any reference to the Second Amendment, but on the merits of guns. Votes: 0

Strategizing how to use it, how to promote it, how to use it as a campaign aid? I can't find any reference to [climate change]. Votes: 0

We believe the use of force against Iraq, especially with reference to previous resolutions of the UN Security Council, has no grounds, including legal grounds. Votes: 0

I grew up listening to gospel. That was the only thing that I had reference to because that was what my family was involved with. Votes: 0

I think my masks reference artists who reference primitivism. They're not directly connected to tribal arts. I think they look more like third-grade art projects. Votes: 0

When your mind is simply trapped by the image out there so that you never make the reference to yourself, you have misread the image. Votes: 0

A simple equation for the production of successful art work is lots of reference material plus lots of art supplies equals lots of painting happiness. Votes: 0

It gets too easy to write from the point of view of a male character of my age, with the same cultural frame of reference. Votes: 0

After 1980, you never heard reference to space again. Surface, the most convincing evidence of the descent into materialism, became the focus of design. Space disappeared. Votes: 0

If I had no duties, and no reference to futurity, I would spend my life in driving briskly in a post-chaise with a pretty woman. Votes: 0

Be curious about the world in which you live. Look things up. Chase down every reference. Go deeper than anybody else--that's how you'll get ahead. Votes: 0

I learned how fast you can go from being an international hero to being a reference in a joke on a late night talk show. Votes: 0

I want all my stuff to be converted into digital format so I can have my reference library to carry with me wherever I go. Votes: 0

...all I knew were novels. It gave me pause, for a moment, that all my reference points were fiction, that all my narratives were lies." Votes: 0

If you're playing in a tradition and you have no reference point to it, no understanding and have not studied it, I can't respect that. Votes: 0

We call love what binds us to certain creatures only by reference to a collective way of seeing for which books and legends are responsible. Votes: 0

Certain brands of guilt can be inculcated in a secular way but other brands of guilt can only be obtained with reference to the metaphysical. Votes: 0

Human memory works its own wheel, and stops where it will, entirely without reference to the last stop, and with no connection with the next. Votes: 0

Make sure to be well informed before accepting the challenge of a commission - check out that you have a source of reference readily available. Votes: 0

When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference to the individual's own spiritual experience is lost. (111) Votes: 0

Strategizing how to use it, how to promote it, how to use it as a campaign aid? I can't find any reference to [climate change]. Votes: 0

I don't understand "The Little World of the Past" [a reference to the title of the book by Antonio Fogazzaro] that is destined to die. Votes: 0

An attempt to study the evolution of living organisms without reference to cytology would be as futile as an account of stellar evolution which ignored spectroscopy. Votes: 0

That is, a system starts with a group of interrelated propositions which involve reference to empirical observations within the logical framework of the propositions in question. Votes: 0

...These inbred pinheads are the only people you could find in the world to agree with your philosophies. (In reference to Wally George's largely redneck audience.) Votes: 0

I have strong interests in supporting sport, primarily football, and also in developing cultural relationships within national communities and their diasporas, with special reference to Ethiopia. Votes: 0

If there's one single thing that I do every single time, it's require references and, ideally, at least one reference from every company they've worked at. Votes: 0

An attempt to study the evolution of living organisms without reference to cytology would be as futile as an account of stellar evolution which ignored spectroscopy. Votes: 0

Every culture to me - be it Asian, African, be it whatever - is a source of reference. I don't think I'm 'stealing' it or anything. Votes: 0

Sometimes the briefest moments capture us, force us to take them in, and demand that we live the rest of our lives in reference to them. Votes: 0

Britains still commemorate the Battle of Cable Street in London. There are still pop songs in Britain that reference Sir Oswald Mosley and his black shirts. Votes: 0

In general, librarians enjoyed special requests. A reference librarian is someone who likes the chase. When librarians read for pleasure, they often pick a good mystery. Votes: 0

The process of receiving information for me is seeing, hearing, and feeling their energy in my frame of reference. That doesn't mean I see the individual, unfortunately. Votes: 0

Gathering your own reference materials, sketches and using your own imagination is going to help you grow as an artist far more than stealing someone else's work. Votes: 0

I've had a chance to see something that is way outside everybody else's frame of reference and gives a perspective that is very different from everyone else's. Votes: 0

It is a remarkable circumstance in reference to cunning persons that they are often deficient not only in comprehensive, far-sighted wisdom, but even in prudent, cautious circumspection. Votes: 0

The greatest joy in getting ready for the film is that there aren't many reference points for the journey and you've got to define it for yourself. Votes: 0

We call a thing big or little with reference to what it is wont to be, as we speak of a small elephant or a big rat. Votes: 0

These dog bones are just making art the way art should be made, without any overarching reference. Just for fun, if you can imagine that-art for fun. Votes: 0

For as long as one has no further point of reference, apart from the position of the maximum, the wavelength thus remains uncertain by an integral factor. Votes: 0

There's something retro about the pop culture references in the paintings, so I'd imagine it's not as much a pop culture reference as a pop art reference. Votes: 0

Now obviously the propositions of the system have reference to matters of empirical fact; if they did not, they could have no claim to be called scientific. Votes: 0

After scolding one's cat one looks into its face and is seized by the ugly suspicion that it understood every word. And has filed it for reference. Votes: 0

With reference to life there is not one nature; there are only associations of states and circumstances, varying from place to place and from time to time. Votes: 0

The subject of angels and demons really grabbed me. There is a huge mass of information, and the Bible is one of the most amazing reference points. Votes: 0

This campaign of non-cooperation has no reference to diplomacy, secret or open. The only diplomacy it admits of is the statement and pursuance of truth at any cost. Votes: 0

We have emails from donors. We got thousands and thousands of emails here that have been leaked and dumped, and I can't find any reference to climate change. Votes: 0

We are a categorically obsessed culture, where we have to compartmentalize everything in reference to another thing, like, 'What does it sound like? Does it sound like this? Votes: 0

The Epistles in the New Testament have all of them a particular reference to the condition and usages of the Christian world at the time they were written. Votes: 0

In reference to the murder scene in 'Dial M for murder' As you have seen on the screen the best way to do it is with a scissor. Votes: 0

We have emails from donors. We got thousands and thousands of emails here that have been leaked and dumped, and I can't find any reference to climate change. Votes: 0

Twilight' has a supernatural reference to it with werewolves and vampires. 'Harry Potter' has magic. 'The Hunger Games' is about real people put into extreme situations and circumstances. Votes: 0

The characteristic virtue of Englishmen is power of sustained practical activity and their characteristic vice a reluctance to test the quality of that activity by reference to principles. Votes: 0

Don't expect to know your husband inside and out within a month of marriage. For a long time you will be making discoveries; file them for future reference. Votes: 0

Nobody can see pain. They have no frame of reference for pain that's happening to someone else. They can only see inactivity - which they interpret as laziness. Votes: 0

Fortunately, we don't need to know how bad an age is. There is something we can always be doing without reference to how good or bad the age is. Votes: 0

I worry, that we are a people in a process of great transition and we are forgetting what we are connected to. We are losing our frame of reference. Votes: 0

If you make a Star Wars reference, everybody's familiar with that. It's a common reference that most people can relate to - Bartleby, The Scrivener, probably not so much. Votes: 0

In fact a few simple mathematical calculations reveal that if reference librarians were paid at market rates for all the roles they play, they would have salaries well over $200,000. Votes: 0

Things are not necessarily logical. Logic is a secondary source reference. Everything is what it is. We have decided to apply rationale to things. It makes us feel better. Votes: 0

Things are not necessarily logical. Logic is a secondary source reference. Everything is what it is. We have decided to apply rationale to things. It makes us feel better. Votes: 0

In what light soever we regard the Bible, whether with reference to revelation, to history, or to morality, it is an invaluable and inexhaustible mine of knowledge and virtue. Votes: 0

We are a categorically obsessed culture, where we have to compartmentalize everything in reference to another thing, like, 'What does it sound like? Does it sound like this?' Votes: 0

There is not one text reference to characteristic Protestant religious life in these books... The dominant theme is the denial of religion as an actual part of American life. Votes: 0

We arrange our lives-even the best and boldest men and women that exist, just as much as the most limited-with reference to what society conventionally rules and makes right. Votes: 0

Now the word-symbols of conceptual ideas have passed so long from hand to hand in the service of the understanding, that they have gradually lost all such fanciful reference. Votes: 0

I try to create some stupid entertainment for really smart people that they don't feel too stupid watching. In 'Xanadu,' the biggest laugh was a reference to Achilles. Votes: 0

Collaborator' is a hostage tragicomedy, but it's also, kind of, everything I know about post-war America. Well, not everything, but it does reference a lot of the post-war period. Votes: 0

I especially object to having my character assassinated by reference to events from my past which bear absolutely no relationship to the question of who the anthrax killer is. Votes: 0

That's the problem with you nearly immortal types," I said. "You couldn't spot a pop culture reference if it skittered up and implanted an embryo down your esophagus. Votes: 0

Find out your most limiting tasks and deal with them as early as possible. Use a diary, and jot little points of reminder about specific tasks for reference later. Votes: 0

Oh, it can't be a reference to the fact Harry's a great Seeker, that's way too obvious. There must be a secret message from Dumbledore hidden in the icing! Votes: 0

The royal commissions are successful and effective when they have a focused terms of reference and can do the job quickly and report. And then action can be taken. Votes: 0

The use and threat of force, when world peace is not in danger, are no longer valid frames of reference for achieving the ends sought today by sovereign nations. Votes: 0

It's never been a point of reference to look to a man. It's not always a good thing, I suppose, but I think independence is always preferable to dependence. Votes: 0

I'd like to do a record that doesn't even reference actual places. Because I think it's kind of an open-ended concept. It doesn't have to be taken so literally. Votes: 0

I never wanted my books to be mistaken for poetry or fiction books; I wanted to write reference books. But instead of referring to something, they refer to nothing. Votes: 0

The wine itself has aesthetic value; but what it is for a wine to have aesthetic value cannot be understood without making reference to the experience to tasting it Votes: 0

On the other side, Church spokesmen could scarcely become enthusiastic about Planck's deism, which omitted all reference to established religions and had no more doctrinal content than Einstein's Judaism. Votes: 0

When you're enlightened, you don't have to reference other people, because you yourself are enlightened. And that's a better Earth. People can make more informed decisions politically, culturally, personally. Votes: 0

The (stock) market is there only as a reference point to see if anybody is offering to do anything foolish. When we invest in stocks, we invest in businesses. Votes: 0

I think the occasional appearance of the UFO is a very oblique pop-cultural reference that anyone who was alive and sentient in the late 1970s will get right away. Votes: 0

Distinctly American poetry is usually written in the context of one's geographic landscape, sometimes out of one's cultural myths, and often with reference to gender and race or ethnic origins. Votes: 0

Muslim citizens should never be classified according to their creed, origin, ancestry or culture. After all, I don't define my political or social position by reference to the Christian faith. Votes: 0

The true problem with virtual reality is that orientation is no longer possible. We have lost our points of reference to orient ourselves. The de-realized man is a disoriented man. Votes: 0

In reference to Cat Stevens, it is very, very important we have accurate information on our terrorist watch list and our no fly list and that you have a remedy. Votes: 0

Our essential differences from the norm are both huge and deeply offensive to those among us who wish to be quietly integrated into society without particular reference to our nature. Votes: 0

For future reference, Harry, it is raspberry...although of course, if I were a Death Eater, I would have been sure to research my own jam preferences before impersonating myself. Votes: 0

The poverty fighters resent the climate-change folks; climate folks hold summits without reference to biodiversity; the food advocates resist the biodiversity protectors. They all need to go on safari together. Votes: 0

I have tried to draw the human effigy (and all the other subjects dealt with in my paintings) in an immediate and effective way without any reference to the aesthetic. Votes: 0

I always have directors who are somewhat frustrated because they'll reference a beautifully obscure film from the '50s or '60s or '70s, and I've not seen it. Votes: 0

The truth comes when you can see that your self-image is just a convenient reference point and nothing more, and that you as you had imagined yourself do not exist. Votes: 0

I think one of the great disasters (in military history) is the way that the Second World War has become the defining reference point for every crisis and every conflict. Votes: 0

We show deference to the civil authorities when they respect the divine origin of their power and when they serve the people with objective reference to the law of God. Votes: 0

We envy only those whom we feel ourselves to be like; we envy only members of our reference group. There are few successes more unendurable than those of our close friends. Votes: 0

Reading and understanding the Bible involves lots and lots of interpretation. Not just in light of the world and culture around us, but in reference to other parts of the Bible. Votes: 0

Every liberal initiative, from welfare to antismoking measures, is justified by reference to 'the children.' Yet the clear result of liberal policies is to harm children even more than adults. Votes: 0

if you search the bible, you will find no reference to birth control or gay marriage, and you will not find a word, strangely, about stem cell research. I have searched. Votes: 0

What is false creates taste, and reinforces itself by knowingly eliminating any possible reference to the authentic. And what is genuine is reconstructed as quickly as possible, to resemble the false. Votes: 0

...in order for this to happen, your entire frame of reference will have to change, and you will be forced to surrender many things that you now scarcely know you have. Votes: 0

Every writer scrounges for inspiration in different places, and there's no shame in raiding the headlines. It's necessary, in fact, when attempting contemporary satire. Sharp-edged humor relies on topical reference points. Votes: 0

I came from nothing. I came from the projects and welfare and ended up a millionaire with no frame of reference. I was bound to hit a wall sooner or later. Votes: 0

I've found from years of trial that the only way I can work is to make sketches in pencil from Nature, purely as reference material for future use in the studio. Votes: 0

I grew up with a mother who, every time she saw something, would say, I'm going to look that up. And I've become that person - I've become the reference-book person. Votes: 0

The research in Ralph Keyes' The Quote Verifier is impressive, and each conclusion is like the solution to a real-life historical mystery. Who knew a reference book could be so entertaining? Votes: 0

In general, I think people should be skeptical of the Internet as a reference tool because so much of what's on it is unreliable and costumed - a hall of mirrors. Votes: 0

I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any person so wholly unconnected with me. Votes: 0

Our consciousness, our ideas, our frame of reference and our belief system determine whether we go to the river of life with a teaspoon, a cup, a bucket or a barrel. Votes: 0

I rather have a pastor that committed every horrible sin and repented, than a pastor that has no place of reference to preach redemption to a packed chapel full of sinners. Votes: 0

To any who know the star field well from one certain reference point, stars are as individual as people. Jump ten parsecs, however, and not even your own sun is recognizable. Votes: 0

It was nice that there [ in the Bourne Ultimatum ] was a reference to the relationship . It's very subtle - it's actually without dialogue. I do think it's powerful even without words. Votes: 0

I think probably underneath it all, film [Kino] has its own rhythm and its own dynamic, and we were trying to capture the movement of film and cross-reference it with music. Votes: 0

In 1963 and later papers, I pointed out that the special market characteristics of medical care and medical insurance could be explained by reference to differences in information among the parties involved. Votes: 0

Thrift means that you should always have the best you can possibly afford, when the thing has any reference to your physical and mental health, to your growth in efficiency and power. Votes: 0

Treating 'water' as a name of a single scattered object is not intended to enable us to dispense with general terms and plurality of reference. Scatter is in fact an inconsequential detail. Votes: 0

Science has authority, not because of white coats, or titles, but because of precision and transparency: you explain your theory, set out your evidence, and reference the studies that support your case. Votes: 0

It's fun to deliver material on live TV because it's more off-the-cuff, but I like writing better. You really can measure the joke, think an extra second and nail the right reference. Votes: 0

Science has authority not because of white coats or titles, but because of precision and transparency: you explain your theory, set out your evidence, and reference the studies that support your case. Votes: 0

I'm not doing a Mulder, there was no character reference-point. I think Mark Buchman shot it very David Fincher, but we did not know what the [X-Files] show was going to be. Votes: 0

It takes me several days, after I get back to Boston, to realize that the reference "the president" refers to the president of Harvard and not to a minor official in Washington. Votes: 0

Two phrases I hate in reference to female characters are 'strong' and 'feisty.' They really annoy me. It's the most condescending thing. You say that about a three-year-old. It infantilises women. Votes: 0

For there is a VOID in things; a truth which it will be useful for you, in reference to many points, to know; and which will prevent you from wandering in doubt. Votes: 0

When you live in a false society, that bases its wealth upon money, then that society itself will collapse eventually. Not because I say so, because it's not based on physical reference. Votes: 0

The most important gift anyone can give a girl is a belief in her own power as an individual, her value without reference to gender, her respect as a person with potential. Votes: 0

Exploit a subject or a theme to its greatest potential by bringing all possible reference to bear - then put aside the reference and create again using the potential of your unfettered imagination. Votes: 0

Hippo in a skirt: this was a comic reference to one of Solomon's principal wives, the one from Moab. Childish? Yes. But in the days before printing we had limited opportunities for satire. Votes: 0

I'd never stop traveling, and I love bringing my family along with me. My children have points of reference everywhere, friends from Milan to Los Angeles. I think it's really fun for them. Votes: 0

As for borrowing Mr. Whistler's ideas about art, the only thoroughly original ideas I have heard him express have had reference to his own superiority as a painter over painters greater than himself. Votes: 0

The third point of reference is freedom of perception; it is intent; it is spirit; the somersault of thought into the miraculous; the act of reaching beyond our boundaries and touching the inconceivable. Votes: 0

Any part of the human body can only be explained in reference to the whole body. And any part of the Bible can only be properly explained in reference to the whole Bible. Votes: 0

It takes quite a spine to turn the other cheek. It takes phenomenal fortitude to love your enemy. It takes firm resolve to pray for those who persecute you. (with reference to Matthew 5) Votes: 0

I think it's very important what young people see in pictures or on TV or in magazines. Drugs, violence, anorexia. All of the things that I absolutely do not reference in my photos. Votes: 0

Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is maintained. But what matters is not what is witty but what is true. Votes: 0

I'm looking to do an honest job, and I don't have any Indian talk show as a reference point. I'm not looking down on them, but I want to do what Oprah did. Votes: 0

I always wanted to know what the music behind some music was, or where it came from, and that gave me a point of reference for understanding the music I was listening to. Votes: 0

Without a computer, every point on a structure has to be calculated with reference to everything else. But by using a PC, I can create complex curves that don't have radii or centers. Votes: 0

Ludwig von Mises referred to Ayn Rand as 'the most courageous man in America.' If that doesn't say it all about the economist's man-centric frame of reference, I don't know what does. Votes: 0

One of the functions of art is to offer a more desirable reality - a model, as it were, of another style of existence with its own pace and its own cultural reference. Votes: 0

I edited Big Funk, some of the footage was shot by Peter Care. We were film buffs as much as music buffs, and so there are film reference as well as sound references. Votes: 0

So on my screenplay, on the left-hand side of the page, I will put all the ideas that refer to the scene next to it so I have some sort of pictorial reference. Votes: 0

In all conversation between two persons, tacit reference is made, as to a third party, to a common nature. That third party or common nature is not social; it is impersonal; is God. Votes: 0

I tend not to have any references to anything. I just jump into the script in front of me. If you reference too much, you have no idea if the performances are right. Votes: 0

It is one of the misfortunes of our political system that parties are formed more with reference to controversies that are gone by than to the controversies which these parties have actually to decide. Votes: 0

I love reference books, especially collections of memorable quotations, world almanacs, and atlases. Facts to me are like candy or popcorn, small, tasty delights, and I like to gorge on them now and then. Votes: 0

Legal dialogue is awesome, but you can't ad lib. It's much more fun to be looser and say things like, 'Can I work in a Han Solo reference?' I'm a 'Star Wars' freak. Votes: 0

For me, Islam is a moral reference point, a source of inspiration to work collectively with people, to love people and to help them, to concentrate on universal values of mercy, co-operation and tolerance. Votes: 0

When France was the only reference for chefs to learn, you could go everywhere in the world, and they would copy dishes directly because they didn't have much expanded imagination or technique or knowledge. Votes: 0

I miss the reference section at the library. I used to go there twice a week on missions. Now everywhere's a research library and I can't get an elitist kick from it any more. Votes: 0

Until very recently, the heavenly bodies have been investigated only with reference to their position and their laws of motion, and a quarter of a century ago astronomy was little more than celestial topography. Votes: 0

Quality is timeless: It will clearly define itself. And so I make reference to and acknowledge things that I feel have been dismissed, trying to restate those musical and cultural elements clearly and vehemently Votes: 0

Quality is timeless: It will clearly define itself. And so I make reference to and acknowledge things that I feel have been dismissed, trying to restate those musical and cultural elements clearly and vehemently. Votes: 0

Character issues such as drug abuse are not exclusive to Detroit Public Schools. My reference to substance abuse, not intended to focus on any particular school district, was simply used to illustrate this position. Votes: 0

In contrast to the written account-which, depending on its complexity of thought, reference, and vocabulary, is pitched at a larger or smaller readership-a photograph has only one language and is destined potentially for all. Votes: 0

Documentary is thought to be art when it transcends its reference to the world, when the work can be regarded, first and foremost, as an act of self-expression on the part of the artist. Votes: 0

There are also places of power that reference the fourth and fifth chakras, which are places of balance, and places of power that reference the sixth and seventh chakras, which are places of wisdom. Votes: 0

The danger of disturbing the public tranquillity by interesting too strongly the public passions, is a still more serious objection against a frequent reference of constitutional questions to the decision of the whole society. Votes: 0

As all curves have reference to their centres or foci, so all beauty of character has reference to the soul, and is a graceful gesture of recognition or waving of the body toward it. Votes: 0

After returning from his stint in the minors made reference to the movie Slapshot with: I'm happy to be back. It was never my aspiration as a kid to play in the Federal league. Votes: 0

More often than not, my reference point is not the kids or the grandkids but myself when I was that age. I remember the days at Hartranft Elementary and Stewart Junior High in Norristown. Votes: 0

Ay-firmative,' Eve said, and tried for a smile. 'Sorry. An Aliens reference always makes me feel better at times like this. Exept I'm not sure I'm the one who lives through the movie. Votes: 0

Men may be spoiled by education, even as they are spoiled by illiteracy. Education is the preparation of the mind for future work, hence men should be educated with special reference to the work. Votes: 0

As far as you can, get into the habit of asking yourself in relation to any action taken by another: "What is his point of reference here?" But begin with yourself: examine yourself first. Votes: 0

If you are eagerly looking for salvation, and if you believe in God, you may ... become acquainted with the Christ of God, and, after being initiated [a reference to baptism], live a happy life. Votes: 0

You can't please everybody all the time, but I think for the most part we tend to maintain a healthy level of self-reference to kind of make sure we continue to push things forward. Votes: 0

I'm never aiming to make a movie like someone else's movie, but in order to describe a movie to someone else who hasn't seen it, you usually have to reference things they have seen. Votes: 0

Everybody uses pop culture as a shorthand. You might make an obscure reference to Monty Python or Iron Eagle that only some people will get, but if they do it conveys a world of meaning. Votes: 0

Without God man has no reference point to define himself. 20th century philosophy manifests the chaos of man seeking to understand himself as a creature with dignity while having no reference point for that dignity. Votes: 0

We have to be very cautious not to accept the scam of polarization we see in the media. It is not in fact between secularists and Islamists, it is a battle within the Islamic reference. Votes: 0

The tracing of a child's lineage and its name with reference to the father, though it has lasted for many thousands of years, has not become any the more natural or reasonable as a result. Votes: 0

One's own independent judgment is the means by which one must choose one's actions, but it is not a moral criterion nor a moral validation; only reference to a demonstrable principle can validate one's choices. Votes: 0

And if you are playing in several meters at once, there has to be a - not a rigid - but there definitely has to be a reference to a common pulse in the band. Votes: 0

The "little theme" from Vinteuil, heard by Swann as emblematic of his love for Odette, remains a point of reference for him, as the character of that love changes and as the love eventually fades. Votes: 0

The state of empathy, or being empathic, is to perceive the internal frame of reference of another with accuracy and with the emotional components and meanings which pertain thereto as if one were the person. Votes: 0

We always reference kids but very rarely ask their opinion. Our inexperience might be what gives us the ability to teach our elders something, due to the fact that we are not jaded or cynical. Votes: 0

Our culture will become like it was during the medieval times when there truly was a cultural elite. The rest of the people will just watch television, which will be their only frame of reference. Votes: 0

Consider and act with reference to the true ends of existence. This world is but the vestibule of an immortal life. Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity. Votes: 0

I come from theater, and doing period stuff is so whimsical and imaginative and so outside any frame of reference than I have ever had so I prefer that just in terms of fun factor. Votes: 0

Genres give a vocabulary. They give a frame of reference for the audience to enter into a movie. Then, once they have their footing, that's when you can start doing things that they don't expect. Votes: 0

My background is in musical comedy. I didn't know I was going to be an actor. But all my points of reference have to do with musical comedy and in being kind of a showoff. Votes: 0

Democracy is a difficult art of government, demanding of its citizens high ratios of courage and literacy, and at the moment we lack both the necessary habits of mind and a sphere of common reference. Votes: 0

I love reference books, especially collections of memorable quotations, almanacs, and atlases. Facts to me are like candy or popcorn - small, tasty delights - and I like to gorge on them now and then. Votes: 0

My experience I consider an accident in the Hollywood system. I don't believe it should be a reference for a black film maker, or an example for any young film maker, because it's purely luck. Votes: 0