Quotes about Sights

Of the modern critics, although I disagree with almost everything she says, I admire Mary McCarthy's eloquence and social observation in 'Sights and Spectacles'; she thinks in print, but she doesn't have a real feel for the stage. Votes: 4

I like being in new places and seeing new sights. Votes: 2

All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child. Votes: 2

There are few more impressive sights in the world than a Scotsman on the make. Votes: 2

That the sea is one of the most beautiful and magnificent sights in Nature, all admit. Votes: 2

No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one. Votes: 2

Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows. Votes: 2

I set my sights upon becoming the kind of artist who would make a contribution to art history. Votes: 2

Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living. Votes: 2

As much horror as we have always created, we are a species that keeps moving forward, seeing new sights in new ways, and enjoying the journey. Votes: 2

To lose yourself in righteous service to others can lift your sights and get your mind off personal problems, or at least put them in proper focus. Votes: 2

We can raise our sights high when we're willing to break free from being conformists who live a conventional life simply because we are too afraid to express our uniqueness. Votes: 2

When the soul looks out of its body, it should see only beauty in its path. These are the sights we must hold in mind, in order to move to a higher place. Votes: 2

There are few sights more pleasant to the eye than a wide cotton field when it is in bloom. It presents an appearance of purity, like an immaculate expanse of light, new-fallen snow. Votes: 2

Nevertheless, I do know that we are part of a danger zone, we have military operations in Afghanistan and we're training the Iraqi police force. The terrorists also have us in their sights. Votes: 2

Even in New York, there are a lot of very attractive girls pedaling around. That just happens to be one of the nice sights in our city, seeing a young woman on a bike. Votes: 2

I've always loved scuba diving and the cell-tickling feel of being underwater, though it poses unique frustrations. Alone, but with others, you may share the same sights and feelings, but you can't communicate well. Votes: 2

Some astronauts describe the routine flushing of urine into space, where the freezing temperatures turn the droplets into a cloud of bright, drifting crystals, as being among the most amazing sights they saw on an entire voyage. Votes: 2

Death will never be pretty - its sights and smells too close and crude. And it will never come under our control: it gallops where we tiptoe, rips up our routines, burns our very breath with its heat and sting. Votes: 2

Set your sights high, the higher the better. Expect the most wonderful things to happen, not in the future but right now. Realize that nothing is too good. Allow absolutely nothing to hamper you or hold you up in any way. Votes: 2

Nursing demands vigilance about people. The sights and smells that a patient offers, their movements and their offhand comments all contribute crucial information to understanding what they need. Training and experience heighten one's ability to see what needs to be seen. Votes: 2

A person is born with desires of the eyes and ears, and a liking for beautiful sights and sounds. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to immorality and lack of restriction, and any ritual principles and propriety will be abandoned. Votes: 2

Being in America isn't old-hat - it's where we're from - but I get excited to be in other parts of the world like Athens and Croatia, which were quite cool. I'm a sightseer. I go see the sights and museums. I'm into that kind of thing. Votes: 2

Some asteroids have us in their sights. Be nice to sort of go near them and find out what they're made of, possibly tag their ears so they're always broadcasting to us their location. In case one of their trajectories head straight for us, we'll know well in advance to do something about it. Votes: 2

Like after a nice walk when you have seen many lovely sights you decide to go home, after a while I decided it was time to go home, let us put the cubes back in order. And it was at that moment that I came face to face with the Big Challenge: What is the way home? Votes: 2

My dream was to go to Nashville. I had my sights set on my dream. I used to have an '89 Toyota Ford truck. On the front of the truck, I had this license plate with cowboy boots and a guitar that I had airbrushed at Wal-Mart. It said 'Chasin' A Dream.' That was kind of my motto. Votes: 2

Everyone makes sexy sounds; relatively few, sexy sights. Votes: 0

There are few sights sadder than a ruined book. Votes: 0

Satan has his sights on the United States of America! Votes: 0

Don't stop setting your sights high because of some young guy. Votes: 0

What a treasure of awesome sights and attractions our country has. Votes: 0

Think proactively and dynamically. Be realistic, but set your sights high. Votes: 0

Few sights in science are sadder than astronomers standing in the rain. Votes: 0

Time flows in strange ways on Sundays, and sights become mysteriously distorted. Votes: 0

Smells are surer than sounds and sights to make the heartstrings crack. Votes: 0

Always, as you travel, assimilate the sounds and sights of the world. Votes: 0

Set your sights on a place higher than your eyes can see. Votes: 0

Twyla Tharp set her sights on ballet, and ballet, hungry for major talent, succumbed. Votes: 0

One of the most beautiful sights in dance is American Ballet Theatre in full flight. Votes: 0

Set your sights so high that even failure has in it an echo of glory. Votes: 0

Christmas is sights, especially the sights of Christmas reflected in the eyes of a child. Votes: 0

I can't help but have my sights set on Scorsese, Cohen Brothers and Spike Jones. Votes: 0

Fire only at close range, and only when your opponent is properly in your sights. Votes: 0

Fire short bursts of 1 to 2 seconds and only when your sights are definitely 'ON.' Votes: 0

For love all love of other sights controls and makes one little room an everywhere Votes: 0

Since Genesis 3 we have been addicted to setting our sights on something, someone, smaller than Jesus. Votes: 0

The mysteries that cups of flowers infold And all the gorgeous sights which fairies do behold. Votes: 0

Be strong, saith my heart; I am a soldier; I have seen worse sights than this. Votes: 0

Greatness and nearsightedness are incompatible. Meaningful achievement depends on lifting one's sights and pushing toward the horizon. Votes: 0

A poem is an invitation to a voyage. As in life, we travel to see fresh sights. Votes: 0

Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature. Votes: 0

I set my sights on making an Olympic team, not realizing how tough it was going to be. Votes: 0

And still I wander, seeking compensation in unforseen encounters and unexpected sights, in sunsets, storms and passing fancies. Votes: 0

I set my sights upon becoming the kind of artist who would make a contribution to art history Votes: 0

I don't ask for the sights in front of me to change, only the depth of my seeing. Votes: 0

Optimism boosts your energy and focuses your sights on reaching your goals, rather than wallowing in your setbacks. Votes: 0

Fly from wrath; sad be the sights and bitter fruits of war; a thousand furies wait on wrathful swords. Votes: 0

I worried she might spend an afternoon chatting with me about the sights and then wish me best of luck. Votes: 0

Oh the saddest of sights in a world of sin Is the little lost pup with his tail tucked in. Votes: 0

There are few lonelier sights than a good comedian being funny in a movie that doesn't know what funny is. Votes: 0

You'll be on your way up! You'll be seeing great sights! You'll join the high fliers who soar to high heights. Votes: 0

I know, up on top you are seeing great sights, but down here at the bottom we, too, should have rights. Votes: 0

Where you have been isn't half as important as where you are headed. Keep your sights and focus on the future. Votes: 0

Go in any direction..seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs. Votes: 0

Love is a pathway of many colors and dead ends. But when the right path is chosen, the sights are amazing. Votes: 0

Mama always told me not to look into the sights of the sun. Oh, but mama, that's where the fun is. Votes: 0

They were simple, earnest people, those early Victorians, and had not yet learnt the trick of avoiding disturbing thoughts and sights. Votes: 0

I will always try to turn sights and sounds into words. I will always try to shape words into my singing poems. Votes: 0

We must stop setting our sights by the light of each passing ship; instead we must set our course by the stars. Votes: 0

Hence, loathèd Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born, In Stygian cave forlorn, 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy. Votes: 0

I have been very lucky: my writing has taken me across the world, and I have seen some extraordinary sites and sights. Votes: 0

My dad is a natural-born encourager. The last person who will ever tell you to lower your sights or give up your dream. Votes: 0

It is the month of June, The month of leaves and roses, When pleasant sights salute the eyes And pleasant scents the noses. Votes: 0

The two most beautiful sights I have witnessed in my life are a full blown ship at sail and the round-bellied pregnant female. Votes: 0

And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask, and antique pageantry, Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream. Votes: 0

This great American institution [Boy Scouts of America] has come under attack from homosexual activists-who may well set their sights on your church next. Votes: 0

An American soldier, Saddam in his sights, has a picture of a naked, buxom woman on his dashboard, an obvious affront to Muslim sensibilities. Votes: 0

The sights I have just seen [at Buchenwald] are so unbelievable that I don't think I'll believe them myself until I've seen the photographs... Votes: 0

And see all sights from pole to pole, And glance, and nod, and hustle by; And never once possess our soul Before we die. Votes: 0

A lovely countenance is the fairest of all sights, and the sweetest harmony is the sound of the voice of her whom we love. Votes: 0

She was the kind of gal that if she set her sights on a man, he'd be running in the opposite direction real quick. Votes: 0

The sights of infinity can be too strong. They can scorch the soul. It's best to take infinity on a little at a time. Votes: 0

Real teams are much more likely to flourish if leaders aim their sights on performance results that balance the needs of customers, employees, and shareholders. Votes: 0

We can't always have the beautiful aspect of things. Let us make the most of our sights that are beautiful and let the others go Votes: 0

Three decades into this crisis, let us set our sights on achieving the "three zeros" zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths. Votes: 0

A good writer always works at the impossible.There is another kind who pulls in his horizons, drops his mind as one lowers rifle sights. Votes: 0

it is only unimaginative persons who can be really astonished. The imagination can always outrun the possible and actual sights and sounds of the world ... Votes: 0

Not by human dwellings--not in crowded cities alone, are the sights and sounds of life. The wildest places of the earth are full of them. Votes: 0

If we are to go only halfway or reduce our sights in the face of difficulty... it would be better to not go at all. Votes: 0

Set your sights not just on the next few weeks ... set your sights on the years ahead - because our vision will look that far ahead. Votes: 0

You've climbed the highest mountain in the world. What's left ? It's all downhill from there. You've got to set your sights on something higher than Everest. Votes: 0

Kindness is the color in the cathedral window which woven into beautiful characters shuts out the hideous sights of a world which is all too practical. Votes: 0

When I make the effort to pay attention to the sights, sounds and sensations around me, I’m encouraging myself to live in the present moment. Votes: 0

Baseball is my escape. The sights, the sounds, the way the park smells. There is truly no place I would rather be than at a game. Votes: 0

Set your sights beyond what you can see. There is true majesty in the concept of an unseen power which can neither be measured nor weighed. Votes: 0

If you find yourself born in Barnsley and then set your sights on being Virginia Woolf it is not going to be roses all the way. Votes: 0

Become enraptured by the sights and sounds in intrigue of nature and beauty, come along with me and take it all in. Come here my love. Votes: 0

Love, indeed, lends a precious seeing to the eye, and hearing to the ear: all sights and sounds are glorified by the light of its presence. Votes: 0

Nature can be trusted to work her own miracle in the heart of any man whose daily task keeps him alone among her sights, sounds and silences. Votes: 0

Those who purchase meat, fur, and leather have no right to be shielded from the sights and sounds of the slaughterhouses from which these products were produced. Votes: 0

Aim for a star, and keep your sights high! With a heart full of faith within, your feet on the ground and your eyes in the sky. Votes: 0

One of the saddest sights to me has always been a human at a keyboard doing something by hand that could be automated. It's sad but hilarious. Votes: 0

It is quite right what they say: the three most beautiful sights in the world are a ship in full sail, a galloping horse, and a woman dancing. Votes: 0

Though I have seen a great deal of the sights, traveled a number of the available paths, there are always corners that remain unexplored, doors that remain unopened. Votes: 0

Leadership is lifting a person's vision to high sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations. Votes: 0

Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there. Votes: 0

Reality surpasses imagination; and we see, breathing, brightening, and moving before our eyes sights dearer to our hearts than any we ever beheld in the land of sleep. Votes: 0

Alfriston is a compact village set around a rather traffic-weary High Street, mainly of old, timbered buildings. The principal sights lie to the east on the river side. Votes: 0

Sometimes the painting starts to relate very directly to either sights seen or experiences felt, other times it just goes off on a tangent that you really can't articulate. Votes: 0

A girl should set her sights on a man who has money; or if not, who can expect to come into money; or if not, who has moneyed connections. Votes: 0

A dungeon horrible, on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed; yet from those flames No light; but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe Votes: 0

I want to experience as many different tastes, sights, emotions, conflicts, and cultures as possible, so that I can expand the canvas of my memory and enrich my comedy. Votes: 0

for what is the gift of the poet and the artist except to see the sights which others cannot see and to hear the sounds that others cannot hear? Votes: 0

Sometimes when things get hard, we tend to set our sights on what's hard, that difficult thing that keeps us upset, and we turn our back on our strengths. Votes: 0

I didn't know then that I would never be able to leave the sounds and smells of these sights behind me, but I was fiercely conscious of one thing-my ambition. Votes: 0

My aim over the next few months is that I have a lot of points to defend in Miami and Hamburg, after that I can set my sights on No. 1. Votes: 0

The great tragedy of life is not that people set their sights too high and fail to achieve their goals but that they set their sights too low and do. Votes: 0

I was 17, certainly by the time I was 19, I knew that show business was where I was going to end up, and I had my sights on being a director. Votes: 0

The pace of events is moving so fast that unless we can find some way to keep our sights on tomorrow, we cannot expect to be in touch with today. Votes: 0

There is something so different in Venice from any other place in the world, that you leave at once all accustomed habits and everyday sights to enter an enchanted garden. Votes: 0

When it came time to find employment, I set my sights on becoming an engineer at a home electronics manufacturer, a field that was closely related to my major at university. Votes: 0

The grandest and simplest things contain worlds within worlds. Seeing them is a matter of the right point of view, and your painter's eye is the special portal to such sights. Votes: 0

Predictability is boring! I want a book to take me someplace I haven't been before, show me sights I haven't seen, make me ponder questions I may not have pondered before. Votes: 0

We are homesick for places, we are reminded of places, it is the sounds and smells and sights of places which haunt us and against which we often measure our present. Votes: 0

Only if the dragon and the eagle turn their sights from each other and make room for each other in the world they share, can they reach new and brighter horizons. Votes: 0

One of my favorite sights is to look across a room packed with people with their Bibles in their laps, studying who God is and what God has said- after midnight. Votes: 0

Some fearful sights there be that creep By night - I mean that harass sleep; But tenfold more alarming seem these when They brave the day, to breathe the air like men. Votes: 0

I figured that to be a writer I would need to have been born in the nineteenth century, be British, or have three names. So I turned my sights elsewhere . . . to acting. Votes: 0

I've learned over the years that everything is more or less the same amount of work, so you may as well set your sights high and try and do something really cool. Votes: 0

Follow your interests, get the best available education and training, set your sights high, be persistent, be flexible, keep your options open, accept help when offered, and be prepared to help others. Votes: 0

If you wish to fly to new heights, begin by setting your sights on a destination you can reach and then create a flight plan, a map, that will be your guide. Votes: 0

So let your deepest desires direct your aim. Set your sights far above the 'reasonable' target. The power of purpose is profound only if you have a desire that stirs the heart. Votes: 0

Nature is man's teacher. She unfolds her treasures to his search, unseals his eye, illumes his mind, and purifies his heart; an influence breathes from all the sights and sounds of her existence. Votes: 0

Man's mind a mirror is of heavenly sights,A brief wherein all marvels summèd lie,Of fairest forms and sweetest shapes the store,Most graceful all, yet thought may grace them more. Votes: 0

Most people are not going after what they want. Even some of the most serious goal seekers and goal setters, they're going after what they think they can get. Set your sights higher. Votes: 0

Very few people are ambitious in the sense of having a specific image of what they want to achieve. Most people's sights are only toward the next run, the next increment of money. Votes: 0

There are few sights more pleasant to the eye, than a wide cotton field when it is in the bloom. It presents an appearance of purity, like an immaculate expanse of light, new-fallen snow. Votes: 0

The City seems so much more in earnest: its business, its rush, its roar are such serious things, sights and sounds. The City is getting its living - the West-End but enjoying its pleasure. Votes: 0

Monotony has nothing to do with a place; monotony, either in its sensation or its infliction, is simply the quality of a person. There are no dreary sights; there are only dreary sight seers. Votes: 0

When a beautiful soul harmonizes with a beautiful form, and the two are cast in one mould, that will be the fairest of sights to him who has the eye to contemplate the vision. Votes: 0

Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream. Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakespeare, Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild. Votes: 0

There are many horrible sights in the multiverse. Somehow, though, to a soul attuned to the subtle rhythms of a library, there are few worse sights than a hole where a book ought to be. Votes: 0