Quotes About Sight

Shut your eyes," said Miss Tanner. "Oh no," said Miranda, "for then I see worse things…

The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see.

It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.

The car goes where the eyes go.

whether we are talking about an attitude of learning or spiritual sight, we are always referring to a state of mind — an inner attitude

There was a single blue line of crayon drawn across every wall in the house. What does it mean? I asked. A pirate needs the sight of the sea, he said and then he pulled his eye patch down and turned and sailed away.

Having an eye patch actually makes it easier to look through a camera - I don't have to close one eye like everyone else.

Als ik Hem in geloof zie, zie ik eigenlijk zo goed dat ik soms zeg: 'Ik geloof niet meer! Ik zie!

Just before noon on February 28, 1882, the thin outline of a glowing orb pierced the southern skyline and hung there, like a wafer pasted in the air. Though faint, the sight was glorious: It was the first time they had seen the sun in 137 days.

It is not not curious, that so vast a being as the whale should see the world through so small an eye, and hear the thunder through an ear which is smaller than a hare's? But if his eyes were broad as the lens of Herschel's great telescope; and his ears capacious as the porches of cathedrals; would that make him any longer of sight, or sharper of hearing? Not at all. - Why then do you try to enlarge your mind? Subtilize it.

I am one of those unfortunate persons to whom the sight of these animals are, at any time an insufferable annoyance.

The sight of little Flask mounted upon gigantic Daggoo was yet more curious, for sustaining himself with a cool, indifferent, easy, unthought of, barbaric majesty, the noble negro to every roll of the sea harmoniously rolled his fine form. On his broad back, flaxen-haired Flask seemed a snow-flake. The bearer looked nobler than the rider.

Is it not curious, that so vast a being as the whale should see the world through so small an eye, and hear the thunder through an ear which is smaller than a hare's? But if his eyes were broad as the lens of Herschel's great telescope; and his ears capacious as the porches of cathedrals; would that make him any longer of sight, or sharper of hearing? Not at all.-Why then do you try to 'enlarge' your mind? Subtilize it.

For ages past the Genius of Literature and the Genius of Art have walked together hand in hand. For the Goddess of letters is blind, and only she of Art can lend her sight.

At one point in the wake of the Hell's Angels uproar a reporter for the New York Herald Tribune‡ did a long article on the motorcycle scene and decided in the course of his research that "there is something about the sight of a passing motorcyclist that tempts many automobile drivers to commit murder.

There is something about the sight of a passing motorcyclist that tempts many automobile drivers to commit murder.

The walls are bare; look out of the window and you have a finer sight than any painter has ever placed on a piece of canvas.

What do you think? he asked, his voice deep and commanding. I eyed him. Impressive, but too much. He leaned toward me, the blue eyes smoky with a promise I was shure he could fulfill. I tried not to think of the bedroom. Too much? Yes. I like the menace. It's very masculine, but he looks like he would screw everything in sight and call me 'wench

The sight of me puffing and straining apparently amused him to no end.

The last thing businessmen want to do is sit in a room filled with other businessmen. A room full of money is a pretty boring sight - unless it's yours, of course.

I've always been on the side of science that tries to help man. I play an active part with the foundations I'm involved in. Science gives hope. If it were offered to me? Never say never. But I wouldn't kill or steal to have my sight. My blindness doesn't define my life.

You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds are usually packed for those 11 days, and you get a real sense of what a classic Midwest fair is all about.

The cherry blossom tree is truly a sight to behold, especially when it is in full riotous bloom. There are several varieties of the cherry blossom tree, and while most of them produce flowering branches full of small pinkish-hued flowers, some of them produce actual cherries.

What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.