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Quotes About References

I try to make those references. I try to make sure that they're not too obscure. But outside of that, I dare not claim anything in the spiritual realm for my own.
~ Leonard Cohen
Everything in life should be approached as a project. Every project can be broken down into just three things: Action Steps, Backburner Items, and References.
~ Scott Belsky
My name is Isaac Vainio," I said. "You smashed my library. Prepare to die." Everything went better with Princess Bride references.
~ Jim C. Hines
The few and scattered references of freedpeople suffering from the challenges of emancipation have been overlooked because these episodes do not fit into the patriotic narratives of the Civil War.
~ Jim Downs
In every book I write, I try to name-check the most prominent influences, or the most prominent conscious influences.
~ China Mieville
On the numberless references to this impious sophism, see the learned notes of Valckenaer and Monk. Compare more particularly Aristoph. Ran. 102, 1471. Thesmoph. 275. Arist. Rhet. iii. 15. B.
~ Euripides
We used to have endless discussions with journalists about that: 'Why are you calling it noise? It's not noise, it's music,' and make references to everybody from John Cage to whoever.
~ Lee Ranaldo
The New Testament Scriptures are full of references to the malice of the devil, but we generally overlook them. I think this is because our idea of salvation is that Christ died on the cross to pay His Father the debt for our sins.
~ Frederica Mathewes-Green
It only serves to show what sort of person a man must be who can't even get testimonials. No, no; if a man brings references, it proves nothing; but if he can't, it proves a great deal.
~ Joseph Pulitzer
The Bible, of course, for aside from religion there is much to be learned of men and their ways in the Bible. It is also a source of comments made, of references and figures of speech. No man could consider himself educated without some knowledge of it.
~ Louis L'Amour
He peppered his talk with references to his forgiving nature.
~ Ron Chernow
There are no answers, only cross-references.
~ Joe Moore
For me, what makes life enjoyable is having a shared culture and shared references.
~ Michael Sheen
A book is judged, not by its reference to life, but by its reference to other books.
~ Stephen Fry
During the campaign for re-election, Barack Obama at least made vague references to a willingness to accept $3 trillion of reduced spending in exchange for a $1 trillion dollar tax increase.
~ Bob Beauprez
'The Simpsons' basically - and 'Futurama' - are really smart shows. They're kind of disguised as these goofy animated sitcoms, but the references within the shows, if you're paying attention, are pretty smart and pretty sophisticated.
~ Matt Groening
When we see Rey, we want to hear Rey's theme, and when the Force is referred to or felt, we want to hear the Force theme, and so on. We hope that these references make sense to the fans and make the aural connections that we want them to have.
~ John Williams
Os exemplos não se fizeram senão para ser citados.
~ Machado de Assis
The frontiers of a book are never clear-cut: beyond the title, the first lines, and the last full stop, beyond its internal configuration and its autonomous form, it is caught up in a system of references to other books, other texts, other sentences: it is a node within a network.
~ Michel Foucault
There are dozens of references to God in the Scriptures for every one to the figure of Satan. This reflects a sometimes forgotten theological truth that the devil is by no means God's counterpart. He is a creature, not the Creator.
~ John Ortberg
It's always a huge red flag for me when somebody's reticent or reluctant or a little slow in providing thoughtful references that are a testament to them as a person and their professional accomplishments.
~ Ivanka Trump
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.
~ Ivanka Trump
The only purpose of starting is to finish, and while the projects we do are never really finished, they must ship. Shipping means hitting the publish button on your blog, showing a presentation to the sales team, answering the phone, selling the muffins, sending out your references. Shipping is the collision between your work and the outside world.
~ Seth Godin
If you pursue enrichment and growth, you must increase your references by pursuing ideas and experiences that wouldn't be a part of your life if you didn't consciously seek them out.
~ Tony Robbins