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Quotes About Elements

The basic elements of any sound are loudness, pitch, contour, duration (or rhythm), tempo, timbre, spatial location, and reverberation.
~ Daniel J. Levitin
I focus on the elements of a movie that are meant to invisibly affect me as a viewer. The edges. As an author, I'm aware of how the subconscious things can pluck at a reader's emotions, and I love it when filmmakers do the same.
~ Maggie Stiefvater
I don't think the Egyptian people want to see what is a very clear effort to obtain political and economic rights turn into any kind of new form of oppression or suppression or violence or letting loose criminal elements.
~ Hillary Clinton
Bodies which contain a greater proportion of water than is necessary to balance the other elements, are speedily corrupted, and lose their virtues and properties.
~ Vitruvius
Building the right product requires systematically and relentlessly testing that vision to discover which elements of it are brilliant, and which are crazy.
~ Eric Ries
Directing is creating a whole. You're able to combine different elements and create a film that is unique and true to your vision.
~ Tim Robbins
The use of both elements enabled Christ to give a vivid representation of the idea that His body was broken, that flesh and blood were separated, and that the sacrament both nourishes and quickens the soul.
~ Louis Berkhof
In listening to our clients, we reflexively analyze their narratives for inaccurate, destructive, and missing elements. We then attempt to edit their narratives in a manner we feel would better support their adaptation and wellbeing.
~ Louis Cozolino
How long would it be before the elements toppled these small structures as they had already toppled the broch and the castle? Would future archaeologists dig here, or had records grown so precise every aspect of the recent past would be charted and ready for those who wanted to know? Maybe, soon enough, there would be no one left, no world to chronicle and argue over. All things must end, why not this too? The thought almost had the power to cheer him.
~ Unknown
I have no control over certain elements of my story. I can nudge my characters/story line there, but can't make them behave the way I think they should, no matter how I try.
~ Unknown
A tree cannot grow in the sky, nor clouds be in the deep sea, nor fish live in the fields, nor can blood be in sticks nor sap in rocks.
~ Lucretius
According to Philo, God gave Moses power over the whole of Nature; all the elements obeyed him as the Lord of Nature. … Jehovah is Israel's consciousness of the sacredness and necessity of his own existence, - a necessity before which the existence of Nature, the existence of other nations, vanishes into nothing.
~ Ludwig Feuerbach
I do think anger aimed at evil is a good thing. I do not think it helps any culture to dismiss elements that deprive the populace of righteousness.
~ Joel Salatin
All the best elements of patriotism—the spirit of sacrifice, the desire for justice and protection for the oppressed—sprouted in the soil of chivalry. It is in the classic country of chivalry
~ Johan Huizinga
Design is the organization of materials and processes in the most productive way, in a harmonious balance of all elements necessary for a certain function.
~ Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
Skill in the digital age is confused with mastery of digital tools, masking the importance of understanding materials and mastering the elements of form.
~ John Maeda
Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose.
~ Charles Eames
My favorite elements of 'Start Talkin'' were those man-on-the-street pieces. I love shooting those. I was born in Manhattan, have lived in or around New York my entire life, and I feel like I'm in my element when doing those pieces.
~ Scott Rogowsky
I have acted on some movies that have martial arts elements, but I'm not a professional.
~ Liu Yifei
it's important to note that not all of the seven elements should be used evenly in your communication. Think of the StoryBrand Framework as a recipe for a loaf of bread. Failure is like salt: use too much and you'll ruin the flavor; leave it out and the recipe will taste bland. Regardless, the point is this: your story needs stakes.
~ Donald Miller
When we define the elements of a story as it relates to our brand, we create a map customers can follow to engage our products and services.
~ Donald Miller
Blog subjects, e-mail content, and bullet points on our website can all include elements of potential failure to give our customers a sense of urgency when it comes to our products and services.
~ Donald Miller
The great tendency of all persons who study techniques is to make distinctions. They distinguish between the different elements of technique, maintaining some and discarding others. They distinguish between technique and the use to which it is put. These distinctions are completely invalid and show only that he who makes them has understood nothing of the technical phenomenon. Its parts are ontologically tied together; in it, use is inseparable from being.
~ Jacques Ellul
Démons et merveilles Vents et marées Au loin déjà la mer s'est retirée
~ Jacques Prévert