Quotes About Surroundings

When you find nothing... it means you're eliminating what surrounds the something.

He'd been tempted to wander into her bedroom while he'd had the apartment to himself and see what he might have discovered about her there, but he'd resisted. It was not so much respect for her privacy as it was the challenge she presented that provoked him to discover her from the woman alone rather than her surroundings.

The beautiful remains so in ugly surroundings.

Weddings are giant Rorschach tests onto which everyone around you projects their fears, fantasies, and expectations - many of which they've been cultivating since the day you were born.

Japanese and Koreans to the east; Siamese, Annamites, and Cambodians to the south; and to the north the nomad Mongols and Manchus.

People often say that I'm curious about too many things at once... But can you really forbid a man from harbouring a desire to know and embrace everything that surrounds him?

A town is saved, not more by the righteous men in it, than by the woods and swamps that surround it.

A man's character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him.

That is the kind of beauty I was trying to get you to see," Orolo told me. "Nothing is more important than that you see and love the beauty that is right in front of you, or else you will have no defense against the ugliness that will hem you in and come at you in so many ways.

There is a certain kind of small town that grows like a boil on the ass of every Army base in the world.

The snow moved a little and gave me a void in front of my face - air for a moment. Most importantly it kept me from panicking, and let me open my eyes. There was a dim blue-grey light. I could hear Arsibalt saying Just enough to read by! and Lio answering If only you'd thought to bring a book.

Some species of snakes have small pits on their heads that pick up infrared rays from tasty warm-blooded prey, readily revealed at night against the rapidly cooling surroundings

Meine Gunst? Ich sagte, er sei kein kompletter Schwachmat. Das ist keine Gunst, das ist nur ein wohlwollender Vergleich mit all den anderen, von denen du umgeben bist

Listen to your inner-voice: Surround yourself with loving, nurturing people. Fall in love with your art and find yourself. Music is the great communicator.

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I suppose I had always been an unconscious suffragist. With my temperament and my surroundings, I could scarcely have been otherwise.

In order to appreciate a great man, we must know his surroundings. We must understand the scope of the drama in which he played - the part he acted - and we must also know his audience.

If you're in business or politics, you need to have an intense understanding of what's going on around you.

Even if your novel occurs in an unfamiliar setting in which all the customs and surroundings will seem strange to your reader, it's still better to start with action. The reason for this is simple. If the reader wanted an explanation of milieu, he would read nonfiction. He doesn't want information. He wants a story.

You'll live your life at the least common denominator of those you spend the most time with if you are not watchful.

It's hard to get lost in a scene, to get into a character when everyone's standing around you on the set.

I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that exists - proves that there are infinite laws behind it. There can be no denying this fact. It is mathematical in its precision.

My inspiration for new products comes from moments in my life or what's happening around me.

But what about human liberty? Is there no spiritual freedom in regard to behavior and reaction to any given surroundings?