1546 Seem Quotes for You to Enjoy

The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be quite commonplace. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

People Those Seem Absent Ideal Quite Commonplace Who Present

It seems strange that bears, so fond of all sorts of flesh, running the risks of guns and fires and poison, should never attack men except in defense of their young. How easily and safely a bear could pick us up as we lie asleep! Only wolves and tigers seem to have learned to hunt man for food, and perhaps sharks and crocodiles. John Muir

Food Man Risks Strange Lie Sharks Men Poison Young Defense Easily Hunt Running Guns Seem Fond Seems Only Bear Attack Bears Except Could Never Pick Fires Perhaps Safely Learned Sort Tigers How Wolves Up Us Asleep Should Flesh

Billy Collins writes lovely poems. Limpid, gently and consistently startling, more serious than they seem, they describe all the worlds that are and were and some others besides. John Updike

Worlds Others Consistently Besides Some Seem Collins Poems More Writes Gently Were Than Lovely Billy Describe Serious Startling

Flying into a storm, even its outer edges, did not seem like a good idea to me. And this was no ordinary tempest. Everyone on the bridge knew what it was: the Devil's Fist, a near-eternal typhoon that migrated about the North Indian basin year-round. She was infamous, and earned her name by striking airships out of the sky. Kenneth Oppel

Good Me Sky Devil Earned Everyone Striking Flying Out Indian Outer Tempest About Seem Knew Idea Name Like She Edges Year-Round Infamous Fist North Did Storm Ordinary Bridge Even Her Good Idea

It is not architectural achievement that makes the structures of earlier times seem to us so full of significance but the circumstance that antique temples, Roman basilicas, and even the cathedrals of the Middle Ages are not the works of single personalities but creations of entire epochs. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Achievement Single Circumstance Significance Temples Entire Seem Architectural Structures Cathedrals Makes Times Antique Roman Middle Middle Ages Personalities Us Ages Creations Full Works Even Earlier

He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Me Man Sometimes Free Nothing Seem Free Man He Does Who

The hardest thing is to tell the truth about oneself. One doesn't like to remember unpleasant details, but forgetting them makes one's life seem disorganized. Marjory Stoneman Douglas

Life Truth Remember Tell Details Unpleasant About Seem Oneself Like Makes Forgetting The Hardest Thing Them Disorganized Hardest Hardest Thing Thing

People seem to think that you should be willing to speak to them whether they're jerks or not. Martha Plimpton

You People Speak Think Willing Seem Whether Them Should Jerks

Cartoon violence is something very vivid and dark but made palatable for children in a fun way. That's the kind of comedy I do - I try to take subjects that might seem deep and make them as silly as possible. Michael Che

Our planet doesn't seem to be the result of anything very special. Murray Gell-Mann

Result Our Our Planet Seem Very Anything Planet Special

When a kid graduates from being the youngest in a family to being a big brother or sister, there's an amazing transformation. They have to make a big effort, and when they accept their new position in the family, everybody breathes a sigh of relief. All of a sudden they seem bigger, and they seem smarter, and they feel good about it, too. Peggy Rathmann

Good Family Feel Good Amazing Big Sister Transformation Too Everybody Kid Sigh Relief Brother About Seem Feel Smarter New Make Accept Big Brother Effort Graduates Being Bigger Breathes Youngest Sudden Position

Simplicity, clarity, singleness: These are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy as they are also the marks of great art. They seem to be the purpose of God for his whole creation. Richard Holloway

I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible. Saint Teresa of Avila

Obedience Impossible Power Easy Seem Know Making Which Things

The stars look the same from night to night. Nebulae and galaxies are dully immutable, maintaining the same overall appearance for thousands or millions of years. Indeed, only the sun, moon and planets - together with the occasional comet, asteroid or meteor - seem dynamic. Seth Shostak

Together Space Moon Stars Asteroid Indeed Sun Thousands Immutable Seem Only Maintaining Overall Look Comet Occasional Meteor Years Same Dynamic Galaxies Planets Appearance Millions Night Millions Of Years

In the media age, everybody was famous for 15 minutes. In the Wikipedia age, everybody can be an expert in five minutes. Special bonus: You can edit your own entry to make yourself seem even smarter. Stephen Colbert

Sometimes people make it seem like you have to have certain prerequisites or a crazy life story in order to be successful in this world. But the truth is you really don't. Stephen Curry

Life Truth Crazy You Truth Is People World Sometimes Seem Life Story Like Make Order Story Crazy Life Really Successful Certain

I think we all cheer for couples who just seem right together and go the distance. Susan Lucci

Together Think Distance Seem Cheer Couples Go Just Who Right

Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason. Thomas Aquinas

Men Sense Live Seem Rather Most According Than Reason

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