Hypotyposis Quotes

#1. A great city is that which has the greatest men and women.

Walt Whitman

#2. There is a point in every philosophy at which the "conviction" of the philosopher appears on the scene; or, to put it in the words of an ancient mystery: adventavit asinus, / pulcher et fortissimus. (Translation: The ass arrives, beautiful and most brave.)

Friedrich Nietzsche

#3. There are many ways to go about a story. And if you give yourself some formal constraints, it just makes the job so much - maybe 'easier' isn't the right word, but because you know your boundaries, you can just play within those boundaries much more, so it's much more fun to do.

Samantha Harvey

#4. Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.

Thomas Jefferson

#5. Never be content with your current grasp of the gospel.

C.J. Mahaney

#6. The list could surely go on, and there is nothing more wonderful than a list, instrument of wondrous hypotyposis.

Umberto Eco

#7. The new racism is anything that might hurt a Democrat politically.

Glenn Reynolds

#8. Hypotyposis is the rhetorical effect by which words succeed in rendering a visual scene.

Umberto Eco