Perfectly Expressed Quotes

#1. Two of the first plays I saw after I arrived in Britain were 'King Lear' in Liverpool, and 'Antony and Cleopatra' at Stratford. One was produced with hardly a backdrop and the other with gigantic scene changes. I was impressed by what connected the two: the words and their life beyond the stage.

Romesh Gunesekera

#2. She'd know the smell of him, the taste of him, the feel of him anywhere.

Beth Harbison

#3. There is no need to express art in terms of nature. It can perfectly well be expressed in terms of geometry and the exact sciences.

Georges Vantongerloo

#4. Some things can be perfectly expressed by sound alone and images would only be disturbing. Other times, sound would be possible, but visuals are much stronger and closer to what I want to express and then again, they sometimes overlap perfectly.

Alva Noto

#5. I feel very privileged to have reached so many kids because a life without stories, without the power of books, would be a very grey world, it's good to add colour.

Anthony Horowitz

#6. A short list of things to fear: the hills opening up, automatic weaponry, macho posturing, stepping on a mine, thrown into the air, engulfed in flames, ambush. What Juliet fears: snakes.

Carrie Snyder

#7. All these years I'd thought being a spy was challenging. Turns out, being a girl is the tricky part.

Ally Carter

#8. When I was younger I used to lock myself in the bathroom and read in the dry tub. I was also a fan of the 'shoe closet.' Reading felt thrilling and illicit and deeply private to me, and I felt vulnerable doing it in public.

Karen Russell

#9. It's always been him saving me ... and I'm not used to that.

Ann Aguirre

#10. The ideal American type is perfectly expressed by the Protestant, individualist, anti-conformist, and this is the type that is in the process of disappearing. In reality there are few left.

Orson Welles

#11. As you ask for guidance throughout your day, you will notice you are easily guided to the people, places and situations for your highest good.

Catherine Carrigan

#12. What the song expressed so perfectly from lyric to melody was unrequited love, and we men of the south loved nothing more than unrequited love, cracked hearts our primary weakness after cigarettes, coffee, and cognac.

Viet Thanh Nguyen

#13. I believe it is wrong, in a country of such wealth and prosperity, to have 36 million Americans living in poverty.

John Edward

#14. Let me say no more. Words do no justice to the hidden meaning. Everything immediately becomes slightly different when it is expressed in words, a little bit distorted, a little foolish ... It is perfectly fine with me that what for one man is precious wisdom for another sounds like foolery.

Hermann Hesse

#15. The way the big top looked right then expressed perfectly how she felt. Empty. Abandoned. Alone.

Sarah Noffke

#16. You do your bit and then you hope for the best and you think, oh I hope there's an audience at the end of the day.

Sally Hawkins

#17. Fashion faux pas should be celebrated. I enjoy them because it means we're not all clones.

Linda Evangelista

#18. What is a good definition? For the philosopher or the scientist, it is a definition which applies to all the objects to be defined, and applies only to them; it is that which satisfies the rules of logic. But in education it is not that; it is one that can be understood by the pupils.

Henri Poincare

#19. Iraq is in a civil war. There is no road in that country that is safe.

Mark Shields