Quotes About Shifting Sands

#1. The shifting sands of the world ... show how much the surrealists were drawn towards an interrogation of what reality actually is. Unlike fabulists of whatever hue, there is a materiality in surrealist writing that resolutely keeps it, one might say, 'down to earth'.

Michael Richardson

#2. It is not surprising that in talking about uncertainty we should lean heavily on facts, just as the court of law does when interrogating witnesses. Facts form a sort of bedrock on which we can build the shifting sands of uncertainty.

Dennis Lindley

#3. Studios and networks who ignore either shift - whether the increasing sophistication of storytelling, or the constantly shifting sands of technological advancement - will be left behind,

Kevin Spacey

#4. There's a reason publishers don't build on top of social platforms: publishers are an independent lot, and they naturally understand the value of owning your own domain. Publishers don't want to be beholden to the shifting sands of inscrutable platform policies.

John Battelle

#5. I wanted to learn more of love- that is built not on the shifting sands of violent passion but on the steady rock of deep and abiding affection.

Victoria Holt

#6. The British economy of the future must be built not on the shifting sands of boom and bust, but on the bedrock of prudent and wise economic management for the long term. It is only these firm foundations that we can raise Britain's underlying economic performance.

Gordon Brown

#7. When our pride usurps Truth, we walk on the shifting sands of relativism, an ego driven reality.

Alisa Hope Wagner

#8. We must be those who build on the rock-solid foundation of mind-engaging process, rather than on the shifting sands of 'what this verse means to me' subjectivity.

Jen Wilkin

#9. America needs a sensible, sustainable Iran policy that can meet U.S. security and economic interests, command international support and withstand the shifting Middle Eastern sands.

Samantha Power

#10. The people may be made to follow a path of action but they may not be made to understand it.

Confucius

#11. In all the houses keys to memorizing objects and feelings had been written. But the system demanded so much vigilance and moral strength that many succumbed to the spell of an imaginary reality, one invented by themselves, which was less practical for them but more comforting.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

#12. Far be it from a French man to interfere with love.

E.A. Bucchianeri

#13. Once you go from 10 people to 100, you already don't know who everyone is. So at that stage you might as well keep growing, to get the advantages of scale.

Sergey Brin

#14. In the present imperialistic milieu there can be no wars of national self-defense.

Karl Liebknecht

#15. When NYDJ called me and told me that Christie Brinkley was going to be on set with me I freaked out. And when I met Christie, she had a little freak out because she said that her daughter Sailor loved me so much.

Ashley Graham

#16. I awoke one morning to find myself famous.

George Gordon Byron

#17. It's such a hard thing to write a song for your fans without sounding naff and thanking them for spending money on you.

Olly Murs

#18. She likes you so much it makes her not like you.

Melissa Tagg