Imprecise Define Quotes & Sayings

Traditional broadcast media seems old-fashioned and vague to me. When I watch television news, I'm aware of what skilled journalists they are, but I find it hard because of the corny way they present it. — Ira Glass

I don't want to portray myself as a daredevil. I'm not at all. — Joshua Bell

I was a young boy when I met the Surrealists and the Dadaists. I admired them, and that is what they taught me: to admire. Admiration is very important. People who are unable to admire others lose an important part of their soul. My soul developed from a very early age through encounters with admired people. — Stephane Hessel

It was deeply important for me to understand where Mandela came from. Because we know where he was going, and that's a famous story, but who was he? Where did he come from? What was his upbringing? — Idris Elba

Was a bird for about an hour," he said. "Tell you something about birds. People go around all the time sayin', 'Am I a man? Am I a woman, a real woman?' Lookin' at what they've done, wonderin' if that's what a man would do. Now, birds: they just birds. The one thing they never do is say, 'Am I a bird? — Theodore Sturgeon

Communism has failed; capitalism has failed; common sense has failed; now has to fail stupidity. — William C. Brown

The spring air just on the cold side of perfect, the late-afternoon light heavenly in its hurtfulness. — John Green

The greatest legacy one can pass on to one's children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one's life, but rather a legacy of character and faith. — Billy Graham

It may be that that we can sing what we often cannot say, whether it be from shyness, fear, lack of the right words or the passion or dramatic gift to express them. More souls have rallied to more causes by the strains of music than by straining rhetoric. — Richard Rodgers

The corporation, like the psychopathic personality it resembles, is programmed to exploit others for profit. — Joel Bakan

There are forms of art that I might not like to do myself, but I still have respect for the artists who create it. — Vanessa Paradis

I loved it, but had to forget about acting after elementary school because it was the sort of thing you just didn't do in my rough neighborhood. — Sherman Hemsley

... both spiritual teachers and preachers fall into the trap of using imprecise, emotional mumbo jumbo - if you can't define it or explain it, then it's mumbo jumbo - to connect with an audience. The audience reads into it what they want, and it makes for good theater. — Gudjon Bergmann

People in Michigan are good at separating fact from fiction. They know, better than most of the country, what happens to the economy and jobs when the scales are tipped too far in favor of one group over another. — Fred Upton

The world sums you up by the clothes that you wear, and treats you accordingly. — Al Koran

Nothing else dangerous we could find. Other than Wayne's body odor." "That's the smell of incredibleness," Wayne called from inside. — Brandon Sanderson