Lineality Quotes & Sayings

Scrubbing floors and emptying bedpans has as much dignity as the Presidency. — Richard M. Nixon

I live opposite an amazing wood in London, and you can usually find me sitting there for hours and sketching. Sometimes the icon or symbol leads me to the face, but usually it's the other way around. — Noma Bar

How can you be with someone if you never see them? — Jennifer Close

We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe. — Carlos Castaneda

I shall try to write a poem that is about the moment but doesn't betray things that are true to me as a poet. — Andrew Motion

I wonder why trying to transcend time never even succeeds in stopping it ... — Margaret Atwood

The thing about New York is, more than any other place I've ever been, you run into people on the street that you would never imagine you'd see, old friends, people just like there for a day or two. I find that all the time when I'm walking around Manhattan, running into people that I had no idea were even there. — Michael Shannon

[I]t wasn't history that was too fragile, but me. — Jessi Kirby

The vagaries of the industry and show business itself would not lead one to conclude a lengthy career - because things change. Popularities come and go. The tragedy of it is that somebody like Robin Williams should suffer from that, and be driven to commit suicide. If ever there was an untimely, unfair death, it was him. — Chris Stein

I always wanna be in the process of evolving and growing. — David Sanborn

As a kid I was told to quit daydreaming! Don't you want to be a success like Joe, who always listens?
Now, I'm an adult and Joe is in jail and I'm writing books, go figure. — P.M. Russell

There is an impression abroad that literary folk are fast readers. Wine tasters are not heavy drinkers. Literary people read slowly because they sample the complex dimensions and flavors of words and phrases. They strive for totality not lineality. They are well aware that the words on the page have to be decanted with the utmost skill. Those who imagine they read only for "content" are illusioned. — Marshall McLuhan

Chloe handed a pink envelope to Madeline. "Can you keep this, Mummy? It's an invitation to Amabella's party. You have to come dressed as something starting with A. I'm going to dress up as a princess." She ran off. — Liane Moriarty

Don't a fellow feel good after he gets out of a store where he nearly bought something. — Kin Hubbard

Is duty a mere sport, or an employ! Life an entrusted talent or a toy! — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

In the 16th century, after a period of decline and corrupt administration, the abbot sold the lead from the church roof, which later collapsed as a result. — Alta MacAdam