Talismanic Quotes & Sayings

any great interference with the affairs of other people is a species of tyranny, — Thomas Robert Malthus

After getting glasses and contacts it was kind of a wow moment that I could definitely see better and on the soccer field it really helped me. — Heather O'Reilly

There is something talismanic about familiar words. — Marcel Theroux

In the end, I'm convinced we will all benefit if suspicion is replaced by discussion, innuendo by dialogue; if the emphasis in our debate turns from a search for talismanic criteria and neat but simplistic answers to an honest - more intelligent - attempt at describing the role religion has in our public affairs, and the limits placed on that role. — Mario Cuomo

Art is always about overcoming obstacles between the inner condition and the skill for expression. — Ai Weiwei

We do not see faith, hope, and charity as unattainable ideals, but we use them as stout supports of a nation fighting the fight for freedom in a modern civilization. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

It was true. She was his soul's star. His heart ignited every time she came into the room, flared with every just-so gesture. Anything she touched became instantly talismanic. — Mark Kirkbride

I would assign every lie a color: yellow when they were innocent, pale blue when they sailed over you like the sky, red because I knew they drew blood. And then there was the black lie. That's the worst of all. A black lie was when I told you the truth. — Steve Martin

Nothing can be so perfect while we possess it as it will seem when remembered. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

It is curiosity, initiative, originality, and the ruthless application of honesty that count in research- much more than feats of logic and memory alone. — Julian Huxley

Who would I least want to hang out with? Probably John Lotter. I guess I have a place of understanding for everyone I've played. — Peter Sarsgaard

For a long time, I debated about whether I would make movies or join the circus and work as a clown. — Denis Lavant

When we come to nonattachment, then we can understand the marvelous mystery of the universe: how it is intense activity and at the same time intense peace, how it is work every moment and rest every moment. — Swami Vivekananda

You think Mother sent us out here to have visions?' Ralph asked.
'Maybe to gain strength and holiness by a purging process',Glen said. 'The casting away of things is symbolic,you know.Talismanic. When you cast away things, you're also casting away the self related others that are symbolically related to those things. You are starting a cleaning out process. You begin to empty the vessel. — Stephen King

That story, as all good stories, planted a seed in my soul and never left me. — Chigozie Obioma

Just a month after the completion of the Declaration of Independence, at a time when he delegates might have been expected to occupy themselves with more pressing concerns -like how they were going to win the war and escape hanging- Congress quite extraordinarily found time to debate business for a motto for the new nation. (Their choice, E Pluribus Unum, "One from Many", was taken from, of all places, a recipe for salad in an early poem by Virgil.) — Bill Bryson

The mantra of the new historicists was "we have betrayed ourselves." Since their emergence, there have been more or less interesting paradigm shifts having mainly to do with Habermas and the increased focus on media studies, but the talismanic word has never ceased to be "history." — Paul Fry