Encounters Quotes

Librarians are more important than ever before ... are uniquely qualified to help all of us separate the digital wheat from the chaff, to help us understand the reliability of the data we encounter.

the encounter with death is the great turning-point in the lives of those who live on.

You must always remember, because the mediocre mind you encounter may be your own.

To have one's mother-in-law in the country when one lives in Paris, and vice versa, is one of those strokes of luck that one encounters only too rarely.

We are moving rapidly into a world in which the spying machinery is built into every object we encounter.

Slenderman can invoke memory loss in all but the most resolute - you could have already had a Slenderman encounter and not remember it.

Most of what you encounter when you meet a man is a facade, an elaborate fig leaf, a brilliant disguise.

How does a person create a song? A lot of it is being open to encounter and to be in touch with the miraculous.

Nothing is so irretrievably missed as an opportunity we encounter every day.

Taking delight in random encounters that come our way is a wonderful reminder that God is in control.

To exist without purpose is to be at the mercy of the chance encounter, the chance invitation, the chance phone call, the chance event- always being controlled by forces external to oneself.

Toy Story we found, sorta by accident, because we didnt know what we were doing, the idea of being replaced by somebody. Everybody has that fear, or encounters this jealousy at some point.

Creativity is the encounter of the intensively conscious human being with his world.

Muslim immigrants like himself encounter prejudice here [in U.S.] but also find political and religious freedom.

We must calculate not on the weather, nor on fortune, but upon God and ourselves. He may fail us in the gratification of our wishes, but never in the encounter with our exigencies.

I mean that psychologically. I think [Donald Trump] showed in the debates when he encounters criticism or challenge he behaves the way a bully would. He just doesn't take it well.

Suspend for a moment your disbelief and encounter once again the sense of wonder you knew when there was... magic!

Our children were created with a deep hunger to encounter the supernatural living God.

A man is fortunate if he encounters living examples of vice, as well as of virtue, to inspire him.

History is the record of encounters between character and circumstance.

Whenever and wherever one encounters the arising and passing away of the mental-physical structure, one enjoys bliss and delight, which lead on to the deathless stage experienced by the wise

Soil is an almost magical substance, a living system that transforms the materials it encounters.

There is no complete life. There are only fragments. We are born to have nothing, to have it pour through our hands. And yet, this pouring, this flood of encounters, struggles, dreams...

When we aren't alert, we miss opportunities to improve ourselves. We should always watch for circumstances or situations that can help or harm us and be eager to learn from these encounters.

I think life is a learning lesson within itself. I think you should take the best out of everything that you see and that you encounter and make the best of it.

Hello, I'm Leonard Nimoy. The following tale of alien encounters is true. By true I mean false. It's all lies. But they're entertaining lies and in the end, isn't that the truth? The answer is no.

Visit your local supermarket or retail chain. You'll experience a lot of visual stimulus, but it's unlikely that your other senses will encounter any compelling messages.

There is no substitute for a firsthand encounter with the Word of God.

When one encounters truth, one encounters the God whose truth it is.

If a child never sees the stars, never has meaningful encounters with other species, never experiences the richness of nature, what happens to that child?

Many of the unexpected opportunities we encounter are small but significant.

I always notice the dysfunctional dynamic of human relationships because most places where you encounter it, people are trying to pretend it isnt happening.

It is typical for implicit status hierarchies of influence and esteem to emerge in interpersonal encounters, especially those that are goal oriented.

We live in a world of copies and we're fascinated when we encounter the originals (in a museum, for instance).

Every day we encounter situations where we have to make a stand. Looking back, I could have not hand-picked a better song to be my first single.

I only translate authors whose work already interests me as a reader, and that's a decision I make based on multiple encounters with an author's work.

He who would lay hands upon us will encounter thorns and barbs!

An encounter with god or with the transcendent, per se, can only occur when we experience the violent side of god.

Well, Brief Encounter is certainly one of my top five favorites of all time. I looked at Brief Encounter very closely, to be honest.

I hate traveling and being away from my family. But I like meeting my readers, as what I write is actualized in them. Those encounters are exhilarating to me.

Every epoch has its character determined by the way its population reacts to the material events which they encounter.

PITIFUL, adj. The state of an enemy or opponent after an imaginary encounter with oneself.

God isn't chocolate, he's the encounter between chocolate and the palate capable of appreciating it.

I encounter a lot of prejudice and a lot of darkness. I have to negotiate constantly through situations that are uncomfortable or difficult or strange.

As many as are the difficulties which Virtue has to encounter in this world, her force is yet superior.

As an actor, when you encounter a psychopathic personality, you naturally want to make him 'bigger than life,' as the Americans say.

True mindfulness is the awareness that everything you encounter is a vigorous expression of the same living universe as you.

You can't think of everything in life your horse might encounter that might make him afraid so you'd better prepare em for it in other ways.

All too infrequently do I encounter a new voice as delightful, compelling, and intelligent as that of Molly Tanzer.

There is no truth to any meeting or physical encounter.