Expression Quotes

There is no such thing as a perfect, ideal, or 'correct' translation. A translator is always trying to extend his knowledge and improve his means of expression; he is always pursuing facts and words.

We are surrounded by God’s benefits. The best use of these benefits is an unceasing expression of gratitude.

Mere enthusiasm is the all in all... / Passion and expression are beauty itself.

One of the fondest expressions around is that we can't be the world's policeman. But guess who gets called when suddenly someone needs a cop.

My interest lies in my self-expression -- what's inside of me -- not what I'm in.

When you speak of heaven, let your face light up; let it be irradiated by a heavenly gleam; let your eyes shine with reflected glory. But when you speak of hell, your ordinary expression will do.

If I make a mark in time, I can't say the mark is mine.

Her countenance was all expression; her eyes were not dark but impenetrably deep; you seemed to discover space after space in their intellectual glance.

American federalism was the embodiment of political tolerance and decentralization - the expression of the liberal conviction that society can manage itself and needs no central plan.

A haiku is the expression of a temporary enlightenment, in which we see into the life of things.

It's my party and I'll cry if I want to.

We may restrict the expression of worship for a season, just as we may briefly hold our breath, but there is an inward craving for worship that cannot be permanently stilled

As you know from the Italian expression, the fish stinks from the head down. What I can tell you two fish that don't stink, okay, and that's me and the President.

The specific excellence of verbal expression in poetry is to be clear without being low.

Like a fragrance to a flower, true happiness is an expression of your unconditional self...the real you.

Worlds and particles, bodies and beings, time and space: All are transient expressions of the Tao.

As many know, the Chinese expression for "crisis" consists of two characters side by side. The first is the symbol for "danger," the second the symbol for "opportunity."

If we're really committed to growth, we never stop discovering new dimensions of self and self-expression .

Desire is possibility seeking expression.

I think that promoting insecurity in the form of plastic surgery is infinitely more harmful than an artistic expression related to body modification.

Expression and the right to express is vital, anyone can be artistic.

David Alford technique that does NOT serve expression leads to exibitionism.

It's like ten thousand spoons, when all you need is a knife.

At 6 years old, the ice became a place for me to express myself. Because I was so shy off the ice, it became my safe haven, with music and freedom and self-expression. That was my emotional outlet.

When you become centered, suddenly there is great freedom because you know you are not the mind and you are not the body.

Few animals display their mood via facial expressions as distinctly as cats.

My films are the expression of momentary desires. I follow my instincts, but in a disciplined way.

Creativity is the ability to find new solutions to a problem or new modes of expression; thus it brings into existence something new to the individual and to the culture.

Sedentary people are apt to have sluggish minds. A sluggish mind is apt to be reflected in flabbiness of body and in a dullness of expression that invites no interest and gets none.

Price, taken by itself, is nothing but the monetary expression of value.

Expressions of disapproval are on a level of vulgarity that cannot be tolerated. The way to express disapproval is to do without applause.

Style is a celebratory expression of your life force. You must approach it with a sense of joie de vivre.

A garden really lives only insofar as it is an expression of faith, the embodiment of a hope and a song of praise.

All martial art is simply an honest expression of one's body — with a lot of deception in between.

Freedom of expression must be considered sacred and thought can only be corrected by counter thought.

One certain effect of war is to diminish freedom of expression.

You must forget all your theories, all your ideas before the subject. What part of these is really your own will be expressed in your expression of the emotion awakened in you by the subject.

Success in any endeavor depends on the degree to which it is an expression of your true self.

Will you ever run out of creative ideas and expressions? Ha! The more creative ideas you have, the more you will discover. Creativity is a tree with countless branches that never stop blossoming.

Sensibility alters from generation to generation in everybody, whether we will or no; but expression is only altered by a man of genius.

Indeed, man only exists insofar as he expresses himself. Music does it in musical ideas.

For me, Romanticism is the most recent and the most current expression of beauty.

Uncommon expressions are a disfigurement rather than an embellishment of discourse.

It is blasphemous rebellion against God thatmarks the Antichrist as the final and logical expression of humanism.

When I do a mask, I do try to put a lot of character and a lot of expression into the sculpt.

Geometry alone is not enough to portray human desires, expressions, aspirations, joys. We need more.

Changing our decision sets up a bad habit. It reinforces decision-making as an expression of bewilderment and ignorance, instead of wisdom and freedom.

Image quality is not the product of a machine, but of the person who directs the machine, and there are no limits to imagination and expression.

Poetry is the special medium of spiritual crazy wisdom, the form of expression that comes closest to creating a bridge between words and what is wordless.

Expressing gratitude seems like a cosmic invitation for all kinds of thankfulness and appreciation to pour in.