Expression Quotes

Marriages are more likely to fail when one partner not only does not mirror the other's expressions of happiness, but instead shows expressions of contempt.

Philosophy is the rational expression of genius.

Devotees of grammatical studies have not been distinguished for any very remarkable felicities of expression

Someday you're going to get hungry and eat most of the words you just said.

I maintain that the expression of junk and objects has an intrinsic value, and I see no need to look for aesthetic forms in them and to adapt them to the colors of the palette.

I was country when country wasn't cool.

It is a distortion of the notion of romantic love to want to see obedience as the quintessential expression of respect.

I never show the back of my tongue. That is a Dutch expression.

What word or expression do you most overuse? Re-reading a collection of my stuff, I was rather startled to find that it was 'perhaps.

Looking in the mirror, staring back at me isn't so much a face as the expression of a predicament.

Actions are not impostions on who we are, but are expressions of who we are. They come out of our heart and the inner realities it supervises and interacts with

Write what you feel. Write because of that need for expression.

In a world filled with violence, hatred, and suspicion, giving is an expression of faith, trust, and concern.

Siamese Cats have a way of staring at you. Those who have walked in on the Queen cleaning her teeth will know the expression.

Nowadays, photographers start out with ideas, and their photos become the expression of an idea. To my way of thinking, a photo should not depend on ideas, should go beyond ideas.

The wages of sin are an expensive infection.

The menu de degustation is the finest expression of avant-garde cooking.

I feel that discussing story-writing in terms of plot, character, and theme is like trying to describe the expression on a face by saying where the eyes, nose, and mouth are.

During the songs, you transcend yourself. The best way to be in the performance is to be without pause and be essentially in the moment, in that moment of expression.

Purely cinematic film ... actually the purest expression of a cinematic idea.

Inspiration is enough to give expression to the tone in singing, especially when the song is without words.

Generosity is a practical expression of Love.

Anyone can revolt. It is more difficult silently to obey our own inner promptings, and to spend our lives finding sincere and fitting means of expression for our temperament and our gifts.

Each time we see and are touched by the expression of some eternal principle, we catch a sweet glimpse of some aspect of our True Self.

Our whole life is an attempt to discover when our spontaneity is whimsical, sentimental irresponsibility and when it is a valid expression of our deepest desires and values.

This fond reiteration of the oldest expressions of truth by the latest posterity, content with slightly and religiously retouchingthe old material, is the most impressive proof of a common humanity.

Art is something given, not reproduced... the painter paints what he sees with his innermost senses, the expression of his being... for him every other impression becomes an inner expression.

Everything you should be an expression of your purpose. If an activity doesn't fit that formula, you wouldn't work on it. Period.

New conditions of life will stimulate thought and give new forms to its expression.

Mothers are the heart and soul of every life they touch. In them lies the beauty, depth and grandeur of life. Cherish the Children is an inspirational expression of the importance of a Mother's work.

It's the bond between mother and child, which is really for us and for chimps and other primates, the root of all the expressions of social behavior.

The brain, to be sure, is indeed the physical embodiment of the mind, the organ through which the mind finds expression and through which it acts in the world.

The inexpressible is the only thing that is worthwhile.

the prison system, inherently unjust and inhumane, is the ultimate expression of injustice and inhumanity in the society at large.

People took the word "clean" out of context. My mother had an expression: "clean as a whistle, sharp as a tack." I inherited her originality.

Individuality of expression is the beginning and end of all art.

...also took for granted that secret services were the only real measure of a nations political health, the only real expression of its subconscious.

Repose demands for its expression the implied capability of its opposite,--energy.

You walked out of my dreams and into my car.

Impression minus expression leads to spiritual depression.

When you step back and watch people, you realize that we use every single body part. Movement, dance - I find it genius because it's ultimate expression, really.

In repose, my face looks as though I had gone through a terrible deal in the last five minutes. I have to disguise the expression and get a glassy-eyed look. That's something I learned from my dog.

The 50s face was angry, the 60s face was well-fed, the 70s face was foxy. Perhaps it was the right expression: there was a lot to be wary about.

The freedom of personal expression, ideas and imagination, working in collaboration with people from diverse backgrounds - is what's needed to spawn creativity.

As a matter of fact is an expression that precedes many an expression that isn't.

Those who refuse to look at or give expression to the dark side of life are in denial-fear preventing passage through the door of growth, truth and, ultimately, wisdom.

Sometimes you tell the truth like you're pulling taffy.

Uplift, your mind is a gift.

I only give expression to the instincts from my soul.

Every expression of truth has in it the seeds of propagation, even as the sun cannot hide its light.