Opening Quotes

But there's one thing I'm sure about. An opening line should invite the reader to begin the story. It should say: Listen. Come in here. You want to know about this.

An important consequence of freeing oneself from the fear of death is a radical opening to spirituality of a universal and non-denominational type.

Compassion isn't morose; it's something replenishing and opening; that's why it makes us happy.

There can be no doubt that the practice of opening legislative sessions with prayer has become part of the fabric of our society.

Art thaws even the frozen, darkened soul, opening it to lofty spiritual experience.

I didn't want to chase movies. It's too hard. You've got to work at it - opening nights, photo shoots, publicity people, managers. I never wanted to do that. I'm too lazy.

With the opening of the New Year, all the closed portals of limitations will be thrown open and I shall move through them to vaster fields, where my worthwhile dreams of life will be fulfilled.

Meanwhile music pounded / across hearts opening every valve to the desperate drama of being / a self in a song.

Charity in the theater begins and ends with those who have a play opening within a week of one's own.

To all players I can recommend the following: simplicity and economy. These are the characteristics of the opening systems of many great masters... A solid opening repertoire fosters self-confidence.

There is nothing better than being in a classroom with really, really brilliant students, and opening up new worlds to them. That's what I love doing.

Does the cosmos contain keys for opening my diving bell? A subway line with no terminus? A currency strong enough to buy my freedom back? We must keep looking.

I always begin at the left with the opening word of the sentence and read toward the right and I recommend this method.

Inertia is depression's best friend. There's always a hump to get over before you can actually change. So pushing yourself over the hump is like opening a door to a new brain pattern.

What you dismiss as an ordinary coincidence may be an opening to an extraordinary adventure.

The opening of large tracts by the ice-cutters commonly causes a pond to break up earlier; for the water, agitated by the wind, even in cold weather, wears away the surrounding ice.

Never to tire, never to grow cold; to be patient, sympathetic, tender; to look for the budding flower and the opening heart; to hope always; like God, to love always--this is duty.

The opening ceremony was good, although I missed it.

There's nothing like Opening Day. There's nothing like the start of a new season. I started playing baseball when I was seven years old and quit playing when I was 40, so it's kind of in my blood.

It isn't necessary to seek out adventure. Opening to what is around you will produce the most extraordinary experiences.

Let's say you're a garage mechanic, and you have big dreams about opening up your own chain of branded garages around the country. Terrific.

Nowadays even presidents, vice-presidents, and heads of big agencies are opening their minds to accept psychic phenomena, because they know it works.

The picture is like a prayer, an offering, and hopefully an opening through which to seek what we don't know, or already know and should take seriously.

It is always advantageous to exchange your king's bishop pawn for the king's pawn, since this leads to the seizure of the centre and, in addition, to the opening of a file for the rook.

There is something incomparably thrilling in first opening a brand new book.

Where shall we three meet again in thunder, lightning, or in rain? When the hurlyburly 's done, when the battle 's lost and won

The 6th of August in the morning we saw an opening in the land and we ran into it, and anchored in 7 and a half fathom water, 2 miles from the shore, clean sand.

We were about to give up and call it a night when somebody threw the girl off the bridge.

We're getting close to making our vision a reality. It's exciting to be on the cusp of opening our doors to the public. We're right on schedule.

Psychologically, the choice of an appropriate opening is of the utmost importance for a player's success in a tournament.

In opening our hearts, we hope this might promote greater awareness of this condition. Perhaps it will encourage a clearer understanding of the individuals and families who are affected by it.

Do you seriously envision St. Paul or Calvin or Luther opening bottles of Welch's Grape Juice in the sacristy before the service? Luther at least would turn over in his grave.

Plato feels that ethical abstinences and austerities are essential preconditions for the cleansing and opening of the eye of the soul.

It's not just a boring exercise in pushing oil paint around a canvas. It's a way of opening a threshold to an exciting new world of vision.

I think the best thing somebody ever did to me was my mother opening her legs and squirting me out.

I make shoes for white suburban kids, not the poor black kids. That would be like opening a restaurant for people without stomachs.

They had an opening. You know, it was one of those deals. I auditioned and got it in '93.

Me and Mr. Brainwash in Toronto signing his mural at Hard Candy Fitness Opening! #artforfreedom

One of the first jobs I ever had was opening clams in a seafood restaurant, so I'm pretty quick at it.

My first jam was at Hotel Diplomat opening for Hollywood.

Stable energy prices and enhanced national security will only come when we increase domestic energy resources, which was accomplished today with the opening of ANWR.

Death is the opening of a more subtle life. In the flower, it sets free the perfume; in the chrysalis, the butterfly; in man, the soul.

The infant, on opening his eyes, ought to see his country, and to the hour of his death never lose sight of it.

I would like to hear from Chancellor Merkel what she was thinking when opening the borders. I cannot imagine at all what it was.

You just need that opening, that moment, when you finally decide to give yourself permission to change.

Starting a novel is opening a door on a misty landscape; you can still see very little but you can smell the earth and feel the wind blowing.

Opening Night: The night before the play is ready to open.

I'm opening a store at the end of the month in the New York meatpacking district. I'm launching a line of bedding this summer, and I am writing a book that will be out next January.

...opening up a newspaper is the key to looking classy and smart. Never mind the bronze-plated stuff about the role of the press in a democracy - a newspaper, kiddo, is about Style.

Killing with the point lacks artistry, but don't let that hold your hand when the opening presents itself.