The Sight Quotes
At a distance, we cannot conceive of the authority of a despot who knows all his subjects on sight.
Any man will admit if need be that his sight is not good, or that he cannot swim or shoots badly with a rifle, but to touch upon his sense of humour is to give him mortal affront.
The Emrys! The Emrys is here!' Merlin shook his head in astonishment. 'Has it come to this?' he wondered. 'Even small children know me by sight.
There should always be in sight the draw — a kind of a beacon that draws you on through the labyrinth.
I'm almost there, almost to the barricade, when I thinks she hears me. Because for just a moment, she catches sight of me, her lips form my name. And that's when the rest of the parachutes go off.
What was once obvious to them was no longer quite as obvious. Why was it that humans lost sight of truth so quickly?
Walls are built up between people a hell of a damn sight faster than--broken down.
Do nothing to mar its grandeur ... keep it for your children, your children's children, and all who come after you, as the one great sight which every American should see.
The business of the dramatist is to keep himself out of sight, and to let nothing appear but his characters. As soon as he attracts notice to his personal feelings, the illusion is broken.
It is the Lord's Day, and I do believe that cheerful hearts and faces are not unpleasant in His sight.
When you fall in love with golf, you seldom fall easy. Itʹs obsession at first sight.
The Devil never tempts us with more success than when he tempts us with a sight of our own good actions.
The first author of speech was God himself, that instructed Adam how to name such creatures as He presented to his sight.
There is no sadder sight in the world than to see a beautiful theory killed by a brutal fact.
Wishes, like painted landscapes, best delight, Whilst distance recommends them to the sight. Plac'd afar off, they beautiful appear: But show their coarse and nauseous colors near.
You looked at me then like you knew me, and I thought it really was Eden, and I couldn't take your eyes in because I was loving the hoof marks on your cheeks.
The first steps of a creative act are like groping in the dark: random and chaotic, feverish and fearful, a lot of busy-ness with no apparent or definable end in sight.
Become enraptured by the sights and sounds in intrigue of nature and beauty, come along with me and take it all in. Come here my love.
Sometimes I see him as just another person, and sometimes I feel the sight of him in my gut, like a deep ache.
I disliked singing in English and neither liked the story nor the character of Cressida.
Wonder at the first sight of works of art may be the effect of ignorance and novelty; but real admiration and permanent delight in them are the growth of taste and knowledge.
I love you more than word can wield the matter, Dearer than eye-sight, space and liberty
Dead shepherd, now I find thy saw of might. Whoever lov'd that lov'd not at first sight.
The mysteries that cups of flowers infold And all the gorgeous sights which fairies do behold.
Perhaps one of the most important lessons that I continue to have reinforced is to always have faith and believe in yourself. To never lose sight of who you are and to know yourself.
Until you let go of that bitterness in your heart, it will find a comfortable place to destroy your dreams, your sight and most times, your sleep.
I might call him. A thing divine, for nothing natural. I ever saw so noble.
the bible gives me a deep comforting sense that (things seen are temporal, and things unseen are eternal.
You are taking things far too literally. Everything you see is merely a symbol for things you do not see. Most of the people of this world are asleep in their minds.
Beauty is all very well at first sight but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days?
They might not need me but they might. I'll let my head be just in sight a smile as small as mine might be precisely their necessity.
Maybe love at first sight isn’t what we think it is. Maybe it’s recognising a soul we loved in a past life and falling in love with them again.