(205 quotes found)
“The world just does not fit conveniently into the format of a 35mm camera.”
W. Eugene Smith
“The interval between the decay of the old and the formation and the establishment of the new, constitutes a period of transition which must always necessarily be one of uncertainty, confusion, error, and wild and fierce fanaticism”
John C. Calhoun
“Now, there's been a persistent legend and a lot of slogans, and the formation of societies for the fostering of Franco-American friendship, which have had some effect, but there is a strong admiration in this country for the culture of France, and generally speaking I think the French find the Americans have been stout supporters of them in many of their periods of distress.”
David Bruce
“By phonemic trans-formation into visual terms, the alphabet became a universal, abstract, static container of meaningless sounds.”
Marshall McLuhan
“Consciousness is a phase of mental life which arises in connection with the formation of new habits. When habit is formed, consciousness only interferes to spoil our performance.”
W. R. Inge
“You have to get the butterflies to fly in formation, that's the trick.”
Steve Bull
“Despite the cassette format being almost entirely obsolete in portable and home markets, there was still widespread installation of cassette head units in new vehicles up until two years ago. Car manufacturers have reacted better to the current consumer demand for in-vehicle portable music player integration, compressed audio playback and DVD entertainment.”
Clare Hughes
“Why then is not every geological formation and every stratum full of such intermediate links? Geology assuredly does not reveal any such fine graduated organic chain; and this, perhaps, is the most obvious and serious objection which can be urged against the theory.”
Charles Darwin
“The formation of character in young people is educationally a different task from and a prior task to, the discussion of the great, difficult ethical controversies of the day.”
William Bennett
“We still believe a single format would be less confusing and more efficient for retailers.”
Amanda Tate
