Top 1200 Point Quotes & Sayings - Page 18

The personal is political, but only to a point.

Consider a man riding a bicycle. Whoever he is, we can say three things about him. We know he got on the bicycle and started to move. We know that at some point he will stop and get off. Most important of all, we know that if at any point between the beginning and the end of his journey he stops moving and does not get off the bicycle he will fall off it. That is a metaphor for the journey through life of any living thing, and I think of any society of living things.

I write from my point of view.

Sometimes there's no point in giving up.

We are seeing, then, that our experience is altogether momentary. From one point of view, each moment is so elusive and so brief that we cannot even think about it before it has gone. From another point of view, this moment is always here, since we know no other moment than the present moment. It is always dying, always becoming past more rapidly than imagination can conceive. Yet at the same time it is always being born, always new, emerging just as rapidly from that complete unknown we call the future. Thinking about it almost makes you breathless.

Wherever you are is the entry point.

There's no point feeling angry at a drunk.

If you're not entertaining, what the hell's the point?

Evil is just a point of view

There's no point sulking for what has happened in the past.

What difference, at this point, does it make?

All religions have a point of convergence.

I want to be myself otherwise what's the point.

What's the point of having shimmery feet?

Talent is only a starting point.

The point is to be free, not to be crazy.

The point of the essay is to change things.

To be great, art has to point somewhere.

If at first you don't succeed, that's one data point.

I have no handles, I'm no point guard.

I'm willing to be an open book, to a point.

Talent is only the starting point.

The present is the point of power.

The starting point is a question.

At the still point, there the dance is.

Wherever you are, that's the entry point.

The summit is just a halfway point.

I wasn't a point guard. I was a killer.

I'm a perfectionist, to the point of insanity.

Being a writer is not the point. Writing is.

I know that. What's your point?

I have a great editor and I enjoy, in a masochistic way, being ruthless about my own performance. How do I know, but I think I'm quite good at saying, "That's no good. That's no good. That's it. That's it. That's good." And I'm with the editor who goes, "No, I think you're wrong. That's not your best." There's an initial point in the editing, if you're directing yourself, especially in my case, where you go, "Ouch, ouch, ouch, I can't watch this." And then, there's a point where you become hard-nosed and just take your neurosis away and go, "What's working? That's okay. That's okay. We can lose that, and lose that." You get objective about it.

I have no point in procrastinating any longer.

I know I can play point guard.

The infant-inconvenience kicked in response, and Conall twitched at the sensation. “Active little pup, isn’t he?” “She,” corrected his wife. “As if any child of mine would dare be a boy.” It was a long-standing argument. “Boy,” replied Conall. “Any child as difficult as this one has been from the start must, perforce, be male.” Alexia snorted. “As if my daughter would be calm and biddable.” Conall grinned, catching one of her hands and bringing it in for a kiss, all prickly whiskers and soft lips. “Very good point, wife. Very good point.

I think we could be at a tipping point

What's the point in fashion if nobody can wear it?

I hate admitting that my enemies have a point.

Concentration may be my weak point.

'Carol' is so distorted by point-of-view.

Sustainability takes forever. And that's the point.

What’s the point in hating something if you aren’t proactive?

We all struggle in life at a certain point.

What is the point in punishing a country?

Evil is a point of view.

Speak briefly and to the point.

I don't see the point of pretending we're clones.

To me, point of view is everything.

Point shoes are torture devices.

There's no point in playing with pressure.

If you don't have time for your life, what's the point of it all?

There's no point living, if you can't feel alive.

A lot depends on the starting point.

Since Jimmy Carter, religious fundamentalists play a major role in elections. He was the first president who made a point of exhibiting himself as a born again Christian. That sparked a little light in the minds of political campaign managers: Pretend to be a religious fanatic and you can pick up a third of the vote right away. Nobody asked whether Lyndon Johnson went to church every day. Bill Clinton is probably about as religious as I am, meaning zero, but his managers made a point of making sure that every Sunday morning he was in the Baptist church singing hymns.

Decorating is not a look, it's a point of view.

the point is that there are always answers.

What's the point of a song if you can't be honest?

Science fiction is what we point to when we say it.

You're always choosing the start point and the end point. And almost by definition, the most interesting period is where something happens, as a result of which something is different at the end. And so to me, the idea that you know everything about a character at the beginning is sort of ridiculous. Something has to be revealed. I like it when the deeper you go with the character, the more you see the layers start to peel away. It's more challenging to me, but it's also just interesting. Those are the things I like to watch. I like to watch the evolutions of something.

I don't see the point of grumpy people.