Top 1200 Universal Themes Quotes & Sayings - Page 20

The universal narrator knows all and can enter a character's head any time he chooses.

An aphorism is a personal observation inflated into a universal truth, a private posing as a general.

I think a universal feeling that we all share is that live experiences create indelible memories.

Everyone who wants to do good to the human race always ends in universal bullying.

Nothing is so contemptible as that affectation of wisdom, which some display, by universal incredulity.

Proof that they do not understand the republic is that in their fine promises for universal suffrage, they forgot women.

Anonymity is a universal convention of the blogosphere, and the wicked expedience is that you can speak without consequences.

A crisis of confidence is so common that it should be considered a universal part of the adoption process.

I don't know if it's a sadistic side or whatever, but you take characters and put them in really awful situations and make them go through that. And it's very satisfying as a director to explore that, to tell those stories and to explore those themes, because it is so human.

I have written six symphonies, they are smaller-scale works. I seem to emit my themes, work them out, combine and intertwine them, and then come to a close. I usually feel that there are no superfluous extras, but probably most composers feel that way about their works.

No matter who the characters are, you can strip them down and find small universal truths.

When one remains without thinking one understands another by means of the universal language of Silence.

If there is anything in the world which I do firmly believe in, it is the universal validity of the law of causation.

With my students, I don't offer any simple tips like that, maybe because my own process is pretty messy, but when we workshop we talk a lot about the deeper subject, which is what the story or novel is about. I think defining a narrative's themes can lay bare a narrative's tensions.

Imams must ridicule Caliphate fantasies. Exchange programmes between Muslim-only schools and non-Muslim-majority schools should be initiated. Community-based debates around these themes must no longer be shut down from fear of offence.

Or whatever politically correct spiritual representation of universal goodness you happen to believe in.

The Rosary is a magnificent and universal prayer for the needs of the Church, the nations and the entire world.

'I Am Number Four' definitely borrows from a whole bunch of genres and has a whole bunch of different themes throughout. And I think if it was just one stale two-dimensional thing then it would be kind of boring. And I think they did a fantastic job.

Some months ago, while I was preparing a new work, I told a young cinema executive my intention of including in a soundtrack two themes from Bach. But when he asked me which has been the last hit from that Bach?, then I knew that I had no longer place in cinema.

The Six Faces of the future are: Fast, Urban, Tribal, Universal, Radical and Ethical.

I think the father-son love story is a universal one which transcends color.

In terms of the themes, I love gray areas. The show is really about what makes someone truly good or what makes someone truly bad, and are we either of those things? 'Loki' is in that gray area.

Universal vaccination may well be the greatest success story in medical history.

There is a universal intelligence that we call God or Soul or Spirit or Consciousness, and it is everywhere and in all things.

Freedom is not the sole prerogative of a chosen few, but the universal right of all God's children.

To me, Valentine's Day is not merely limited to a lover but speaks of universal love.

A universal style is one that knows how to embrace lovingly those not quite developed.

Hurry and fear will instantly cut your connect with the universal mind.

All of us have that feeling of some deficiency from our childhood. I think that's a universal thing.

I don't think you can replaces great themes. But I think people do want to hear fresh arrangements of them. They don't want to hear them played the same way all the time.

Right is more beautiful than private affection, and is compatible with universal wisdom.

Silence is a solvent that destroys personality, and gives us leave to be great and universal.

Women's propensity to share confidences is universal. We confirm our reality by sharing.

It takes less than a decade for today's luxury to become a universal necessity.

A lot of high-level scientists are in fact people of almost universal interest.

An Associated Press report called the President's antics 'Bible-thumping politics.' Clinton's message was decidedly religious and partisan, as was Governor's Cuomo's remarks as he 'also cited religious themes and maxims.' Why didn't the press, the ACLU, and People for the American Way cry foul?

Death is the universal salt of states; Blood is the base of all things--law and war.

I rejoiced in my progress, mourned my weaknesses, and commiserated the universal instability of human conduct.

I was making big paintings with mythological themes. When I started painting black figures, the white professors were relieved, and the black students were like, 'She's on our side.' These are the kinds of issues that a white male artist just doesn't have to deal with.

The great universal family of men is a utopia worthy of the most mediocre logic.

The elegant study... is consistent with the themes of modern cognitive neuroscience . Every aspect of thought and emotion is rooted in brain structure and function, including many psychological disorders and, presumably, genius. The study confirms that the brain is a modular system comprising multiple intelligences, mostly nonverbal.

Brazilian music has always been a part of us, but it's even more valuable now because of the sentiment or the theme of the actual song. So I feel like 'Street Livin'' is paying homage to what we started and it's touching on a lot of serious themes to DACA, immigration reform, prison control... all the things we address in the video.

this is thy hour o soul, thy free flight into the wordless, away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson done, thee fully forth emerging, silent, gazing, pondering the themes thou lovest best, night, sleep, death and the stars.

This is the principle of Universal Brotherhood of man with one another, with all life down to the little ants.

Meanwhile, fears of universal disaster sank to an all time low over the world.

If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.

Culturally, I think 'All in the Family' was universal enough to have good timing at any time.

I Am Number Four' definitely borrows from a whole bunch of genres and has a whole bunch of different themes throughout. And I think if it was just one stale two-dimensional thing then it would be kind of boring. And I think they did a fantastic job.

So much of the writing is not conscious, in the sense that it's not calculated. I remember in film school we had so many studies with big fancy words where you could dissect a movie and make charts of all of the characters' complicated inner relations and themes and what does this mean? And it's overwhelming as a student. It's great for a student, but as a writer, it's paralyzing.

Mostly I'm proud to be an African-American woman, but I'm glad I have a universal look as well.

In general, the main themes emerge early for each book, even before the storyline and characters, as I research the time and place I want to draw upon. Having said that, every single book so far has offered me surprises en route, and these include motifs that come forward as I am writing.

The Empress has been connected with the ideas of universal fecundity and in a general sense with activity.

The Painter's Keys is a timeless, universal guide to lifemanship masquerading as a painting blog.

One of the wonders of science is that it is completely universal. It crosses national boundaries with total ease.

Beginning writers are often advised to 'write what you know,' and since I knew about quilters - their quirks, their inside jokes, their disputes and their generosity, their quarrels and their kindnesses - the lives of quilters became a natural subject for me. Quilting wove together my two themes as completely and effortlessly as I could have hoped.

Love is a universal migraine. A bright stain on the vision, Blotting out reason.

It is clear that the international community has no other universal organisation of the likes of the United Nations.

In my books the technology that I choose to talk about has to serve the themes. What that means is that I end up having to cut out a lot of cool technology that would be really fun to describe and play with, but which would just confuse everybody. So in 'Amped,' I focus on neural implants.

If reason is a universal faculty, the decision of the common mind is the nearest criterion of truth.

If you want to get to know somebody you don't ask other people: 'How is she?' You talk to the person herself. And then you don't ask about facts like 'date of birth' or 'profession of parents.' but you talk about essential questions and themes in life.