Quotes by Elements Life on a lifeboat isn’t much of a life. It is like an end game in chess, a game with few pieces. The elements couldn’t be more simple, nor the stakes higher. Yann Martel elementssimplegames So you want another story?" Uhh... no. We would like to know what really happened." Doesn't the telling of something always become a story?" Uhh... perhaps in English. In Japanese a story would have an element of invention in it. We don't want any invention. We want the 'straight facts,' as you say in English." Isn't telling about something--using words, English or Japanese--already something of an invention? Isn't just looking upon this world already something of an invention? Yann Martel elementsstoriesworld We cannot conceive of matter being formed of nothing, since things require a seed to start from... Therefore there is not anything which returns to nothing, but all things return dissolved into their elements. William Shakespeare elementsreturnmatter It is not possible to foretell the reaction of certain elements in the Army and Navy. Yoshijiro Umezu navyelementsarmy Element of surprise is really fun for me in comedy. I have to be surprised, and everything's been done. Zach Galifianakis elementsdonefun Tutankhamun was not black, and the portrayal of ancient Egyptian civilization as black has no element of truth to it. Zahi Hawass elementsblackcivilization There is an element of delusional obsession in the French political elite's preoccupation with the notion that France is still a global power. Zbigniew Brzezinski franceelementspolitical An arc of crisis stretches along the shores of the Indian Ocean, with fragile social and political structures in a region of vital importance to us threatened with fragmentation. The resulting political chaos could well be filled by elements hostile to our values and sympathetic to our adversaries. Zbigniew Brzezinski elementspoliticalocean There is an element of paranoia in this inclination to view any serious attempt at a compromised peace as somehow directed against Israel. Zbigniew Brzezinski elementsisraelviews The so-called commercialism includes elements like story, plots, rhythms and large big scenes. Zhang Yimou elementsplotstories There are elements of Dodd-Frank that clearly need to be curtailed. James P. Gorman dodd-frankclearlyneedelements I dispute that 'Closer' is about betrayal. Betrayal is one of the elements. Patrick Marber closeraboutbetrayalelements There are elements of irony in my work, of course. Martin Parr courseironyelementswork There are three elements to perceived popularity. A student has to be visible, recognizable and influential. Alexandra Robbins studentpopularityelementsthree«4344454647484950515253
