Quotes by Lapses But truths need to be repeated many times so that they don't, poor things, lapse into oblivion. Jose Saramago lapsesoblivionneeds The productions of a great genius, with many lapses and inadvertences, are infinitely preferable to the works of an inferior kind of author which are scrupulously exact, and conformable to all the rules of correct writing. Joseph Addison lapsesgeniuswriting . . . women were brought up to have only one set of manners. A woman was either a lady or she wasn't, and we all know what the latter meant. Not even momentary lapses were allowed; there is no female equivalent of the boys-will-be-boys concept. Judith Martin lapsesfemaleboys The plant never lapses into mere arid functionalism; it fashions and shapes according to logic and suitability, and with its primeval force compels everything to attain the highest artistic form. Karl Blossfeldt lapsesfashionshapes I found my interest lapse in both acting and racing. Lillie Langtry lapsesracingacting Many scholars have felt that the Heronian passage [on a pipe-organ moved by an anemourion-like wheel] can be disregarded because it is not confirmed by other writings. Heron presumably mentioned the anemourion in a moment of distraction, forgetting that it had not been invented yet. We know that he was given to such lapses. Lucio Russo pipe-organslapseswriting If any person wants to see clearly just how much she has changed - whether for better or worse - let her revisit after some lapse of time any place where she has ones lived. She will meet her former self at every turn, with every familiar face, in every old recollection ... She will see how much she has gained in some respects, how much she has lost - irretrievably lost - in others. Lucy Maud Montgomery lapsesselfwant When we bring back with us the objects most dear, and find those we left unchanged, we are tempted to doubt the lapse of time; but one link in the chain of affection broken, and every thing seems altered. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington lapsesbrokendoubt As for literature, thefts cannot harm it, while the lapse of ages augments its value Marcus Aurelius lapsesliteratureage Those who lapse from the Gospel to the Law are no better off than those who lapse from grace to idolatry. Martin Luther lapsesgracelaw There is no lapse in His character or inconsistency in His nature. Our God is everything he says He is… for now and all eternity. Matt Redman lapseseternitycharacter When you depart from standard usage, it should be deliberate and not an accidental lapse. Like a poet who breaks the rules of poetry for creative effect, this only works when you know and respect the rule you are breaking. If you have never heard of the rules you are breaking, you have no right to do so, and you are likely to come off like a buffoon or a barbarian. Breaking rules, using slang and archaic language can be effective, but it is just as likely to give you an audience busy with wincing. N.D. Wilson lapsescreativegiving First I did animation films, when I was young, in time-lapse. And then in the '80s I went directly to video. The main reason for that was that I could control all the steps. Pipilotti Rist lapsesvideofirsts Without wonder, men and women would lapse into deadening routine and little by little would become incapable of a life which is genuinely personal. Pope John Paul II lapsesroutinemen I don't know what I can do about the aging. Yes, I am aging. Oh my God, I'm aging all the time. It's like those flowers that wilt in front of you in time-lapse films. But what can I possibly do? Look like a lunatic? Sarah Jessica Parker lapsesflowerlooks No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character. Seneca the Younger lapsescharacterlong There is no such thing as unconsciousness for it is not experienceable. We infer unconsciousness when there is a lapse in memory or communication. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj lapsescommunicationmemories Any critic is entitled to wrong judgments, of course. But certain lapses of judgment indicate the radical failure of an entire sensibility. Susan Sontag lapsesfailurecriticism Quotation mistakes, inadvertency, expedition, and human lapses, may make not only moles but warts in learned authors. Thomas Browne lapsesmolesmistake If you're actually being paid to be miserable, and to be as miserable as you can be, that's a very fortunate thing, if you're prone to occasional lapses of spirit. Tom Hollander lapsesmiserablespirit«123»
