Quotes by Light The gladsome light of jurisprudence. Edward Coke jurisprudencelightlaw The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime. Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon lighteuropewar We now demand the light artillery of the intellect; we need the curt, the condensed, the pointed, the readily diffused -- in place of the verbose, the detailed, the voluminous, the inaccessible. Edgar Allan Poe demandlightneeds History in Burckhardt's words is 'the record of what one age finds worthy of note in another.' The past is intelligible to us only in light of the present; and we can fully understand the present only in light of the past. To enable man to understand the society of the past and to increase his mastery over the society of the present is the dual function of history. Edward Hallett Carr lightmenpast I guess I'm not very human. All I really want to do is paint light on the side of a house. Edward Hopper lighthousewant A jealous lover lights his torch from the firebrand of the fiend. Edmund Burke torchesjealousylight It is an advantage to all narrow wisdom and narrow morals that their maxims have a plausible air; and, on a cursory view, appear equal to first principles. They are light and portable. They are as current as copper coin; and about as valuable. Edmund Burke lightviewsair It’s in the darkest moments when the cracks allow the inner light to come out. Edward James Olmos inner-lightcrackslight Having got into bed and turned out the light, I quietly burst into tears because I am not a good person. As they came and went for some minutes, I was concerned with the words following 'because' in the previous sentence, rewriting them over and over in my head until they seemed to be as close to the truth as it was possible for me to make them. Edward Gorey bedtearslight I hope for an America where the power of faith will always burn brightly, but where no modern inquisition of any kind will ever light the fires of fear, coercion, or angry division. Edward Kennedy lightfireamerica They danced by the light of the moon. Edward Lear dancelightmoon The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea In a beautiful pea-green boat: They took some honey, and plenty of money Wrapped up in a five-pound note. . . They dined on mince and slices of quince, Which they ate with a runcible spoon; And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, They danced by the light of the moon, The moon, The moon, They danced by the light of the moon. Edward Lear lightmoonbeautiful Hydrogen is a light, odorless gas, which, given enough time, turns into people. Edward Robert Harrison enough-timelightpeople Why are the heavens not filled with light? Why is the universe plunged into darkness? Edward Robert Harrison lightdarknessheaven Nothing so effectually deadens the taste of the sublime as that which is light and radiant. Edmund Burke sublimelighttaste You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light. Edward Abbey illuminationlighteducation This instrument [radio] can teach. It can illuminate, yes, and it can even inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise it's nothing but wires and lights in a box. Edward R. Murrow lighteducationinspire There's another disadvantage to the use of the flashlight: like many other mechanical gadgets it tends to separate a man from the world around him. If I switch it on my eyes adapt to it and I can see only the small pool of light it makes in front of me; I am isolated. Leaving the flashlight in my pocket where it belongs, I remain a part of the environment I walk through and my vision though limited has no sharp or definite boundary. Edward Abbey lighteyemen The extreme clarity of the desert light is equaled by the extreme individuation of desert life forms. Love flowers best in openness and freedom. Edward Abbey desertlightflower I am convinced that the stratigraphic method will in the future enable archaeology to throw far more light on the history of American culture than it has done in the past. Edward Sapir lightculturepast«100101102103104105106107108109110»
