Quotes by Mirrors When you write a song it's sometimes in a desperate moment whn you can't really articulate it. What I love about lyrics is what T.S. Eliot said: 'Good poetry is felt before it is heard.' I'm a believer in that. It's those moments when you sit yourself down, and talk to yourself in the mirror. Marcus Mumford mirrorswritingsong Architect's designs must refer to the unquestionable perfection of the body's symmetry and proportions. If a building is to create a sense of eurythmia, it is essential that it mirrors these natural laws of harmony and beauty Marcus Vitruvius Pollio mirrorsperfectionlaw It is no secret that the moon has no light of her own, but is, as it were, a mirror, receiving brightness from the influence of the sun. Marcus Vitruvius Pollio lightmirrorsmoon Similarly the men who produce works of genius are not those who live in the most delicate atmosphere, whose conversation is most brilliant, or their culture broadest, but those who have had the power, ceasing in a moment to live only for themselves, to make use of their personality as of a mirror. Marcel Proust mirrorscharactermen All action is of the mind and the mirror of the mind is the face, its index the eyes. Marcus Tullius Cicero mirrorseyemind I punished myself and avoided my reflection in mirrors and any windows. I would see myself reflected back, and I would look away, trying to pretend I didn't exist, because I hated myself so much. Margaret Cho mirrorsreflectiontrying When a man meets catastrophe on the road, he looks in his purse, but a woman looks in her mirror. Margaret Turnbull womenmirrorslooks Of course you have a duty to show the disfigurations of society as well as its more agreeable aspects. But if TV in the western world uses its freedom continually to show all that is worst in our society, while the centrally controlled television of the Communist world and the dictatorships show only what is judged advantageous to them and suppress everything else, how are the uncommitted to judge between us? How can they fail to misjudge if they view matters only through a distorted mirror? Margaret Thatcher mirrorsjudgingviews Only when we break the mirror and climb into our vision, Marge Piercy mirrorsrealdream Let me tell you something, last night in the debate, during one of the breaks, two of the breaks, Donald Trump went backstage... He asked for a full length mirror. I don't know why because the podium goes up to here. He wanted a full length mirror. Maybe to make sure his pants weren't wet. I don't know. Marco Rubio mirrorsnighttwo Art is a game only if you playat it, a mirror that reflects from the inside out. Marge Piercy mirrorsgamesart Tears fell from my eyes - yes, weak and foolish as it now appears to me, I wept for my departed youth; and for that beauty of which the faithful mirror too plainly assured me, no remnant existed. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington departedmirrorseye ... some veil between childhood and the present is necessary. If the veil is withdrawn, the artistic imagination sickens and dies, the prophet looks in the mirror with a disillusioned and cynical sneer, the scientist goes fishing. Margaret Mead mirrorsfishingimagination Being born in Cuba, a country where freedom of speech is non-existent, it's startling to observe how Venezuela, where I was happily raised, is fast becoming Cuba's mirror image: Dismantling of fundamental democratic rights deserved by its people and citizens of the world. Maria Conchita Alonso mirrorsrightscountry the press is too often a distorting mirror, which deforms the people and events it represents, making them seem bigger or smaller than they really are. Marguerite Yourcenar mediamirrorspeople Literature is not only a mirror; it is a map, a geography of the mind. Margaret Atwood mirrorsliteraturemind To live in prison is to live without mirrors. To live without mirrors is to live without the self. She is living selflessly, she finds a hole in the stone wall and on the other side of the wall, a voice. The voice comes through darkness and has no face. This voice becomes her mirror. Margaret Atwood wallmirrorsself Like families, competitors can bring out the worst as well as the best in each other. Like romance, competition has many faces, some of them ugly. In addition to showing me my grace and graciousness, the mirror of sports has reflected back to me my jealousy, pettiness, and arrogance. Mariah Nelson romancemirrorssports Marshall McLuhan is absolutely right, we are always looking in the rear view mirror. Margaret Atwood perspectivemirrorsviews It's okay, Chancellor, you can touch them. Sometimes I just strip down to a tank top and stare at these guns in front of a mirror all day long. Margaret Thatcher gunmirrorslong«5556575859606162636465»
