Elemental Quotes

Elemental Quotes by Pope Benedict XVI, Henry Beston, Alija Izetbegovic, Bill Griffith, Maggie Smith, Gord Downie and many others.

Art is elemental. Reason alone as it’s expressed in the sciences can’t be man‘s complete answer to reality, and it can’t express everything that man can, wants to, and has to express. I think God built this into man. Art along with science is the highest gift God has given him.
The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach.
There are only three integral views of the world: the religious, the materialistic, and the Islamic. They reflect three elemental possibilities (conscience, nature, and man), each of them manifesting itself as Christianity, materialism, and Islam.
The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach.
Everybody that loves Nancy loves it in a slightly condescending way. Nancy is comics reduced to their most elemental level.
I like being outside and working with the elements. The elemental aspects of it. The physicality of it.
As we move towards resolution and understanding and greater serenity in all aspects of our life, love‘s pretty elemental and that’s nice to know. I think rock ‘n’ roll is the same. I don’t pretend to understand it; it feels confusing and frightening and wonderful.
No matter where we are or how advanced we think we are, there are elemental issues of our civilization that stories help us work through.
Breast-feeding does not belong in the realm of facts and hard numbers; it is much too intimate and elemental.
In fact, I think when we carry out a complete analysis of time, I think what we’re going to discover is that like matter, time is composed of elemental, discrete types.
You cannot do anything without God. It’s a profound and elemental truth. Not, you cannot do most things without God. You will not be able to do anything that you want, truly, in fulfillment, without God.
I like being outside and working with the elements. The elemental aspects of it. The physicality of it.
I have in later years taken to Euclid, Whitehead, Bertrand Russell, in an elemental way.
The most common trait of all primitive peoples is a reverence for the life-giving earth, and the Native American shared this elemental ethic: The land was alive to his loving touch, and he, its son, was brother to all creatures.
The World War broke out with such elemental violence, and with such resort to all means for leading or misleading public opinion, that no time was available for reflection and consideration.
I just want my work to be part of the elemental world.
The World War broke out with such elemental violence, and with such resort to all means for leading or misleading public opinion, that no time was available for reflection and consideration.
There are only three integral views of the world: the religious, the materialistic, and the Islamic. They reflect three elemental possibilities (conscience, nature, and man), each of them manifesting itself as Christianity, materialism, and Islam.
There is no logical way to the discovery of these elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which is helped by a feeling for the order lying behind the appearance.
I did psychotherapy for about six years. I stopped going regularly when I’d finished ‘Elemental,’ which I think probably says something. I think I’m moving on.
Breast-feeding does not belong in the realm of facts and hard numbers; it is much too intimate and elemental.
Never can the innate power of a work be hidden or locked away. A work of art can be forgotten by time; it can be forbidden and rejected but the elemental will always prevail over the ephemeral.
No matter where we are or how advanced we think we are, there are elemental issues of our civilization that stories help us work through.
Humanity lives and always has lived on certain elemental provisions.
Humanity lives and always has lived on certain elemental provisions.
Art is elemental. Reason alone as it’s expressed in the sciences can’t be man‘s complete answer to reality, and it can’t express everything that man can, wants to, and has to express. I think God built this into man. Art along with science is the highest gift God has given him.
Never can the innate power of a work be hidden or locked away. A work of art can be forgotten by time; it can be forbidden and rejected but the elemental will always prevail over the ephemeral.
As in the early 20th century, the elemental forces of globalisation have unravelled broad solidarities and loyalties.
The most common trait of all primitive peoples is a reverence for the life-giving earth, and the Native American shared this elemental ethic: The land was alive to his loving touch, and he, its son, was brother to all creatures.
If we really want to make progress and achieve greater fairness as a society, it is time for elemental change. And we should start by looking at the Constitution, with the goal of holding a new Constitutional Convention.
As in the early 20th century, the elemental forces of globalisation have unravelled broad solidarities and loyalties.
Fiction is an elemental force, which has the power to shape reality in its own image – or images, I should saybecause reality, like light, exists not only as a single point or particle, but also as an array of possibilities.
In fact, I think when we carry out a complete analysis of time, I think what we’re going to discover is that like matter, time is composed of elemental, discrete types.
I have in later years taken to Euclid, Whitehead, Bertrand Russell, in an elemental way.
When the Negro cries with pain from his deep hurt and lays his petition for elemental justice before the nation, he is calling upon the American people to kindle about that crucible of race relationships the fires of American faith.
Batman and Superman are very different characters but they’re both iconic and elemental. Finding the right story for them both is the key.
Agreement is never reached in love. The life of a wife and husband who love each other is never at rest. Whether the marriage is true or false, the marriage portion is the same: elemental discord.
Stupidity is an elemental force for which no earthquake is a match.
Fiction is an elemental force, which has the power to shape reality in its own image – or images, I should saybecause reality, like light, exists not only as a single point or particle, but also as an array of possibilities.
I understand human needs. I grew up where far too many people lived day to day without elemental needs like food and shelter.