Mixtures Quotes - Page 4

The salt of any interesting civilization is mixture.

There is a charm in making a stew, to the unaccustomed cook, from the excitement of wondering what the result will be, and whether any flavour save that of onions will survive the competition in the mixture.

Even the laws of justice themselves cannot subsist without mixture of injustice.

Shall we for ever make new books, as apothecaries make new mixtures, by pouring only out of one vessel into another?

A painter knows what to do by the tug of the brush as it pulls through a mixture of oils, and by the look of coloured slurries on the palette.

We all have faith in something: usually a mixture of some personal beliefs with modern science. I am not like that. Mostly I just believe in what personally has worked for me.

Life to most Greeks may be either tragic or comic or a mixture of both; but one thing it never is - and that is, meaningless.

Utopia is a mixture of childish rationalism and secularized angelism.

I am becoming used to an overwhelming, grinding mixture of anger and worry.

Directing is a mixture of compromise and perfectionism. When you lose the judgment of which is more important at any particular moment, you're time is over. They find you out and send you packing.

I rub a mixture of honey and salt all over my body to moisturise and exfoliate. You wash it off and your skin is gorgeous.

Queen Victoria - a mixture of national landlady and actress.

There is no genius without a mixture of madness.

If you mix up chirality, a protein's properties change enormously. Life couldn't operate with just random mixtures of stuff.

The best nations are those most widely related; and navigation, as effecting a world-wide mixture, is the most potent advancer ofnations.

Did I ever mention I used to be a delivery driver too? I was. I can read a map. What’s more, using a brilliant mixture of zen navigation, Aristotelian logic, and pure rage I can get you your package and/or delicious sandwich relatively close to on-time.

I've seen that mixture of resignation and hopelessness before; its usually in my mirror.

What you take to be hyprocrisy is sometimes a certain caution, sometimes genuine, though ponderous, childish, sometimes a mixture of both.

I am the byproduct of an Ellis Island orgy, basically. I'm everything. I've got quite a mixture in me. I know a lot of it and I don't know some of it. I'm pretty mixed up, but mostly Russian and Irish.

It is curious how much more interest can be evoked by a mixture of gossip, romance and mystery than by facts.

I have ever been the queerest mixture of weakness and strength, and have paid heavily for the weakness.

I've always loved the mixture of crushing live drums with a programmed groove, that really cool blend, like in the verse there's a really funky drum beat that is programmed then it comes in to the chorus; you've got that enormous human feel where the band kicks in.

Can I be blunt? Yes. Can I be diplomatic? Yes. Can I concoct a mixture of vinegar and honey when the circumstances warrant? Yes.

I like to think that the music is a mixture of personal experiences mixed with photography and movies.

The blog is also a way to continue to register what I see and hear in a day - no matter what the form. In fact, my blog is a complete mixture of forms.