Light Quotes

From here, it becomes an engineering problem; the engineer considers the ground motion that will occur and evaluates the requirements of the proposed structure in the light of the local foundation conditions.

Happiness and peace will come to earth only as the light of love and human compassion enter the souls of men.

An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind.

We made it known that we were trying to show the reality of France. People think of Paris as the city of love or the city of light, but where you got love you got hate, where you got light you got darkness.

He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor.

People of all countries have the right to choose their own social system and road to development in the light of their national conditions and characteristics.

America is looking for answers. She's looking for a new direction; the world is looking for a light. That light can come from America's great North Star; it can come from Alaska.

Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good and bad, become transparent, no longer limited by outward appearences.

Shine like the day I set cosmic eyes on you, friend, by the light of the sweet squash in my lovely laser broom.

There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.

The principle that light can be in two places at the same time is absolutely extraordinary.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

And I said - Styx - as a musical group it is our place to reflect the light that is shining on us back onto this place and say - this is where so much great stuff started.

Police in Washington D.C. are now using cameras to catch drivers who go through red lights. Many congressmen this week opposed the use of the red light cameras incorrectly assuming they were being used for surveillance at local brothels.

Realizing this, I knew that the actual space of a room could be broken down and played with by planting illusions of real light (electric light) at crucial junctures in the room's composition.

In the Christian world... it is believed that angels were created at the beginning, and that heaven was formed of them; and that the Devil or Satan was an angel of light, who, becoming rebellions, was cast down with his crew, and that this was the origin of hell.

I want to do drama, light comedy, the whole range.

Each wrong act brings with it its own anesthetic, dulling the conscience and blinding it against further light, and sometimes for years.

When we were making Speaking in Tongues and Remain in Light, we were jamming. From that we were taking the best bits and then recording and improvising on top of those.

I won't date a guy who doesn't own a toolbox. I'm not saying you need to be able to knock down a wall or build a house or anything like that. But I've been out with a couple of guys who didn't own toolboxes, and they couldn't even change a light bulb.

When you make the finding yourself - even if you're the last person on Earth to see the light - you'll never forget it.

I am convinced that it is the light and the way.

Human beings will line up for miles to buy a bucket of catastrophes, but don't try selling sunshine and light - you'll go broke.

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

There's more to light than the opposite of dark.

Education is the movement from darkness to light.

The Athanasian Creed is to me light and intelligible reading in comparison with much that now passes for science.

Unless people can be kept in the dark, it is best for those who love the truth to give them the full light.

Wanting to take a light camera with me when I climb or do mountain runs has kept me using exclusively 35 mm.

I'm going to sit back, light up, and hope I don't chew the cigarette to pieces.