Point Quotes

We must consider the distinctive characters and the general nature of plants from the point of view of their morphology , their behavior under external conditions, their mode of generation, and the whole course of their life.

My point was that it's hard to make good films, but I'm not under any illusion that you do all the time.

I remember in the '80s, Randy Travis was my guy. He's the reason I moved to Nashville, and I just loved him. But at some point when he was winning everything, you find yourself pulling for other people.

I'm at that point in my life where I definitely want to get married soon. I've got my dogs as surrogates, but I'm ready for kids.

During my 40-year coaching career at West Point, Indiana and Texas Tech, my teams reached the Final Four on five occasions, winning the national championship three times.

Putting a stamp on things just helps you say, 'Hey, yesterday I was there, and today I'm here.' It's another step forward, and it feels like another turning point and an unleashing of creativity, and now I'm going to start focusing on the show and the production, the fun stuff that comes with it.

I've decided that the political context is such that the only way reform will finally come about in the Russian military is that the deterioration goes beyond the point to which these old generals can stand up there and resist it.

Like all sciences and all valuations, the psychology of women has hitherto been considered only from the point of view of men.

There's no point in success if you don't let it go to your head. That's what it's for.

If America wants to retain its position as a global power, its president must listen to the people and show strong leadership at this turning point in human history.

I've always been intimidated by the technicalities of taking photos, especially with a film camera - not just a point and shoot.

Being a doctor has taught me a lot about directing. You're doing the same thing: You're reconstructing the manifold of behavior to the point where an audience says, yes, that's exactly like people I know.

I did a terrible television pilot that was so badly written and dumb that it became a turning point for me and I decided that I would never accept a job just because I needed the money.

The difference of great players is at a certain point in a match they raise their level of play and maintain it. Lesser players play great for a set, but then less.

And obviously, from our own personal point of view, the principal challenge is a personal challenge.

You just reach a point sometimes with somebody where it just doesn't work.

I'm at that point again where it don't matter where he is to me anymore.

I don't know how I got to this point but it must be as a result of everything that has come before so if I were to change something, I might not be at this point now.

I think he was explicit that it was a slave labor situation, but I was not alarmed at that point, because there were so many tragedies involved in that war. That was the first time I had any indication that something was sort of strange.

People have perhaps gotten to the point where for the most part movies are a just bit of escape.

There is a point at which methods devour themselves.

My family kinda hit the skids. We were experiencing poverty at that point. We all got a job, where the whole family had to work as security guards and janitors. And I just got angry.

At this point the theater America is in such a precarious place.

That's the thing about interviews, at some point you're going to change your mind. But it's there forever and you can't escape it.

I kind of had my life planned out for me. I'd be married at some point, have, you know, 1.5 children, and be a principal possibly one day. But I think that that was kind of my problem. I allowed myself to plan out my life and didn't let provident direction guide my life.

Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Fortune's wheel never stands still the highest point is therefore the most perilous.

And to understand this, I think this is a most important point where I would like always to be understood what we do with the New York Philharmonic. That the meaning of the music is number one.

My main point here is that if you are the child of God and God is a part of you, the in your imagination God suppose to look like you. And when you accept a picture of the deity assigned to you by another people, you become the spiritual prisoners of that other people.

From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.