Prism Quotes

Darwin investigated the numerous facts obtained by naturalists in living nature and analysed them through the prism of practical experience.

The past is not simply the past, but a prism through which the subject filters his own changing self-image.

The fundamental problem for Republicans when it comes to the environment is that whatever you say is viewed through the prism of suspicion.

The essays are different because ultimately it's things I'm interested in, and I'm really just writing about myself and using those subjects as a prism.

Certain black leaders would believe that you have to go through their prism: 'If I lay my hand on you, you're OK.' So many people have made a living off of the pimping of race.

I think people enjoyed LA Law so much, because it was the first show that delved into current events through the prism of the law.

You take what you know, and you put it through your own prism. If I play characters that break down or cry, it's Gary Oldman crying; it's not the character crying.

You see, party labels do not ensure unanimity any more than trying to cast the challenge we confront as a people through a partisan prism.

I shall refract myself, yes, I shall no longer be known as the prism.

I could compare my music to white light which contains all colours. Only a prism can divide the colours and make them appear; this prism could be the spirit of the listener.

Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips.

A lot of times when we work overseas we tend to put the experience of someone who lives overseas, a Chinese person or a Korean person or a Bosnian person, within the prism of an American life.

When we describe what the other person is really like, I suppose we often picture what we want. We look through the prism of our need.