Setting Quotes

I had no intention of pursuing either the characters or the setting further.

In setting out the walls of a city the choice of a healthy situation is of the first importance: it should be on high ground, neither subject to fogs nor rains; its aspects should be neither violently hot nor intensely cold, but temperate in both respects.

Everything we did we were setting the tone for the world.

All of us have read the stories about young people in Hollywood and all the challenges they have to confront there, and I think that artistically, I really didn't understand the commercial side of the film business, so I went back to a purely artistic setting.

Hence a ship is said to head the sea, when her course is opposed to the setting or direction of the surges.

The discipline you learn and character you build from setting and achieving a goal can be more valuable than the achievement of the goal itself.

The FDA is redefining birth control as abortion. The FDA is setting the bar higher for this kind of drug.

I'm going to take over on the Techno Comics so I'm going to be dealing in the children's merchandising type department. But that's just setting it up and having somebody run it.

Under pressure, people admit to murder, setting fire to the village church or robbing a bank, but never to being bores.

You can become an even more excellent person by constantly setting higher and higher standards for yourself and then by doing everything possible to live up to those standards.

I don't know if I have any particular views about women in positions of power, though I do think it's more difficult for women, particularly in a Medieval setting. They have the additional problem that they're a woman and people don't want them in a position of power in an essentially patriarchal society.

The live setting is always better for me. I usually thrive at live. I feel like having a band behind me and being able to interact with the crowd helps boost my energy up.

Nobility, without virtue, is a fine setting without a gem.

We can identify with Frodo and Sam, setting off not knowing quite where they are going and what they are to do.

My effort has been not only to put the Biblical incident in the original setting... but at the same time give the human touch to convey to my public the reverence and elevation these subjects impart to me.

I always thought that it was every performer's dream. That's the epitome of being an artist, being able to express song, dance and acting in a live theatre setting and really connecting with an audience on that level.

Clothes should just be like a beautiful setting for a jewel: They should offset you.

To fans in a festival setting it's like a picnic. You want to have a good time with your friends in that crowd. And in the background you hear the band play, 'Oh, that's my favorite song!' everyone is there to enjoy the afternoon and that's about it.

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

I have never been more proud of the United States than I am this year. We have elected an African-American president. We have the stellar Michelle Obama setting the standard for American women. I simply cannot say it enough: look how far we've come.

I love biomedical science, I love astronomy, and you can't really do much with those in a fantasy setting.

To go out with the setting sun on an empty beach is to truly embrace your solitude.

The pitcher setting up the batter. It's chess, and you play with it.

By offering an education centered on values, the faculty in Catholic schools can create an interactive setting between parents and students that is geared toward long-term healthy character and scholastic development for all enrolled children.

I'm thinking of remaking 'Psycho' again. Doing a third remake. The idea this time is to really change it - we're talking about doing a punk rocker setting.

But when, in the first setting out, he takes it for granted without proof, that distinctions found in the structure of all languages, have no foundation in nature; this surely is too fastidious a way of treating the common sense of mankind.

You can't substitute promise after promise with known violators of prior promises at the expense of protecting ourselves or setting an example.

If you look at Shakespeare's history plays, what the setting of monarchy allows is this extraordinary intensification of emotions and predicament.

What a couple. I'm consumed into ashes. And he's always raking up the ashes and setting them on fire again.

I have to be happy in the here and now because every time you start focusing on your legacy you're really setting yourself up for disappointment.