Simplest Quotes

Surely it is one of the simplest laws of taste in dress, that it shall not attract undue attention from the wearer to the worn.

"Think simple" as my old master used to say - meaning reduce the whole of its parts into the simplest terms, getting back to first principles.

At this camp I had the unique experience of showing all these seasoned Westerners that it was possible to make a fire by the friction of two sticks. This has long been a specialty of mine; I use a thong and a bow as the simplest way.

The simplest and most basic meaning of the symbol of the Goddess is the acknowledgment of the legitimacy of female power as a beneficent and independent power.

The simplest things are often the truest.

Sometimes it is the simplest, seemingly most inane, most practical stuff that matters the most to someone.

The simplest definition of advertising, and one that will probably meet the test of critical examination, is that advertising is selling in print.

Even the simplest things, I'm guilty of making really bad decisions a lot of the time.

The simplest science book is over my head.

The whole essence of good drawing - and of good thinking, perhaps - is to work a subject down to the simplest form possible and still have it believable for what it is meant to be.

Hydrogen holds great promise to meet many of our future energy needs, and it addresses national security and our environmental concerns. Hydrogen is the simplest, most abundant element in the universe.

My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way.

Man's striving for order, of which art is but one manifestation, derives from a similar universal tendency throughout the organic world; it is also paralleled by, and perhaps derived from, the striving towards the state of simplest structure in physical systems.

The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.

Probably the simplest hypothesis... is that there may be a slow process of annihilation of matter.

When we don't have information, we go to the simplest outlook, to black and white. But then we have to lie to ourselves. Black is never as black as you're painting it and white is never as white.

If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if the simplest things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive.

Of mediumship there are many grades, one of the simplest forms being the capacity to receive an impression or automatic writing, under peaceful conditions, in an ordinary state; but the whole subject is too large to be treated here.

The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men.

Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.

Even the simplest wicker basket can become priceless when it is loved and cared for through the generations of a family.

The simplest and most psychologically satisfying explanation of any observed phenomenon is that it happened that way because someone wanted it to happen that way.

The ultimate wisdom which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls faith rather than reason.

When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things - not the great occasions - that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness.

When you work as an actor, you've got to feel safe even in what appears to be the simplest things.

The simplest of women are wonderful liars who can extricate themselves from the most difficult dilemmas with a skill bordering on genius.

A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward.

In any assembly the simplest way to stop transacting business and split the ranks is to appeal to a principle.

I wanted to portray very, very dark subject matter and a deceptively complex story in the brightest colours and simplest lines possible to leave the readers reeling.

The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.