Signatures Quotes - Page 8

• On all things created remaineth the half-effaced signature of God, Somewhat of fair and good, though blotted by the finger of corruption.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  God, Half, Corruption

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• I was the first athlete, from a training standpoint, with Adidas to have their own signature shoe.

  Keyshawn Johnson

  Athlete, Shoes, Training

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• I return with feelings of misgiving from my third war-I was the first American commander to put his signature to a paper ending a war when we did not win it.

  Bill Vaughan

  War, Winning, Feelings

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• I'm not a star. I don't feel I'm so great. So how can I make you feel great just because you've got my signature on a piece of paper?

  Mr. T

  Stars, Pieces, Paper

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• I've been writing about James Fenimore Cooper. He was not a writer. Here was a man who was 30 years old and had never put anything more than his signature on paper.

  Leslie Fiedler

  Writing, Men, Years

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• The most enduring of the false narratives is that the signature phrase of the early pontificate - "Who am I to judge?" - was a matter of the pope jettisoning millennia of Catholic moral teaching. It was not. It was a specific response to the circumstances of a man who had repented and was trying to live an upright life.

  George Weigel

  Teaching, Men, Judging

  Source: eppc.org

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• What's more important than the media, there's this thing called ObamaCare, which was President Obama's signature domestic achievement. It won Republicans the House in 2014 - 2010. It won Republicans the Senate in 2014.

  William Kristol

  Media, Obamacare, House

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• When I write a word in English, a simple one, such as, say, 'chief,' I have unwittingly ushered a querulous horde into the room. The Roman legionary is there, shaking his 'cap,' or head, and Al Cap is there, slouching in his signature working man's headgear.

  Geraldine Brooks

  Writing, Simple, Men

  "A Home in Fiction". Boyer Lectures 2011: "The Idea of Home", Lecture 4, www.abc.net.au. December 11, 2011.

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• I have certain signatures, certain cutting principles. It could be a raw-edged seam; it could be leaving the lining of sheepskin exposed so it's not perfectly finished. I invent new ways to do it, but the end goal is always the same.

  Vivienne Westwood

  Cutting, Goal, Leaving

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• Both my mum and dad were great readers, and we would go every Saturday morning to the library, and my sister and I had a library card when we could pass off something as a signature, and all of us would come with an armful of books.

  Geraldine Brooks

  Morning, Dad, Book

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• And extracting one molecule's signature in spectral analysis from the rest of the signatures is hard work, sort of like picking out the sound of your toddler's voice in a roomful of screaming children during playtime. It's hard, but you can do it.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Children, Hard Work, Science

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• Each time I undertake to reread Virginia Woolf, I am somewhat baffled by the signature breathlessness and relentlessly "poetic" tone, the shimmering impressionism, so very different from the vivid, precise, magisterial (and often very funny) prose of her contemporary James Joyce.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Virginia, Different, Vivid

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• We now have a generation of people who in many cases feel that if they become chefs, they'll get a TV show. They have a signature haircut, a year into the business, or a branding arrangement with a shoe company. I don't really relate to that. I guess this is the world we live in now.

  Anthony Bourdain

  Years, Tv Shows, Shoes

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• Never so long as you live, write a letter to a man - no matter who he is - that you would be ashamed to see in a newspaper above your signature.

  Emily Post

  Writing, Men, Long

  Emily Post (1922). “Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home”

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• But there's actually a lot of punk bands out there that go out of the norm, use odd time signatures, or a lot of different tempo changes in a song.

  Travis Barker

  Song, Different, Band

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• Each environment has its own signature. Sound tells a story: You make choices about what you're hearing, where to look, how you want to feel about what's going on.

  Stephen Hopkins

  Choices, Sound, Looks

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• ...and my signature is drawn in magic markeron the lower right hand corner of the windowso when something passes in the darkit's captured for a moment inside my work.

  David Berman

  Hands, Magic, Moments

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• The humor for me is how far above your head the signature is - it's dislocated from the sign of the artist in such a distinct way that it could almost be a self-portrait of a sort.

  Laura Owens

  Artist, Self, Portraits

  Interview with Rachel Kushner, www.believermag.com. May 2003.

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• Take two paintings by the same artist, one has a signature and the other doesn't. The signed picture is generally more valuable. The signature is almost graffiti or a tagging system, yet it can become more important than the subject.

  Gavin Turk

  Artist, Two, Important

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• When museums are left with so little money that their future is in the hands of private donors, then they are unable to develop their own signatures by collecting themselves. On the other hand, though, I think we should also celebrate the fact that there is a lot of art that lives outside of, or on the outskirts of, the art market - and it is doing quite well.

  Olafur Eliasson

  Art, Thinking, Hands

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• The artist has the power to signoff the work by deconstructing the work itself: I've finished this work now and I'll sign it and relegate the painting to simply something that services my signature. The painting becomes the colorful backdrop of the signature.

  Gavin Turk

  Artist, Painting, Backdrop

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• That's one of the things we're most excited about, really, is just allowing this great, Oscar-nominated actor, giving him material to play in one of his signature roles.

  David Kirschner

  Play, Giving, Roles

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• What's Your Purple Goldfish? busts a myth and reveals a simple truth about customer service. Stan uncovers the recipe for creating signature added value that increases customer satisfaction and drives positive word of mouth.

  Barry Moltz

  Simple, Purple, Creating

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• I urge all Texans to answer the call to serve those in need. By volunteering their time, energy or resources to helping others, adults and youngsters follow Christ's message of love and service in thought and deed. Therefore I, George W. Bush, Governor of Texas, do hereby proclaim June 10, 2000, Jesus Day in Texas and urge the appropriate recognition whereof. In official recognition whereof, I hereby affix my signature this 17th day of March, 2000.

  George W. Bush

  Jesus, Humor, Helping Others

  The "Jesus Day" Proclamation by George W. Bush, www.pbs.org. March 17, 2000.

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• You really dont need to wear any make-up most of the time; keep your eyebrows the way they are, and find your own natural beauty signature.

  Erin Heatherton

  Eyebrows, Way, Needs

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