No Form Quotes

For forms of government, let fools contest; Whate'er is best administered, is best.

Character begins to form at the first pinch of anxiety about ourselves.

Writing is a form of self-flagellation.

My activism has to do with my conscience; I cannot let certain things slide without doing something. My public speaking is part of an art form that is cultural.

Power breeds responsibilities, in international affairs as in domestic - or even private. To dodge or disclaim these responsibilities is one form of the abuse of power.

Simplicity of expression rather than complexity of form.

It is a besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which masses of men exhibit their tyranny.

Too many people use abortion as a form of birth control. And that's very wrong. I could never, ever have an abortion.

Film has a tendency to be limiting in some way and it shouldn't be. It's a form that can be explored and changed.

If we save people from HIV/AIDS, if we save them from malaria, it means they can form the base of production for our economy.

I fear vastly more a futile, incompetent old age than I do any form of death.

Hosting is an art form. Like acting, singing, or comedy hosting is a craft. It's a delicate dance of timing, the ability to read the room, and the art of conversation.

Trust, in its most primitive form, is based on authenticity, not flawlessness.

From a very early period of my life I have derived the highest enjoyment from listening to music, especially to melody, which is to me the most pleasing form of composition.

I just wish the crowd I was associated with was more passionate about what they were doing and less consumed with the commerce of the art form.

Every new fashion is a form of rebellion.

Writing [is] a form of prayer.

Sadly, black people disassociate ourselves from the things which make us who we are, identifying them as lesser, or inferior. It's a form of self hate.

Rod Stewart, Elton John and I were going to form a band called Hair, Nose & Teeth after the three of us. But it hasn't happened because none of us can agree on the order of the words!

Socialism is, in fact, a form of Christianity, people wishing to imitate Christ.

The thing I do at the beginning is a "voice journal," a free form doc that is the character speaking to me. I just work on it until I start to hear different from my own, or the other characters.

Among men who are really free, every form of industry becomes more rapidly improved - all the arts flourish more gracefully - all the sciences extend their range.

I see filmmaking as a business and pity anyone who regards it as an art form.

The sacred attitude is, then, one of deep and fundamental respect for the real in whatever new form it may present itself.

I believe in preventing cruelty to all living beings in any form.

Revolt, it will be said, implies violence; but this is an outmoded, an incompetent conception of revolt. The most effective form of revolt in this violent world we live in is non-violence.

If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.

Coercion may prevent many transgressions; but it robs even actions which are legal of a part of their beauty. Freedom may lead to many transgressions, but it lends even to vices a less ignoble form.

A major difficulty is that the answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx is partly a product of the answers that we already have given to the riddle in its various forms.

Aesthetic freedom is like free speech; it is, indeed, a form of free speech.

Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.

All human happiness and misery take the form of action.

Speed is the absolute essence of any form of combat

Condemnation by category is the lowest form of hatred, for it is cold-hearted and abstract, lacking even the courage of a personal hatred.

It is a woman's business to be interested in the environment. It's an extended form of housekeeping.

Music is a means of giving form to our inner feelings, without attaching them to events or objects in the world.

Every anxiety is a mild form of premonition, and from that point the shade deepens till we get the forebodings and hauntings that merge into lunacy.

Self-hate is a form of mental slavery that results in poverty, ignorance, and crime.

For God's will gave men their form, their essence and their abilities. Anyone who destroys His work is declaring war on the Lord's creation, the divine will.

The obsession with performance left no room for the development of the intuitive or spiritual impact of space and form other than the aesthetic of the machine itself.

I was attracted to the direct connection with history that land surveyors experience in the form of plans, field notes, and from surveying monuments from decades or even centuries in the past.

Meditation, in all its forms and traditions, is an invitation to listen, to open, to quietly enlist the courage to be touched and formed by life.

If we are going to achieve a real equality, the U.S. will have to adopt a modified form of Socialism.

If you have a clear idea of a soul, you will have a clear idea of a form; for it is of the same genus, though a different species.

In Tetrad form, the artifact is seen to be not neutral or passive, bur an active logos or utterance of the human mind or body that transforms the user and his ground.

Every message, regardless of form or content, is an expression of a need.

What would you like?" "A skinny decaf latte." This is a ridiculous form of coffee, but I did not point it out.

Painting is a form of incarnation. It is spirit made manifest in the world.

Send Love in Some Form to those you Believe have Wronged you, & Notice How Much Better you Feel

The artist must have something to say, for mastery over form is not his goal but rather the adapting of form to its inner meaning.