Reception Quotes

The result of teaching small parts of a large number of subjects is the passive reception of disconnected ideas, not illumed with any spark of vitality.

I love the tradition of changing gowns throughout the reception. I know it's a little extravagant, but why not - it's your moment.

If man had not been his own classifier, he would never have thought of founding a separate order for his own reception.

Nothing perhaps has so retarded the reception of the higher conclusions of Geology among men in general, as ... [the] instinctive parsimony of the human mind in matters where time is concerned.

It is very rewarding to walk out on stage, feeling the love and reception.

[At the reception following her remarriage to Alan Campbell:] People who haven't talked to each other in years are on speaking terms again today - including the bride and groom.

[Geology] may be looked upon as the history of the earth's changes during preparation for the reception of organized beings, a history, which has all the character of a great epic.

Ideas are forces; our acceptance of one determines our reception of others.

The last thing I think about when I'm making music is its reception.

I didn't think American Pie was going to be what it was! I had a very small role and the reception I received was just crazy.

Its impossible to control the reception of your work - the only thing you can control is the experience of writing itself, and the work you create.

I can go in front of an orchestra. I can go in front of an audience. But if you see me walking through an audience in the reception or through a lot of people, I'm still shy.

All I know is reception; I am and I have: but I do not get, and when I fancied I had gotten anything, I found I did not.

Your perception will determine your reception

We did not receive this destiny by ourselves, God has chosen it for us

You will learn, but you have to act. You will be given, but you have to receive. Stretch your hands and take up your laurels by the power put in you!