Best 158 quotes in «contact quotes» category

There is no key to open the heart of another - except curiosity.

toch ging haar gekartelde hart uit naar zachte dingen zoals wanneer de wind de zon nakeek die neersijpelde door de kieren van het bladerdak en daarvan zuchtte. Of wanneer een geluidloze zucht aan vriendelijke verhaalrijke ogen ontsnapte en dan een glimlach tatoeëerde in haar tranen.

Traces of the same spiritual concepts and symbolism that enlighten the Egyptian texts are found all around the world among cultures that we can be certain were never in direct contact. Straightforward diffusion from one to the other is therefore not the answer, and 'coincidence' doesn't even begin to account for the level of detail in the similarities. The best explanation, in my view, is that we're looking at a legacy, shared worldwide, passed down from a single, remotely ancient source.

We are loved way more by some of the people who have not contacted us in the last twelve or so months than we are loved by some of those who contact us every twelve or so days … or hours.

We may wonder what is going on in the back of the mind and what betides in the mood of some people who live on the edge of isolation and emotional poverty. They belong to life’s outcasts: deserted by affection, deprived of physical or lingual contact and finally reduced to silence. ("Why didn't he ask ? ")

We touch people mostly without touching them: We touch them with our words, with our smile, with our eyes, with our courage, with our madness, with millions of different ways! What are we? We are contacting beings without contacting!

What is making contact? It is hard to define, but people do know when they have or have not made contact… Sometimes it seems that humans have lost the art. The range of possibilities for contact open to human beings is extremely large, ranging from conversations that can last hours to something as brief as a pull on a pigtail. However, just a small attempt to make contact with the other person on a regular basis can put a distant relationship back on track.

When it becomes acceptable to kill another man or woman, childhood dies.” whispered Laurence. “When it becomes acceptable to kill a child…humanity dies.

Wilhelm Reich identified "armor" as the sum total of typical character attitudes, which an individual develops as a blocking against his emotional excitations, resulting in rigidity of the body, lack of emotional contact, "deadness". Functionally identical to muscular armor (chronic muscular spasms)

A body in motion can maintain this motion only if it remains in contact with a mover.

A human being is only interesting if he's in contact with himself.

A firm hand is one which holds the horse in full contact.

Anyone we come in contact with, we either offer them life, or we drain them.

A light hand is one which never feels the contact of the bit with the bars.

A lot of my work deals with this emotion of discouragement or fear, and this emotion cannot be approached without humor because then things become indigestible. You don't want to eat them; you don't want to be in contact with them.

A lot of show business, as you know, is about all the contacts you make and who you know.

ANYONE may become a revealer of Truth who lives in close contact with the indwelling God.

A woman went so far as to hire private detectives to contact me to help bring her out of what she called a hypnotic trance.

Ballroom dancing is a contact sport. Rugby is a collision sport.

Calculus destroys self-esteem on contact.

Art is the ideal medium for making contact with the transcendental, or at least for getting close to it.

Enthusiasm brushes off upon those with whom you come in contact.

Art is the nearest thing to life; it is a mode of amplifying experience and extending our contact with our fellow men beyond the bounds of our personal lot.

Can everybody contact the higher forces? No, not indeed; but they submit themselves to a discipline and this brings them success.

Contact with the customer is what business is all about.

Don't avoid eye contact and don't be late

Everybody knows politics is a contact sport.

Everything you do and every word you say can become a ministering seed. You can be a blessing to everyone with whom you come in contact.

For me it is the direct contact of artist to material which is original, and it is the earth and his contact to it which will free him of the artificiality of the present and his dependence on industrial products.

Hitler could not tolerate too much social contact.

For me, a poet is someone who is 'in contact.' Someone through whom a current is passing.

Horror, for me, is not defined by the thing that provokes ones fear, but the human being who has contact with it.

I am very superstitious about toasts. I never toast with water, and I'm very careful to make eye contact with everyone I toast with.

I call animals "guardians of Being," especially animals that live with humans. Because, for many humans, it's through their contact with animals they get in touch with that level of being.

I am impressed by how much of my grandparent's life depended on continuities, contacts, connections, friendships, and blood relationships.

I'd say that all nations have contact with the truth, and all religions have admirable people.

Eye contact is way more intimate than words will ever be.

I contact Allah the Holy the Merciful on a daily basis.

I don't have much contact at all with other black metal bands.

If you must eat a banana in public, never make eye contact.

I have a production company because this is the only job I know and this is the only career I have and the only industry I've ever worked in and the only contacts I have. It's like why wouldn't I produce?

If you are looking for a producer, try to contact established producers. Don't let the fear of theft paralyze you, or you will never get anywhere with it.

I have called President Obama, and President Obama called me on various issues. This is part of our regular contacts, there is nothing unusual or extraordinary about it.

I have contacts with the Tour de France which keep me close to cycling.

I have had no contacts or collusions with the Russians. And my exchange with Guccifer 2, based on the content and the timing, most certainly does not constitute collusion.

I have had no contact with the Chinese government ... I only work with journalists.

If there is a true religion in the universe, it must include the truth of contact or be forever hollow.

I'm probably the only novelist who has ever written about political fugitives who actually knew a lot about them, had contact with them, and had a realistic notion of how they survived.

I have more contact with people who consume, for lack of a better word, my product than any other performers.

I'm afraid that whatever I touch is spoilt by the contact." "I'm not scared of being spoiled," Val said.