#shadow

Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they say, forgetful of the shadow's speed. ↗

— Howard Nemerov

#forgetful #light #nothing #say #shadow

There's something about shadows because you make your own mind up about what's lurking in them. ↗

— Richard O'Brien

#because #lurking #make #mind #own

I had the closest thing I have ever had to an out-of-body experience lying in bed one morning. I turned on the 'Today' programme and item four on the news was: 'The shadow chancellor has ruled himself out of the leadership.' I lay there thinking that's interesting, then I realised it was me. ↗

— George Osborne

#chancellor #closest #closest thing #ever #experience

A human being is only breath and shadow. ↗

— Sophocles

#breath #human #human being #only #shadow

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better. ↗

— Plutarch

#better #change #changes #does #friend

Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table. ↗

— George Schultz

#bargaining #capitulation #cast #euphemism #negotiations

That the God-man died for his people, and that His death is their life, is an idea which was in some degree foreshadowed by the older mystical sacrifices. ↗

— William Robertson Smith

#degree #died #foreshadowed #his #idea

These greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow. ↗

— Sam Snead

#fast #greens #hit #hold #i

The greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow. ↗

— Sam Snead

#fast #greens #hit #hold #i

Although I am basically self taught, I consider Debussy my teacher - the most important elements are colour, light and shadow. ↗

— Toru Takemitsu

#although #am #basically #colour #consider