quotes about Inanimate Objects
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there are no inanimate objects ...
-- Barbara Grizzuti Harrison -
Inanimate objects are harmless indeed, Mr. Mortmain. But one cannot always say the same of the men who use them.
-- Cassandra Clare -
Everything in your world is filled with intelligence, even the so-called inanimate objects. Treat them intelligently if you wish to obtain intelligent, harmonious results.
-- Catherine Ponder -
My biggest fear? My biggest fear would be turning into an inanimate object.
-- Darren Criss -
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I find it ridiculous to assign a gender to an inanimate object incapable of disrobing and making an occasional fool of itself.
-- David Sedaris -
Is Art worth dying for? Well I don't know a single inanimate object that's worth dying for.
-- George Clooney -
there's a natural depravity in inanimate things that's quite shocking, when you think of it.
-- Josephine PinckneySource : Josephine Pinckney (1948). “Great Mischief”, New York : Viking Press
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When I glanced at the chair, it started to shake. I’d like to think it was scared of me, but I rarely invoked that response in living things, let alone inanimate objects.
-- Kelley Armstrong -
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Appliances have idiosyncracies, just like us. Unfortunately they have picked up our less attractive traits - they are proud, spiteful, and unforgiving.
-- Mary McGrory -
No inanimate object is ever fully determined by the laws of physics and chemistry.
-- Michael PolanyiSource : Michael Polanyi (1974). “Scientific thought and social reality: essays”, Intl Universities Pr Inc
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I am intrigued by inanimate objects. They're a piece of history, someone's statement and ideas of life.
-- Mike Mills -
I don't believe in blaming inanimate objects for anything.
-- Peter Benchley -
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Inanimate objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories: those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost. The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately to defeat him, and the three major classifications are based on the method each object uses to achieve its purpose. As a general rule, any object capable of breaking down at the moment when it is most needed will do so.
-- Russell Baker -
As the conceptual, material world increases its hold on us, and inanimate objects become more lifelike, we humans must become more human. Open hearts, kindness and care-these are our most precious gifts.
-- Sakyong MiphamSource : Sakyong Mipham (2013). “The Shambhala Principle: Discovering Humanity's Hidden Treasure”, p.41, Harmony
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A book which is left on a shelf is a dead thing but it is also a chrysalis, an inanimate object packed with the potential to burst into new life.
-- Susan HillSource : Susan Hill (2010). “Howards End is on the Landing: A Year of Reading from Home”, p.2, Profile Books
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Inanimate objects sometimes appear endowed with a strange power of sight. A statue notices, a tower watches, the face of an edifice contemplates.
-- Victor Hugo -
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A large, branching, aged oak is perhaps the most venerable of all inanimate objects.
-- William Shenstone -
Inanimate objects are always correct and cannot, unfortunately, be reproached with anything. I have never observed a chair shift from one foot to another, or a bed rear on its hind legs. And tables, even when they are tired, will not dare to bend their knees. I suspect that objects do this from pedagogical considerations, to reprove us constantly for our instability.
-- Zbigniew HerbertSource : Zbigniew Herbert (2014). “The Collected Poems 1956 - 1998”, p.147, Atlantic Books Ltd
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I do have a tendency to invest inanimate objects with human qualities.
-- Matthea HarveySource : Source: www.raintaxi.com
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I love the life of objects. When the children go to bed, the objects come to life. I like to tell stories about the life of inanimate objects.
-- Josef Sudek -