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Columbus and his men, they say, Conveyed the virus hither Whereby my features rot away And vital powers wither; Yet had they not traversed the seas And come infected back, Why, think of all the luxuries That modern life would lack. -- Richard Wilbur
Transportation made sublimation literal. It conveyed evil to another world. -- Robert Hughes
One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
I hope that the message I conveyed in 'Julie of the Wolves' is to tell young people to think things out. Think independently. -- Jean Craighead George
It's amazing to hear, as a voice matures and then starts to decline, what kind of emotion is still conveyed by a really good vocalist. -- Tom Wopat
It appeared as if I had invited the audience into the water with me, and it conveyed the sensation that being in there was absolutely delicious. -- Esther Williams
Remember that it is not enough to abstain from lying by word of mouth; for the worst lies are often conveyed by a false look, smile, or act. -- Abraham Cahan
I don't believe truth is conveyed by style and presentation. I don't think that if it was grainy and full of handheld material, it would be any more truthful. -- Errol Morris
I think the interview form works best on the radio. There are a lot of personality traits conveyed in a person's voice, the rhythm of their speech or how confident they sound. -- Terry Gross
There's always so much more that can be conveyed on screen visually in the expressions of people's faces, in their bodies, in their body language. And also with sound design, with music. -- Lynn Shelton
Revelations are conveyed in a variety of ways, including, for example, dreams, visions, conversations with heavenly messengers, and inspiration. Some revelations are received immediately and intensely; some are recognized gradually and subtly. -- David A. Bednar
The revelations of the Father and the Son are conveyed through the third member of the Godhead, even the Holy Ghost. The Holy Ghost is the witness of and messenger for the Father and the Son. -- David A. Bednar
When pastors don't have rich spiritual lives with Christ, they become victimized by other models of success - models conveyed to them by their training, by their experience in the church, or just by our culture. -- Dallas Willard
So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it. -- Jiddu Krishnamurti
A poor choice of words conveyed to some the impression that I embrace the discarded policies of the past. Nothing could be further from the truth, and I apologize to anyone who was offended by my statement. -- Trent Lott
The aircraft that blew up the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington conveyed several messages to the world, of which one of the least remarked is this: the Muslims of the world are suffering. -- James Buchan
An abundant supply of excellent water, forming a volume equal in bulk to the human body, is conveyed by one of these pipes, and distributed about the city, where it is used by the inhabitants for drink and other purposes. -- Hernan Cortes
This I have observed: There are no language barriers in the Church. There is a mighty power that transcends the power of messages conveyed by words alone, and this is the power of messages communicated by the Spirit to our hearts. -- Joseph B. Wirthlin
I have more freedom when I write fiction, but my memoirs have had a much stronger impact on my readers. Somehow the 'message,' even if I am not even aware that there is one, is conveyed better in this form. -- Isabel Allende
For conservatives, the issue is that for generations now, they have failed to make the case for their values. They haven't even conveyed conservative values to many of their children. And when they have, the university has often succeeded in undoing them. -- Dennis Prager
Generally, I don't pencil, especially with the autobiographical comics, although I've usually planed out composition in my head during the scripting stage. I like to work directly in ink, to keep the spontaneity and expression conveyed by a less worked over line. -- Jeffrey Brown
Whatever may be the merits of a religious system, its effects upon the mass of mankind must depend in an important degree upon its teachers. All instruction and all truth, except simple mathematical truth, is modified by the medium through which it is conveyed. -- Benjamin Robbins Curtis
The campaigns of Steve Forbes, Pat Buchanan, Ross Perot, and John McCain all outperformed expectations on their support from independent voters. They made no effort to shy away from ideology, but conveyed to voters that their policies were driven by principle, not party talking points. -- John Sununu
I believe in broken, fractured, complicated narratives, but I believe in narratives as a vehicle for truth, not simply as a form of entertainment, though I love entertainment, but also a way of conveying what needs to be conveyed about the works that I care about. -- Stephen Greenblatt
Jeff Smith was the Julia Child of my generation. When his television show, 'The Frugal Gourmet,' made its debut on PBS in the 1980s, it conveyed such genuine enthusiasm for cooking that I was moved for the first time to slap down cold cash for a collection of recipes. -- Alton Brown
My father certainly believed that one could make a living outside of an office, as he did. And that if I didn't want to work for other people, there wasn't any reason why I had to. He conveyed that very strongly to my sister and I - that smart people can make their own livings. -- Amy Bloom
I had a very good sexual education. My mother was very advanced in that regard. She conveyed to me the sense of reverence and wonder about my body and the powers of my sexuality not only to give life, but also to be a whole person and to enjoy pleasure. It was put to me as an almost holy act. -- Gioconda Belli
Guilt was imputed and corruption was conveyed -- Gordon Clark
The greatest encouragement is conveyed in prayer. -- David Jeremiah
Spring rain conveyed under the trees in drops. -- Matsuo Basho
Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment. -- Edwin Percy Whipple
Emotional truths can sometimes be conveyed more effectively, more compellingly, through fiction. -- Diana Ossana
Jesus conveyed the impression of complete love, compassion, kindness, and infinite patience. -- Mary C. Neal
Profound thought is conveyed in language of very great simplicity and purity. -- Charlotte Mason
as much good-will may be conveyed in one hearty word as in many. -- Charlotte Bronte
An idea, in the highest sense of that word, cannot be conveyed but by a symbol. -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Death came with friendly care; The opening bud to heaven conveyed, And bade it blossom there. -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Somehow, bad news, however ridden with static, however filled with echoes, always manages to be conveyed. -- Jhumpa Lahiri
Even from a distance, their eyes conveyed the strength of their souls. And their eyes spoke of death. -- Paulo Coelho
As if he conveyed by actions what he could never say in words. Would never say in words. -- Maya Banks
If whatsoever you have been living can be conveyed by words, that means you have not lived at all. -- Rajneesh
Never underestimate somebody's silence. Lot more is conveyed through it. A person who respects human emotions will understand this better. -- Stephen Manoharan
The outer eyes see only by reflection. The vibrationsfrom the inner eye, optic, is conveyed along the opticnerves and produced, spectacular, on the ether. -- George Carey
Style in painting is the same as in writing; a power over materials, whether words or colors, by which conceptions or sentiments are conveyed. -- Joshua Reynolds
In social cognitive theory, perceived self-efficacy results from diverse sources of information conveyed vicariously and through social evaluation, as well as through direct experience -- Albert Bandura
Life is a language in which certain truths are conveyed to us; if we could learn them in some other way, we should not live. -- Arthur Schopenhauer
It appeared as if I had invited the audience into the water with me, and it conveyed the sensation that being in there was absolutely delicious -- Esther Williams
I'm sort of annoyed that some very basic things about poetic forms were not conveyed to me in the various poetry courses I took over the years. -- Juliana Spahr
I don't mistrust reality, of which I know next to nothing. I mistrust the picture of reality conveyed to us by our senses, which is imperfect and circumscribed. -- Gerhard Richter
If a man has to say trust me, Gogu conveyed, it's a sure sign you cannot. Trust him, that is. Trust is a thing you know without words. -- Juliet Marillier
The motion of the mind is conveyed along a cloud of meaning.~ There is this paradox that we get to meaning only when we strip the meaning from symbols. -- David Berlinski
In the godly, holy truths are conveyed by way of a taste; gracious men have a spiritual palate as well as a spiritual eye. Grace alters the spiritual taste. -- Richard Sibbes
Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey the laws too well. What satire on government can equal the severity of censure conveyed in the word politics ....? -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every interaction in the marketplace produces some kind of evaluation or appraisal opportunity that can be conveyed to others by the person on the receiving end of the interaction. -- Jim Blasingame
There are certain things that have universal attributes, like music. Something of greater magnitude is conveyed by them. They connect us with the universal storehouse of life and knowledge. -- Swami Paramananda
As the writer, I may choose to ignore the emotional heart of the matter, and focus on details, and trust that the heart of the matter will be conveyed nevertheless. -- Lydia Davis
As good luck would have it, comes in one Mistress Page, gives intelligence of Ford's approach, and in her invention, and Ford's wife's distraction, they conveyed me into a buck-basket. -- William Shakespeare
The internet connects us all and provides this fabulous fact-checking mechanism, and yet at the same time, the power of lies is conveyed much more efficiently now because they're accepted so fast. -- Alex Gibney
Music is the shorthand of emotion. Emotions, which let themselves be described in words with such difficulty, are directly conveyed to man in music, and in that is its power and significance. -- Leo Tolstoy
I've always done quite well as far as the charts are concerned. And yet I always felt I conveyed the spirit of the music I love, which didn't have any chart success. -- Steven Morrissey
My next thought concerned the choice of an impression, or effect, to be conveyed: and here I may as well observe that, throughout the construction, I kept steadily in view the design. -- Edgar Allan Poe
When prostitution is a crime, the message conveyed is that women who are sexual are "bad," and therefore legitimate victims of sexual assault. Sex becomes a weapon to be used by men. -- Margo St. James
Someone has written, Love is a verb. It requires doing -not just saying and thinking. The test is in what one does, how one acts, for love is conveyed in word and deed. -- David B. Haight
There were so few black men who were successful and who successfully conveyed black male fear - how America can make you feel crazy, and how America can create interesting levels of contradiction. -- Hilton Als
Besides the obscurity arising from the complexity of objects, and the imperfection of the human faculties, the medium through which the conceptions of men are conveyed to each other adds a fresh embarrassment. -- James Madison
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In every idea of genius or in every new human idea, or, more simply still, in every serious human idea born in anyone's brain, there is something that cannot possibly be conveyed to others. -- Fyodor Dostoevsky
In an idealized world, we would all be able to do what our English teachers told us to do, which is to write beautiful prose where enthusiasm is conveyed by word choice and grammar. -- Will Schwalbe
The merit of poetry, in its wildest forms, still consists in its truth-truth conveyed to the understanding, not directly by the words, but circuitously by means of imaginative associations, which serve as its conductors. -- Thomas B. Macaulay
The idea that by eating the meat of an animal, the animal powers or faculties could be conveyed to oneself is nonsense and originates in a mental ignorance of the perfect and genuine primitive laws. -- Franz Bardon
I am always trying to convey something that can't be conveyed, to explain something which is inexplicable, to tell about something I have in my bones, something which can be expressed only in the bones. -- Franz Kafka

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