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Indifference, to me, is the epitome of evil. -- Elie Wiesel
To me, Darth Vader is the epitome of evil. -- Manu Bennett
Actually, the Kentucky moment was better than winning the two National Championships, because it was the epitome of what I try to get from a team in a crisis situation. -- Mike Krzyzewski
What is classical music if not the epitome of sensuality, passion, and understated erotica that popular music, even with all of its energy and life, cannot even begin to touch? -- Lara St. John
It was a dream come true performing with her and just being on the same record. So in my eyes, she was the epitome of a great voice and for us to share together was awesome. -- Deborah Cox
I am the American Dream. I am the epitome of what the American Dream basically said. It said you could come from anywhere and be anything you want in this country. That's exactly what I've done. -- Whoopi Goldberg
I always thought that it was every performer's dream. That's the epitome of being an artist, being able to express song, dance and acting in a live theatre setting and really connecting with an audience on that level. -- Deborah Cox
If any of you should ask me for an epitome of the Christian religion, I should say that it is in one word - prayer. Live and die without prayer, and you will pray long enough when you get to hell. -- Charles Spurgeon
Habitual intoxication is the epitome of every crime. -- Douglas William Jerrold
Man is a physical and spiritual epitome of the Universe. -- Daniel D. Palmer
London is the epitome of our times, and the Rome of to-day. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Tough minded enough to do the necessary things--this is the epitome of what a team is. -- Don Meyer
The acceptance of oneself is the essence of the whole moral problem and the epitome of a whole outlook on life. -- Carl Jung
Flying was a very tangible freedom. In those days, it was beauty, adventure, discovery - the epitome of breaking into new worlds. -- Anne Morrow Lindbergh
One of the toughest guys in the world is Randy Couture - he is the true epitome of what a tough guy is. -- Jason Statham
The epitome of evil is having spiritual leaders condone hate, in the name of God, against others such as our gay brothers and sisters. -- Rory Lewis
The three-martini lunch is the epitome of American efficiency. Where else can you get an earful, a bellyful and a snootful at the same time? -- Gerald R. Ford
Christ is the very epitome of innocence, and without the blood of Christ, shed on Calvary, God's plan of salvation would not have been fulfilled. -- Alan Keyes
I am the epitome of a walking contradiction for various reasons, only one of which being that I feel my existence is of heaven and hell. -- Kim Elizabeth
I am the epitome of a walking contradiction for various reasons, only one of which being that I feel my existence is of heaven and hell. -- Kim Elizabeth
Humility is not weakness; it is the epitome of strength. Humility moves a person away from human, personal weakness and limitation into divine expression, strength, and expansion. -- Donald Curtis
A golf course is the epitome of all that is purely transitory in the universe; a space not to dwell in, but to get over as quickly as possible. -- Jean Giraudoux
A golf course is the epitome of all that is purely transitory in the universe, a space not to dwell in, but to get over as quickly as possible. -- Jean Giraudoux
Hats are the epitome of Englishness, and a royal wedding is the penultimate moment for a hat designer. I'm Irish, but I am a royalist and I believe in fantasy. -- Philip Treacy
I was always the biggest nerd in school: I had very few friends; I was always picked on; I used to wear really big glasses. I was the epitome of a nerd. -- Danielle Panabaker
To me, I'm the epitome of what a ghetto child is: I was raised by a single parent; I stayed in apartments my whole life; I don't think I've ever cut the grass. -- Two Chainz
The classic hat image was during the Forties and Fifties, and Elizabeth Taylor was the epitome of that; she was the ultimate celebrity of excess and glamour, and she worked major sun hats. -- Philip Treacy
My brother and I spent our childhood in movie theaters screaming. I decided early on that that was the epitome of entertainment. I'm always trying for that same level of adrenaline in my books. -- Tess Gerritsen
As a child, the person I admired most in the world was Lana Turner! She seemed the epitome of glamour, and her glitzy surroundings so enviable, the opposite of my mother's extremely banal taste. -- Lee Radziwill
Joe Frazier was the epitome of a champion. I mean, here is a guy who was total old school, blue collar, who would fight anybody. You know, he didn't tell you he was the best fighter pound for pound. -- Sugar Ray Leonard
Opera is the most complete art form. It includes drama, acting, technology (lighting), art (the sets), dance, and the epitome of the human voices. But mostly, go for the glorious music. The arts are crucial to the life of every community. -- Karen DeCrow
For millions of women and men around the world, the playwright Eve Ensler is a beloved figure. She represents the epitome of the politically engaged artist, someone who uses her creative brilliance to illuminate injustice and give voice to the voiceless. -- Jackson Katz
Of many large volumes the index is the best portion and the usefullest. A glance through the casement gives whatever knowledge of the interior is needful. An epitome is only a book shortened; and as a general rule, the worth increases as the size lessens. -- Robert Aris Willmott
Lyndon Johnson is not a comfortable model for President Obama to imitate. He is an all-but-forgotten president - pilloried for the failed war in Vietnam and criticized for grandiose reforms conservatives denounce as the epitome of federal social engineering that costs too much and does too little. -- Robert Dallek
When I was between the ages of five and nine, the soldiers of the Second World War wanted to have Betty Grable, but I wanted to be Betty Grable. She was the epitome of an alluring woman; she had it all as far as I was concerned. -- Grace Slick
You spend ten years of your life being trained to do one thing, and you're being taught to think that it's the most serious thing that anyone could possibly do, and then suddenly you find yourself doing something that in some respects is the epitome of frivolity. -- Jonathan Miller
Notoriously outspoken, his sentences always punctuated with profanities, General George S. Patton was the epitome of what a leader should be like - or so he thought. Patton believed a leader should look and act tough, so he cultivated his image and his personality to match his philosophy. -- Simon Sinek
On the Left, the best and brightest go into politics - Barack Obama is the epitome of the perfect leftist. On the Right, the best and brightest go make money. Very few conservatives want to endure all the nonsense you have to put up with to run for office. -- Ted Cruz
I volunteered 35 years ago to go to Vietnam and the guy I was running against got out of going to Vietnam with a trick knee! I was an author of the homeland security bill, for goodness' sake! But I wasn't a rubber stamp for the White House. That right there is the epitome of what's wrong with American politics today! -- Max Cleland
I was stupid when I started: the epitome of bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. It was like, 'I get to live in L.A. and drive around in limos? Really?' I didn't realize I was owned. The more money gets pumped into you, the more you become a marionette. It made me a true redneck in attitude: I never wanted to wake up ever again feeling owned. -- Al Jourgensen
I am the epitome of coolness. -- Lin-Manuel Miranda
The three-martini lunch is the epitome of American efficiency. -- Gerald R. Ford
I loved writing Dumbledore and he is the epitome of goodness. -- J. K. Rowling
She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled. -- Joseph Heller
The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement. -- Ajahn Chah
Man is the epitome of all things and all knowledge is in him. -- Swami Vivekananda
Actresses are required to perform the epitome of a certain type of femininity. -- Mackenzie Davis
The white Christian heterosexual married male is the epitome of everything right with America! -- Michael Savage
Intemperance is the epitome of every crime, the cause of every kind of misery. -- Douglas William Jerrold
Capitalism is a warrior culture, a hierarchical mode, and Las Vegas is its epitome. -- Hal Rothman
Deepika is the epitome of classiness and hotness; she maintains that balance really well. -- Esha Gupta
A good conscience is an epitome of good life and a true standard of living -- Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
Consider me the entity within the industry without a history of spitting the epitome of stupidity. -- Talib Kweli
There is no other dog that can compare to a Corgi. They're the epitome of beauty. -- Tasha Tudor
Clark Gable was the epitome of the movie star - so romantic, such bearing, such friendliness. -- Elizabeth Taylor
Juan Fangio was the great man of racing, whilst Stirling Moss was the epitome of a racing driver. -- Jackie Stewart
Marilyn Monroe to me is the epitome of glamour, and always has been since I was a kid. -- Brad Goreski
I am the reality of all coyotes. The archetype. The epitome. You are just a reflection of me. -- Patricia Briggs
The epitome of the human realm is to be stuck in a huge traffic jam of discursive thought. -- Chogyam Trungpa
I am the epitome of what you dream to be and the reality of what you can't be. -- Behdad Sami
I aspire to be like Paul Newman. He was a man's man, a lady's man, and the epitome of a philanthropist. -- Trevor Donovan
I like to blow up stereotypes, like taking the icons of metal, the epitome of male testosterone and showing them as regular people. -- Joe Berlinger
Chanel all the way! Just because not only do they have timeless pieces, but since it is the epitome of class and elegance. -- Zendaya
I'm not an overnight sensation. I'm a Texan. And I'm a Texas success story. I am the epitome of hard work and optimism. -- Wendy Davis
I love that [ late-50s Verve recordings] - to me, that's the epitome of vocal jazz. It's my favorite style and era of it. -- Jose James
Radio was so important to everybody back then; there was no TV. Columbia Square was the epitome of radio. Everything was modern. It was beautiful. -- Art Linkletter
Network Spinal Analysis represents the epitome of body work; it is at the leading of body/mind/spirit integration. This work will transform the planet. -- Candace Pert
Society's epitome of credibility is John Wayne, who sizes up a situation and says, "Here's what I'm going to do" - and you follow him. -- Gary A. Klein
My hero among heroes is my grandmother, she's the epitome of strength and I try to mock that strength all the time. She's a beast. -- Aeriel Miranda
Sophia Loren is the embodiment of what a woman should be -- the epitome of femaleness. Most of the young people today are just ironing boards. -- Rona Barrett
For me, comedians are like the epitome for everything great, and they terrify me. I just want to be them. I want to be like them. -- Tatiana Maslany
Man is a central creature between the animals, that is to say, the most perfect form, which unites the traits of all in the most complete epitome. -- Johann Gottfried Herder
A man, groundly learned already, may take much profit himself in using by epitome to draw other men's works, for his own memory sake, into short room. -- Roger Ascham
I call the notion that we are nothing but killer apes the Beethoven fallacy. Beethoven was disorganized and messy, and yet his music is the epitome of order. -- Frans de Waal
I get so into playing the bass. The only time I ever feel the same way is when I'm having sex; it's the epitome of unifying with something. -- Melissa Auf der Maur
I'm the kind of anarchist whose chief objection to the State is that it kills so many people. Government is the epitome of the deathist philosophy I reject. -- Robert Anton Wilson
To love love and not its meaning, hardens the heart in monstrous ways... (The Rape Of The Swan)Footnote : A form of self-edification, infatuation, lust and the epitome of hedonism. -- The Poet Archibald MacLeish
If anybody was Mr. Jazz it was Louis Armstrong. He was the epitome of jazz and always will be. He is what I call an American standard, an American original. -- Duke Ellington
I had wanted to be a Calvin Klein model since I was 17. Marky Mark in his Calvin Kleins was the epitome of male sexuality. That was something I worked for. -- Mehcad Brooks
I do watch 'American Idol' sometimes. It's not really that pleasurable... I take that back. It is the epitome of a guilty pleasure. Sometimes there's some good singers on that show. -- M. Ward
She [Hillary Clinton] is the epitome of the progressive - the secular progressive movement. And she counts on the fact that people are uninformed, the Alinsky Model, taking advantage of useful idiots. -- Benjamin Carson
Bodh Gaya is a land of enlightenment. Years ago, what Bodh Gaya got was Siddhartha but what Bodh Gaya gave to the world was Lord Buddha, the epitome of knowledge, peace and compassion. -- Narendra Modi
We put this 15-year old girl on the cover of a fashion magazine, and tell everyone she is the epitome of sexual perfection, but we jail anyone who touches her for another three years. -- Hugh Laurie
Oh, blank confusion! true epitome Of what the mighty City is herself, To thousands upon thousands of her sons, Living amid the same perpetual whirl Of trivial objects, melted and reduced To one identity. -- William Wordsworth

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