Lightness Quotes

When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay? / But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay. - Bible

We now demand the light artillery of the intellect; we need the curt, the condensed, the pointed, the readily diffused / in place of the verbose, the detailed, the voluminous, the inaccessible. On the other hand, the lightness of the artillery should not degenerate into pop-gunnery / by which term we may designate the character of the greater portion of the newspaper press / their sole legitimate object being the discussion of ephemeral matters in an ephemeral manner. - Edgar Allan Poe

We mourn the loss of Tom Fox, who combined a lightness of spirit, a firm opposition to all oppression, and the recognition of God in everyone. - Carol Rose

Watching Reagan, we learned a lesson in how you play the game. You see it in Roberts, too: a genuine friendliness and lightness of touch, combined with absolute determination and commitment to principle. - Peter Robinson

There is something of the freshness of mind, of the lightness of spirit in Linne which for centuries has been linked in people's minds with the mountains of Sweden and Swedish joy in nature. - Johannes Vilhelm Jensen

Their comparative lightness translates into greater fuel efficiency, a gain brought home by the ongoing spike in gasoline prices. As alternatives to the internal combustion engine get closer to commercialisation, lightweight materials will continue to be preferred over metals. - Michael Valenti

The new architecture of transparency and lightness comes from Japan and Europe. - Arthur Erickson

The music almost asks for that kind of lightness. It's high, girly trio singing. - Joan Desens

The modern museum is much more flexible, open and transparent. There's a lightness here that is different than in ancient museums. - Richard Meier