Clarity Quotations

For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity.

Orchestras have become used to the emphasis on the separation of layers, of the ultimate precision and clarity.

Clarity, clarity, surely clarity is the most beautiful thing in the world, A limited, limiting clarity I have not and never did have any motive of poetry But to achieve clarity.

The rarity is the sudden epiphany or single turning point showing you with dramatic clarity that your marriage is over, although that does happen. Most relationships hover on a precipice for years before one party or the other finally decides it is time to jump, and coming to the decision isn't easy.

I use doodling for a variety of reasons: I use it to get clarity around a concept, I use it to relax, I use it to communicate ideas with others and get their refinement of them, I use it to map complex systems for companies, I use it to run innovation games for business, I use it to get insight on something puzzling me.

I certainly am interested in accessibility, clarity, and immediacy.

The fitness builds the foundation for me as an actor to have clarity. Fitness has always been the base of where I start off as a performer.

The scale of the ISIS threat is not yet matched by a clarity of approach for securing their defeat.

For most people, attaining the intellectual clarity and emotional detachment that investing requires is tough.

Anything well written with good language and clarity and honesty is worth doing. It comes out of the same tradition as Shakespeare.

Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all.

There is a beauty and clarity that comes from simplicity that we sometimes do not appreciate in our thirst for intricate solutions.

I decided to be a filmmaker when I was 12. I had utter clarity that this would be my life.

I've always liked texts that you immediately understand. I suppose the playwrights who really speak to me are Edward Bond, Joe Orton and Harold Pinter. I've been in six different Pinter productions - I love the clarity of his language. He has this way of using words - there's a thrill to them.

Christlike communications are expressions of affection and not anger, truth and not fabrication, compassion and not contention, respect and not ridicule, counsel and not criticism, correction and not condemnation. They are spoken with clarity and not with confusion. They may be tender or they may be tough, but they must always be tempered.

I believe in having total clarity around our goals. I believe in creating these goals together as a group and making sure they're aligned with Bob Iger's goals for the Walt Disney Co. And more than anything, making sure people understand that they have a responsibility to one another.

And how is clarity to be achieved? Mainly by taking trouble and by writing to serve people rather than to impress them.

I always have to dream up there against the stars. If I don't dream I will make it, I won't even get close.

My favourite place is at home with my family. My career is really raising my children. I'm still waiting for clarity on the future.

They place great stress on the clarity of our language for expressing nuances and showing subtleties.

Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.

I'm not much of a partier anymore. I enjoy clarity much more.

Music is powered by ideas. If you don't have clarity of ideas, you're just communicating sheer sound.

I think of my poems as personal and public at the same time. You could say they serve as psychological overlays. One fits on top of the other, and hopefully there's an ongoing evolution of clarity.

Conversations about money certainly are not sexy, but they should give each of you some clarity and enable you to enter into your marriage with a better understanding of each other and what is important. Work and home responsibilities, joint or separate accounts, budgets, etc. are all subjects which should be discussed.

I get so many big ideas while I'm running and such clarity while I'm lifting weights. And staying fit keeps me happy and positive.

I think we need stories, and we need to tell the stories over and over and over not only to remind us, but to be able to have that clarity of experience that changes us, so that we know who we are now because of who we have been at some other time.

Education must lead us from the irresponsible opinion to true responsible judgment. It must lead us from chance and arbitrariness to rational clarity and intellectual order. Therefore, let us guide our students over the road of discipline from materials, through function, to creative work.

To me, there is no greater way to achieve clarity than to run alone, or share miles with a trusted friend.

'Wild Hope' just felt like such a selfish venture to me. It was a way for me to get out of my head, get some clarity on certain situations, and finally be a part of something that I was completely behind creatively and proud of.

I think it's appropriate that we simplify, clarify and strengthen, so instead of this nebulousness, we have clarity and authority invested in teachers once more.

I worked in sales. It was definable, it had a quantifiable approach to accomplishment that had a great deal of importance to me. It had a degree of clarity that I loved. And of course, it was core.

Often, if there's something that I want to do, but somehow can't get myself to do, it's because I don't have clarity. This lack of clarity often arises from a feeling of ambivalence - I want to do something, but I don't want to do it; or I want one thing, but I also want something else that conflicts with it.

One advantage in keeping a diary is that you become aware with reassuring clarity of the changes which you constantly suffer.

Sanity and clarity are more important for me and I'm willing to give up a lot of shimmer for it. I'm willing to have more boring friends, who are sane.

And if you want a commander in chief who will fulfill the most solemn obligation of the president to keep this nation safe, then support a candidate who has demonstrated the commitment, the judgment, the experience, the clarity of vision, to identify our enemy, to call it by its name, radical islamic terrorism.

You can only make sense of the online world by going offline and by getting the wisdom and emotional clarity to know how to make the best use of the Internet.

I'll tell you what I'm grateful for, and that's the clarity of understanding that the most important things in life are health, family and friends, and the time to spend on them.

I genuinely enjoy sweating out my frustrations and living a healthier life. My workouts are not all about vanity. They are about clarity for my mind and soul.

Until we move out of this transition period, and get some clarity on these issues, the market is going to remain very volatile.

Until we get more clarity for further resolution to the investigation, it will be difficult for the stock to move forward. Our net view is that we expect it to trade in a pretty tight range now.

Whether the minutes will tell us with any great clarity what lies ahead remains to be seen but at least for the moment the market is basically pricing in two more 25 basis points hikes.

We bring the imagery from our vehicles back in-house and then we review it for spatial accuracy, for clarity and to make sure that we've captured everything within a collection zone.

We blocked the written procedure in order to seek further clarity on the decision.

We know we're in a battle right now. This is obviously a huge week. It's possible there could be a little more clarity by this time next week. This is the biggest week of our season right here.

What is important to me is there has been consensus and clarity, (and) much better coordination. We'll be much quicker to control avian influenza as a result.

You don't have to feel bad to act kindly. Love doesn't stand by, it moves with the speed of clarity.

When I am perfectly clear, what is is what I want.

The world is as you perceive it to be. For me, clarity is a word for beauty. It’s what I am. And when I’m clear, I see only beauty. Nothing else is possible.

Artistic vision is having the clarity to fall in love with what you see.

Maybe where there's clarity of air, there's clarity of thought.

Of all the things I’d been skeptical about, I didn’t feel skeptical about this: the wilderness had a clarity that included me.

Insight enables you to know your own heart. Clarity enables you to accept without illusion.

Herbert Asquith's clarity is a great liability because he has nothing to say.

You have moments of clarity, things become clear to you that you didn't understand before. But there's never any making ends meet or finding any time of longstanding peace of mind about something.

Mechanical rules are never a substitute for clarity of thought.

What we need is some clarity as to the direction of the business, and what the management commitments are in respect to company strategy and the financial performance attached to that.

There are some pretty flagrant differences on items like clarity and color, which would have a bearing on the retail value.

there's no clarity. there was never meant to be clarity.

The extent to which there is greater clarity in terms of one party clearly being able to form a coalition that has a majority in both houses would be helpful from a policy perspective.

What we'd like to hear from Cisco is that visibility going into the next quarter is better but we probably won't get that because there still isn't much clarity about business spending.

An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.

Craving clarity, we attempt to eliminate the risk of trusting God.

The investigation of the meaning of words is the beginning of education.

Clarity in language depends on clarity in thought.

Cultivate clarity, strength, vitality and power from natural, beautiful and organic living foods.

Lack of clarity is always a sign of dishonesty.

Time is the clarity for seeing right and wrong.

It's not the things I don't understand about the Bible that bother me; it's the things I understand with perfect clarity and don't comply with that keep me up at night.

I prefer clarity over agreement

Sometimes an organization doesn’t need a solution; it just needs clarity.

Take some time each day to bring clarity to your inner world.

Simplicity is about clarity of thought and being willing to stay in a problem long enough to come to a solution, though it could be right in front of you.

Legislation is being brought before the state to bring clarity to this industry, which is growing. We are now a booming industry. Because of grass-roots interest, more and more attention is being put on this industry.

led the federal judiciary with great dignity and clarity ... Through it all, he displayed honor and conviction, a love of the law and a love for his country.

Many men today can cook, or at least order takeout, and know where and how to hire domestic help, perhaps with refreshing clarity and less anxiety than ever-conflicted mothers.

Separating the business will enhance clarity and provide choice for investors,

So in order to achieve clarity and be fully and positively engaged in what you're doing, you must (1) know the goal or outcome you're intending and (2) decide and take the next physical move to propel you in that direction.

Solidarity is not a matter of sentiment but a fact, cold and impassive as the granite foundations of a skyscraper. If the basic elements, identity of interest, clarity of vision, honesty of intent, and oneness of purpose, or any of these is lacking, all sentimental pleas for solidarity, and all other efforts to achieve it will be barren of results.

She's one of those leaders who instinctively know the correct thing to do. She brings clarity of thought to everything she does. When she opens her mouth, you're pretty sure that a good idea is going to come out.

She had a strength and clarity in the things she said. And a consistent vision of what whole justice looks like.

No one has anything against her. But the idea that one is supposed to sacrifice both intellectual distinction and philosophical clarity at the same time is just ridiculous.

My guess is that OPEC will get a deal by the end of the week, but their lack of clarity has led to this thing taking longer than it should have.

New Orleans seemed like a superior place to have this conversation because I'd seen maps showing how the city would no longer be there if we lose our polar ice caps. Little did I envision that the clarity of the issue would hit home in this way.

Obviously, the pressure will be on the downside of the currency until we get some degree of clarity on who is going to be a Chancellor and what form of government we are going to have in Germany.

Revisiting 'Leave It to Beaver,' and seeing it in the pristine visual clarity of digital restoration, are mood-altering if not quite mind-altering experiences, very much for the better.

I don't expect the market to gain momentum in either direction until it gains new clarity about the possibility of a May rate hike. The overall trend in housing demand remains relatively weaker compared with 2005.

I (and) other ministers fully respect the fact that parents want clarity on what is going on and secondly that it isn't going to go on in an indiscriminate fashion.

business clarity on what new services could be introduced and how it could be introduced.

Because of the uncertainties and the risks to our earnings model should any behavioral remedies be implemented, we continue to advise investors to stay on the sidelines until further clarity can be gained.

I have been in contact with HUD on more than one occasion. I'm going to meet with them in the next few months, and I hope to gain a little more clarity as to what HUD expects of us.

if only to get as much clarity and transparency as possible.

We feel it is impossible to present a Buy recommendation on a stock which is capable of being declared insolvent within two months and for which we have no clarity on the prospective group structure and strategy.

We've gone from being able to observe and analyze 100 square kilometer plots in the past down to 10 kilometers and even 1 kilometer. The clarity of the picture we're getting is analogous to a digital photograph becoming clearer as the pixels get smaller.

We've gone from being able to observe and analyze 100 square-kilometer (62 square-mile) plots in the past down to 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) and even 1 kilometer (0.62 mile). The clarity of the picture we're getting is analogous to a digital photograph becoming clearer as the pixels get smaller.

What you really need for the yen to strengthen is some clarity on when ZIRP will end. ZIRP is key.

He can take a story, compress it into nine or 10 words, and have a greater clarity and punch then when I write two paragraphs.

John Ginty is a principled individual who speaks with clarity and conviction regarding his positions, especially on matters concerning the sanctity of human life. He offers a refreshing alternative to the hand-picked establishment candidates of both parties.

It is clear, based on the Court's ruling today, that Siebel Systems did not violate the spirit or letter of Regulation FD. We contested the SEC's claims in order to exonerate the company and its executives and to bring clarity to an important issue that was mishandled by the regulators. This was a win not only for Siebel but for all public companies trying to do the right thing.

Ladies and gentlemen, there are moments in the lives of nations and peoples when it is incumbent upon those known for their wisdom and clarity of vision to survey the problem, with all its complexities and vain memories, in a bold drive toward new ho