Leonardo da Vinci

People talk to people who perceive nothing, who have open eyes and see nothing; they shall talk to them and receive no answer; they shall adore those who have ears and hear nothing; they shall burn lamps for those who do not see.

Italian Artist

Brad Pitt

When I received my first paycheck from my now known day job, I spent it on a period Craftsman chair and a Frank Lloyd Wright-wannabe lamp. With my second paycheck, I bought a stereo.

Actor

Makoto Shinkai

In daily or everyday life, I am so impressed with tiny details, like when I look up at a street lamp falling on the street, it seems to have meaning or so much information in it.

Japanese Artist

George Carlin

When Thomas Edison worked late into the night on the electric light, he had to do it by gas lamp or candle. I'm sure it made the work seem that much more urgent.

American Comedian

Kelly Sue DeConnick

If you can remove a female character from your plot and replace her with a sexy lamp and your story still works, you're a hack.

American Writer

Mother Teresa

If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.

Albanian Saint

Maurice Saatchi

Nobody has a magic lamp which can tell you in advance whether what you say will be effective in persuading an audience.

Iraqi Businessman

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

There was electricity in our village only for 2-3 hours a day, so all my life, I studied under a lamp.

Indian Actor

Madonna Ciccone

I like to change. A new lamp, a piece of art, can transform a room.

American Musician

George MacDonald

To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.

Scottish Novelist

Various kinds like desk, floor, or wall lamps, each fit different settings.

Types of Lamps

'Don't hide your lamp under a bushel' means don't conceal talents or knowledge.

Literal vs Metaphorical

In stories, lamps often hold magical properties, like Aladdin's lamp.

Cultural Symbolism

Used to express that someone provides direction or wisdom.

Metaphorical Guidance

Reflects the abstract nature of providing enlightenment.

Nonphysical Light

Medical lamps have designated functions, like treating skin conditions.

Specific Purposes

Don't confuse medical lamps with common household lamps.

Not Ordinary Lamps

In technology, lamps often signify a device's operating status.

Technology Indicators

The term may refer to small LEDs, not actual lamps.

Modern Usage

 I was amazed by how much emotion they could put into something as trivial as a desk lamp. I mean, look at them -- at the end of this movie, you actually feel something for two pieces of furniture. And I said, I have to learn how to do this. So I made a really bad career decision.

Robots with "soul" PIPE Guy...

 This has got to be the worst lamp. Ok, so we're out looking for bats and bats are pretty difficult animals to identify by sight, particularly at night, because obviously it's dark and bats being nocturnal, you know, that's when they like to come out,

Discovering Wildlife in...

 Seriously. What was somebody doing down there with a torch or a stone lamp? I mean -- me, it makes sense, right? But you know, this is the kind of question that I'm trying to answer with my research. I study some of the oldest art in the world.

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 playing the biggest role and caring for lamp because our roots go very deep there and if we're going to survive into the future if our kids are going to have the same options that we have same liberties we're going to have to figure

Chase a Wild Buffalo...

 and you have to say no in the right way to keep the peace. But the most important lesson I learned growing up was the importance of being at the table. When my mom's favorite lamp broke, I had to be there when she was trying

What Islam really says...

 Before long, Psyche was pregnant. She rejoiced, but was also conflicted. How could she raise her baby with a man she'd never seen? That night, Psyche approached her sleeping husband holding an oil lamp.

The myth of Cupid and...

 but buildings are ablaze in the hot, sulfurous air. Lucius climbs out of his closet and tries his front door, but a deep blanket of ash and stone won’t let it budge. His lamp flickers and dies.

Run, sail, or hide? How...

 its scale only highlights the nearly life-sized atrocities on display. Some possible relief comes from a lamp held tightly by a ghostly woman reaching out her window.

Why is this painting so...

 Vietnam, wardrobes, lamps, black dogs, floors, soap, laundry, clocks, computers, phones, and so on, right? So we have a lot of similarities all over the world,

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 World Bank estimates that a single kerosene lamp in a room for one evening just an average sized room has the same health impacts as smoking two packs of