Each member of the family in his own cell of consciousness, each making his own patchwork quilt of reality - collecting fragments of experience here, pieces of information there. From the tiny impressions gleaned from one another, they created a sense of belonging and tried to make do with the way they found each other.
Quotes about gleaned (12 Quotes)
I gleaned jests at home from obsolete farces.
everything, even the most ordinary daily affair, is enriched by the lessons that can be gleaned from art....
When I have fears that I may cease to be Before my pen has gleaned my teeming brain.
My father was a middle manager at an oil company, but I never knew anything about his work. Whatever business acumen I have just got gleaned over the years.
From these broadcasting stations we gleaned our lessons of independent thinking and solidarity action.
The proposal I'm putting before the Council (today) is a result of all of the budget workshops they've had, all the information I've gleaned from that, plus the Council's goals and objectives.
The information gleaned when we picked up Saddam Hussein led to a better understanding of the structure of the insurgency, ... We think there are some of the leadership of this insurgency that have been caught up in the sweep.
Rosencrantz Do you take me for a sponge, my lord hamlet Ay, sir that soaks up the kings countenance, his rewards, his authorities. But such officers do the king best service in the end he keeps them, like an ape, in the corner of his jaw first mouthed, to be last swallowed when he needs what you have gleaned, it is but squeezing you, and, sponge, you shall be dry again. rosencrantz I understand you not, my lord. hamlet I am glad of it a knavish speech sleeps in a foolish ear.
We do not talk - we bludgeon one another with facts and theories gleaned from cursory readings of newspapers, magazines and digests.
Baghdad would seem particularly vulnerable to such a wait-it-out strategy. It is not even close to being self-sufficient. If U. S. troops cut off the supply of water, food, electricity and communications, civilians would no doubt quickly begin fleeing to the safety of refugee camps set up outside the cordon. The U. S. military could wait for the white flag of surrender to flutter outside the range of most of Saddam's weapons. Armed with intelligence gleaned from fleeing refugees, the Americans could attack key targets inside the city with long-range weapons. Such a siege could help nurture one prized U. S. goal Saddam's falling at the hands of his own people. Baghdad is one of those classic cities that happen to contain all the kindling necessary to spark a revolt, ... You'd have the ruling elite and the army cheek by jowl with the people, who despise both the elite and the army.
I never really sat down with Gene Stallings and talked about the program and the things he went through, and gleaned from that knowledge. I'm not going to make that mistake again. ... There are some things that are common to all jobs, and some are unique to each situation, and those are things I want to sit down with David and talk about.