Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Dickens

If her eyes had no expression, it was probably because they had nothing to express. If she had few wrinkles, it was because her mind had never traced its name or any other inscription on her face.

Charles Dickens

"My comfort is," said Susan, looking back at Mr. Dombey, "that I have told a piece of truth this day which ought to have been told long before and can't be told too often or too plain..."

Charles Dickens

"You are a boy," said Mr. Dombey, suddenly and almost fiercely; "and what you think of, or affect to think of, is of little consequence. You have done well, Sir. Don't undo it."

Charles Caleb Colton

Living authors, therefore, are usually, bad companions. If they have not gained character, they seek to do so by methods often ridiculous, always disgusting; and if they have established a character, they are silent for fear of losing by their tongue what they have acquired by their pen--for many authors converse much more foolishly than Goldsmith, who have never written half so well.

Charles Caleb Colton

When certain persons abuse us, let us ask ourselves what description of characters it is that they admire; we shall often find this a very consolatory question.

Charles Caleb Colton

We should not be too niggardly in our praise, for men will do more to support a character than to raise one.

Charles Caleb Colton

Very great personages are not likely to form very just estimates either of others or of themselves; their knowledge of themselves is obscured by the flattery of others; their knowledge of others is equally clouded by circumstances peculiar to themselves. For in the presence of the great, the modest are sure to suffer from too much diffidence, and the confident from too much display.

Charles Caleb Colton

Words are in this respect like water, that they often take their taste, flavour, and character, from the mouth out of which they proceed, as the water from the channel through which it flows.

Charles Caleb Colton

Short as life is, some find it long enough to outlive their characters, their constitutions and their estates.

Dinah Sheridan

While making Genevieve, I learned there could be a lot more to a film than just acting in it.

Saffron Burrows

Ultimately, I just approached her as a young woman who's pretty screwed up, and I started reading Sylvia Plath and Virginia Woolf.

Tilda Swinton

Nic's Charlie is something very particular. You can't really put them together. It's a phantasm.

Tilda Swinton

I wasn't around when Nic was playing Donald. I was around with Charlie.

Tilda Swinton

I knew Spike Jonze would do something really interesting with it.

Tilda Swinton

It may be unfair of me but I do feel I know it.

Kristin Scott Thomas

I was happy, I wasn't beaten, and I lacked nothing. But it wasn't what people expect - it was very much sort of pinching and scraping. I don't know how my mother did it.

Rachel Ward

When I wanted to be an actress, I never wanted really to be the kind of actress I became.

Dinah Sheridan

So I regard my part in Genevieve as a real challenge.

Charles Spurgeon

You may alter an opinion, but you cannot alter a #‎ fact .

Glenn Parker

We want to thank Robert for his valuable contribution to the Company's development and growth since its inception, ... His entrepreneurial vision has been a leading factor in our success to date.

David Graeber

[A] great embarrassing fact… haunts all attempts to represent the market as the highest form of human freedom: that historically, impersonal, commercial markets originate in theft.

Carlos Salinas de Gortari

Globalization is a fact of economic life

C. P. Scott

Comment is free but facts are sacred.

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Well, I'm celebrating the fact that Republicans are doing better with women.

Luke Bracey

I wake up every day and look at my own ugly mug in the mirror and don't think twice about it. The fact that other people might want to look at me still feels funny. It's flattering, but funny.

Gene Smith

The positives are closure. The fact is we participated with an ineligible player. That's the truth. You can't sugar-coat that.

Robert Fraser

We are proud of the fact that we surpassed last year's donation.

Bruce Dressel

We've always been at the forefront of trying to deploy this kind of stuff.

Mike Crosthwaite

I don't think people realize the role that La Costa played in the history of the PGA Tour. It really was at the forefront of professional golf being a venue and what that offered.

Michael Fitzpatrick

While Iran seems to be going back and forth on the use of oil as a political weapon, that issue will probably remain in the forefront for the near term, at least.

Sherrod Brown

Young people have been at the forefront of every great social movement in our country's history.

Brian McBride

When one striker is scoring a lot and the others maybe not so much, there can be a tendency for the other guy to be at the forefront of people's attention,

David Scharf

I think today's announcement was not a major catalyst. Even though the headline reads very well, it probably had not been on the forefront of the minds of investors as a real issue.

Rob Enderle

We're right now at the forefront of another major change.

Terry Jicinsky

This speaks very well of Las Vegas. It shows Las Vegas remains in the forefront of people's minds.

Christopher Shays

This is a bittersweet day for me, ... I would have liked my Republican Party to be in the forefront of this issue.

Luis von Ahn

I put a lot of weight on feelings and am weirdly in touch with them, which is not typical for an engineer.

Ben Bernanke

If current trends continue, the typical U.S. worker will be considerably more productive several decades from now. Thus, one might argue that letting future generations bear the burden of population aging is appropriate, as they will likely be richer than we are even taking that burden into account.

Bobby Robson

Don't ask me what a typical Brazilian is because I don't know what a typical Brazilian is. But Romario was a typical Brazilian.

Barbara Mertz

stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.

Adam Sandler

I'll continue to make the typical Adam Sandler comedies.

Adam Lambert

I don't like to look typical.

Kirk Smith

We don't know what a typical year is. There may never be such a thing.

Amanda Schull

I wouldn't necessarily consider myself the typical sci-fi genre fan. I do have a lot of sci-fi shows that I enjoy, but I wouldn't call it my favorite genre of all.

Maisie Williams

Going out is the typical thing when you turn 18, but it's not really much fun when you have a recognisable face.