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men
Poetry's unnat'ral; no man ever talked poetry 'cept a beadle on boxin' day. Charles Dickens
men hair doors
An observer of men who finds himself steadily repelled by some apparently trifling thing in a stranger is right to give it great weight. It may be the clue to the whole mystery. A hair or two will show where a lion is hidden. A very little key will open a very heavy door. Charles Dickens
men brotherhood common
The more man knows of man, the better for the common brotherhood among men. Charles Dickens
men fellow-man spirit
It is required of every man," the ghost returned, "that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide; and, if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death. Charles Dickens
men laughing people
When a man bleeds inwardly, it is a dangerous thing for himself; but when he laughs inwardly, it bodes no good to other people. Charles Dickens
men judging world
Most men unconsciously judge the world from themselves, and it will be very generally found that those who sneer habitually at human nature, and affect to despise it, are among its worst and least pleasant samples. Charles Dickens
men coats shabby
It is not every man that can afford to wear a shabby coat. Charles Caleb Colton
men talking two
When we are in the company of sensible men, we ought to be doubly cautious of talking too much, lest we lose two good things, their good opinion and our own improvement; for what we have to say we know, but what they have to say we know not. Charles Caleb Colton
men years two
No man can promise himself even fifty years of life, but any man may, if he please, live in the proportion of fifty years in forty-let him rise early, that he may have the day before him, and let him make the most of the day, by determining to expend it on two sorts of acquaintance only-those by whom something may be got, and those from whom something maybe learned. Charles Caleb Colton
monstrous
I like all the things that make you monstrous. Holly Black
monstrous seem shadows tall
The shadows now so long do grow,That brambles like tall cedars show,Molehills seem mountains, and the antAppears a monstrous elephant. Charles Cotton
monstrous
The Monstrous Regiment of Women. John Knox
pairs needs scissors
You always need a bit of low-tech.You always need a pair of scissors, it seems to me. You can do better things.... The high-tech, somehow, you do have to combine it with low-tech things. David Hockney
pairs trunks buried
Eventually, everything gets stuck between a pair of parentheses or buried in the bottom of a trunk. Carol Shields
pairs masters seems
In addition, Master Twinkle seems convinced that someone is denying him a pair of stripey trousers. Diana Wynne Jones
pairs underwear lucky
I do have a lucky pair of underwear. Brendan Fehr
pairs parentheses
They looked at each other like a pair of parentheses. Daniel Handler
pairs heels
There's nothing like a good pair of heels. Bridget Moynahan
pairs weight reason
To reason with poorly chosen words is like using a pair of scales with inaccurate weights. Andre Maurois
pairs doe conquer
Love - at least the pair-bonded, prescribed love - does not conquer all. Daphne Gottlieb
pairs gloves cold
I treated her like a pair of gloves. When I was cold, I called her up. Cornel Wilde
prudence pauses
At a great pennyworth pause a while. Benjamin Franklin
prudence absent
No god is absent where prudence dwells. Juvenal
prudence
One has no protecting power save prudence. [Lat., Nullum numen habes si sit prudentia.] Juvenal
prudence share
But we can't deploy everything. We would have to use prudence in how we share our resources. Lisa Ray
prudence
It is good the have a hatch before the durre. John Heywood
prudence
Prudence is the knowledge of things to be sought, and those to be shunned. Marcus Tullius Cicero
prudence paid
Prudence, like experience, must be paid for. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
ranks throughout trash worst
This ranks up there with the worst I've seen. There (were) feces throughout the house, urine-stained carpets, urine-stained sheets, trash throughout the house. Mark Langan
ranks
It ranks right up there at the top, Jimmy Stewart
ranks unique
It was a unique game. It ranks up there. It was crazy. Jerome Bettis
science uniforms taste
In science, reason is the guide; in poetry, taste. The object of the one is truth, which is uniform and indivisible; the object of the other is beauty, which is multiform and varied. Charles Caleb Colton
science disorder cures
No disorders have employed so many quacks, as those that have no cure; and no sciences have exercised so many quills, as those that have no certainty. Charles Caleb Colton
science mind cost
The acquirements of science may be termed the armour of the mind; but that armour would be worse than useless, that cost us all we had, and left us nothing to defend. Charles Caleb Colton
science tolerance religion
We are not clear as to the role in life of these chemicals; nor are we clear as to the role of the physician. You know, of course, that in ancient times there was no clear distinction between priest and physician. Alan Watts
science judging hammers
What happens if a big asteroid hits Earth ? Judging from realistic simulations involving a sledge hammer and a common laboratory frog, we can assume it will be pretty bad. Dave Barry
science animal mph
Scientists tell us that the fastest animal in the world, with a speed of 120 mph, is a cow dropped out of a helicopter. Dave Barry
science simple water
Here's a simple experiment that you might want to try if there is absolutely nothing else going on in your life. All you need is a cork, a bar magnet, and a pail of water. Simply attach your magnet to your cork, then drop it into the water, and voilà (literally, "you have a compass")-you have a compass. How does it work? Simple. Notice that, no matter which way you turn the bucket, the cork always floats on top of the water (unless the magnet is too heavy). Using this scientific principle, early hardy mariners were able to tell at a glance whether they were sinking! Dave Barry
science years careers
I ... began my career as a wireless amateur. After 43 years in radio, I do not mind confessing that I am still an amateur. Despite many great achievements in the science of radio and electronics, what we know today is far less than what we have still to learn. David Sarnoff
science oxygen breathe
Freedom is the oxygen without which science cannot breathe. David Sarnoff
wings gone originality
All the poets are indebted more or less to those who have gone before them; even Homer's originality has been questioned, and Virgil owes almost as much to Theocritus, in his Pastorals, as to Homer, in his Heroics; and if our own countryman, Milton, has soared above both Homer and Virgil, it is because he has stolen some feathers from their wings. Charles Caleb Colton
wings done my-fair-lady
I could have spread my wings and done a thousand things I've never done before. Alan Jay Lerner
wings people television
In terms of hardline right-wing people on television, there's some people that make me cringe when I change the channel. Chris Carmack
wings creative fantasy
The reason that I like SF and fantasy and horror is that to me it's the pulp wing of surrealism. That's the aesthetic of undermining and creative alienation that I really go for. China Mieville
wings giving soul
Crows don’t take from you,” Dean said. “They give your soul wings. Caitlin Kittredge
wings guitar imagination
The guitar is your first wings. It's assigned and designed to unfold your vision and imagination. Carlos Santana
wings dancer ballet
you...are...a...frige...with...wings...we...are...freaking...ballet...dancers! James Patterson
wings bird trembling
The bird that hath been limed in a bush, with trembling wings misdoubteth every bush. William Shakespeare
wings feet tin
Round and round we spin, with feet of lead and wings of tin. Kurt Vonnegut