Related Quotes
character eye names
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
character interesting long
"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..."
character boys thinking
"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."
character half tongue
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
character abuse criticism
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.
character men support
We should not be too niggardly in our praise, for men will do more to support a character than to raise one.
character suffering peculiar
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.
character water taste
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.
character long aging
Short as life is, some find it long enough to outlive their characters, their constitutions and their estates.
patterns myth
The truth of a myth...is not in its words but its patterns. David Mitchell
patterns schemes human-life
Into every tidy scheme for arranging the pattern of human life, it is necessary to inject a certain dose of anarchism. Bertrand Russell
patterns rays doe
Billy Ray Cyrus does not smoke. Michael Bolton doesn't...Paula Abdul doesn't...there does seem to be a pattern. Bill Hicks
patterns clear shows
My life shows a clear pattern of total unpredictability. Ashleigh Brilliant
patterns able problem
Without changing our pattern of thought, we will not be able to solve the problems we created with our current patterns of thought Albert Einstein
patterns life-is individual
Life is a great tapestry. The individual is only an insignificant thread in an immense and miraculous pattern.
patterns martial-arts truth-is
The truth is outside of all fixed patterns. Bruce Lee
patterns forgotten observing
We have forgotten to observe. Instead of observing, we do things according to patterns. Andrei Tarkovsky
patterns doe sometimes
All you can do is hope for a pattern to emerge, and sometimes it never does. Still, with a plan, you only get the best you can imagine. I'd always hoped for something better than that. Chuck Palahniuk
building wells climbs
When I climb a building, I've been there already, and carefully planned how to start the climb as well as how to do it. Alain Robert
building-something building
...clatter of a typwriter suggests that you're actually building something. David Sedaris
building difference game games guys last tired
The only difference between tonight's game and last night's game is that 40 guys were a little more tired tonight, and the building was different, ... All I know is that if we play 82 games like this, I'm going to die. Mark Parrish
building mode postal service throughout
The Postal Service really isn't in a building mode anymore, and that's throughout the whole country. Michael Miles
building capital covers electricity except expenses improvement needs regular school
The per-pupil (funding) covers everything a school needs ? electricity, water, all the expenses a regular school has ? except it doesn't cover capital improvement or building a new school.
buildings hear knocked people
The people who knocked these buildings down will hear from all of us soon.
building camden excites fits great people yards
The point, I think, is that Camden Yards really fits into that neighborhood but it has the 'wow' factor. A great new building that excites people but doesn't take away from the neighborhood.
building ideal market maybe point reached
The point is inventories are building over the ideal 60-day marks. They've maybe reached a point where the market is getting saturated.
building hurricane originally planned raising work
The plaza is a culmination of about two years work designing, raising funds, and the building the plaza. Originally we had planned to do this in the fall, but because of the hurricane it was sidetracked.