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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.
association impossible disgusted
In all societies, it is advisable to associate if possible with the highest; not that the highest are always the best, but because, if disgusted there, we can descend at any time; but if we begin with the lowest, to ascend is impossible.
association amalgamation grows
Out of association grows adhesion, and out of adhesion amalgamation. Charlotte Bronte
association republican governors
I'm chairman of the Republican Governors Association. Bob McDonnell
association social-network cop
The right to freedom of association is fine, but why shouldn't the cops be allowed to mine your social network to figure out if you're hanging out with gangbangers and terrorists? Cory Doctorow
association sun
The Sun visits cesspools without being defiled. Diogenes
association different hebrew
It is only in Hebrew that you feel the full meaning of it -- all the associations which a different word has. David Ben-Gurion
association example enlightened
There can be associations - enlightened businesses, for example - that do not work on the basis of us against them or wanting profit as the main motivating force behind what they do. Eckhart Tolle
association different kind
We teach in our cultural history that the entire universe is a family. So our association with Nature is much deeper and of a very different kind. Narendra Modi
association waste
I did not become great by association of The Beatles! Beatles make Maharishi great? Pah! It is a waste of thought. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
envelopes body spirit
The body always expresses the spirit whose envelope it is. And for him who can see, the nude offers the richest meaning. Auguste Rodin
envelopes pushing honorable
So cartooning, for me, is an honorable thing. It's pushing the envelope. It's the truth of something through exaggeration Bill Sienkiewicz
envelopes privacy made
I made myself into an envelope into which I could thrust my work deep, lick the flap, seal it from everybody. Emily Carr
envelopes pushing evolution
I put all of my resources into pushing the evolution in an industry that is notoriously backwards and I enjoy pushing that envelope,. George Lucas
envelopes gaga
I like Lady Gaga because I like that she pushes the envelope. Pat Benatar
envelopes checks
Could you double-check the envelope? Martin Scorsese
envelopes freak bank-accounts
I'm not a very good financing person. I don't even know how much money I have in my bank account. I never have opened one single envelope from the bank - they freak me out. Marjane Satrapi
envelopes avenues
After 'Urinetown,' 'Avenue Q' and now 'Mormon,' is there an envelope remaining to be pushed? Rich Sommer
envelopes rubbish ifs
If something can't be explained on the back of an envelope, it's rubbish. Richard Branson