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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.
closeness great human knew love loved nature passed whitman
Some of his own closeness to nature, his great love for human beings, was passed on by Whitman to all of us who knew and loved him. Ella R. Bloor
closeness gas good great half hitting losses maybe ran represent score second stepped
Maybe we ran out of gas a little bit. A lot of those 19 losses have been just like this. We had a great first half. We were hitting well and getting a lot of good looks. In the second half they stepped it up defensively. The score doesn't represent the closeness of the game.
closeness florida state
Why do Florida and Florida State go at each other? It's the closeness and the similarity.
closeness expertise far influence lack middle problem staff
I think she's doing far better than her predecessors. Because of her closeness to the president, she has real influence on policy. The problem is that she and her staff still lack real expertise in the Middle East.
closeness driving due inclined
After driving the area, and due to the closeness of structures, I'm inclined not to go with the land-use plan. Jeff Johnson
closeness fans team
There's a closeness between the team and the fans you'll never find in a major-league park.
closeness competition difference error small
This was where the closeness of the competition was really showcased as every small error made the difference as to how you placed.
closeness distant drawn face immediacy indeed intangible life prayer whom
In Jesus' life from the Father, in the immediacy and closeness of his association with him in prayer and indeed face to face, he is God's witness, through whom the intangible has become tangible, the distant has drawn near.
closeness curb cuts looking per start
Then we would have to start looking at curb cuts per block. The closeness to the alleys and intersections.
delta pounds reason size wear weigh
W called me 'the young Delta Burke.' It's so silly. I weigh 105 pounds and wear a size two, but for some reason I'm a heavyweight. Christina Ricci
delta earnings quite
With the Micron earnings quite a disappointment and the Delta outlook, technically we were very overbought on a short-term basis.
delta extremely listening management pilots telling tired
The pilots are telling us they are extremely disappointed in Delta management and are tired of listening to management?s demands.
delta engineers gulf land louisiana planet sinking southern stop unless
Unless engineers can stop southern Louisiana from sinking into the Gulf - the Mississippi Delta is the fastest-disappearing land on the planet - even post-Katrina's modernized levees will be overwhelmed.
delta express hates issue needs pay proving
I think the Delta Express issue is proving to be intractable, ... ALPA hates the two-tier pay scale. Delta needs that, and needs more of it, if it's going to compete.
delta harder legitimate name race run thompson
The race in the Delta is going to be a legitimate wire-to-wire race. The Espy name is big over there. Thompson will have to run harder than he has in the past.
delta hesitant protection seek
That Delta attitude, it's been there a long time, it's what made them great, and its what made them hesitant to seek protection long ago.
delta five weakest
As a stand-alone carrier, Delta is the weakest of the Big Five (American, United, Delta, Continental, Northwest).
delta grasp northwest raises sale seems
Northwest seems to have a better grasp on what it's doing than Delta does. Delta raises fares and announces a sale at the same time. Northwest is making the adjustments they have to.
environment progressive grew
I will say that the environment I grew up in was not the most progressive. Alan Ball
environmental dollars protection
Over and over, we hear politicians say they can't spend our tax dollars on environmental protection when the economy is so fragile. David Suzuki
environment
We all live downstream
environmental body embedded
Each of us now has 2.27 kg (5 lbs) of plastic embedded in our bodies.
environmental cost lines
The fact of the matter is that today, stuff-selling mega-corporations have a huge influence on our daily lives. And because of the competitive nature of our global economy, these corporations are generally only concerned with one thing - the bottom line. That is, maximising profit, regardless of the social or environmental costs.
environmental waste recycled
In nature there is no such thing as waste. In nature nothing is wasted; everything is recycled.
environmental garbage worn
There is no place where we can safely store worn-out reactors or their garbage. No place! David R. Brower
environmental wrecks energy
It seems that every time mankind is given a lot of energy, we go out and wreck something with it.
environment finite growth unlimited
Unlimited growth in a finite environment is impossible.
opportunity deuces letters
Then idiots talk....of Energy. If there is a word in the dictionary under any letter from A to Z that I abominate, it is energy. It is such a conventional superstition, such parrot gabble! What the deuce!....But show me a good opportunity, show me something really worth being energetic about, and I'll show you energy.
opportunity men often-is
Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that he gained by the wisdom of his friends and the folly of his enemies, and the giant will often be seen to be a pygmy.
opportunity female lovers
Fortune, like other females, prefers a lover to a master, and submits with impatience to control; but he that wooes her with opportunity and importunity will seldom court her in vain.
opportunity mind glory
The road to glory would cease to be arduous if it were trite and trodden; and great minds must be ready not only to take opportunities but to make them.
opportunity extremity
Our extremities are God's opportunities. Charles Spurgeon
opportunity honor denial
When facing the apparent denial of my request, God gave me the opportunity to honor him by trusting His Word.
opportunity library today
I wouldn’t be the person I am today if it wasn’t for the opportunities the library gave me. Alan Moore
opportunity voice people
It does not do to rely too much on silent majorities, Evey, for silence is a fragile thing, one loud noise, and its gone. But the people are so cowed and disorganised. A few might take the opportunity to protest, but it'll just be a voice crying in the wilderness. Noise is relative to the silence preceding it. The more absolute the hush, the more shocking the thunderclap. Our masters have not heard the people's voice for generations, Evey and it is much, much louder than they care to remember.
opportunity giving people
I want to be able to open up the really good treasures of the Church and Christianity to people, and that's not going to be achieved by shouting at them to convert or they'll go to hell. It's about giving them an opportunity to reimagine Christianity. Alan Green
relish
You have to relish the challenge of television. Laura Linney
relish
I find cooking very therapeutic. As a creative person, I relish cooking because it's such a creative process. You can cook anything out of anything. Shilpa Shetty
relish starting
We're the underdogs, and we're really starting to relish that opportunity.
states secretary
I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever. Madeleine Albright
states evident secretary
I loved being Secretary of State, that's probably evident to everyone who watched me.
states barometer interest
...interest is the barometer of the state... David Hume
states hyperbole constant
I live in a constant state of hyperbole. Eden Sher
states senators productive
I was very productive as a senator for my state. Carol Moseley Braun
state
We wrestled better than we did in the first. We got after the guys, and they wanted to get to the state final.
state
to play in the state in which they're franchised. Paul Tagliabue
state
We're realists. We know we're in a state where the Legislature is anti-choice. Susan Hill
state systems whether
When the state inspectors look at us, they will see that the systems are in place. You have to have a system whether you have one person or 100.