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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.
lasts remember there-is-hope
Remember, to the last, that while there is life there is hope.
lasts fool firsts
Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool. Charles Simmons
lasts dubbing spokes
I have just returned from the dubbing studio where I spoke into a microphone as Severus Snape for absolutely the last time. Alan Rickman
lasts eloquent last-time
We looked at each other for the last time; nothing is as eloquent as nothing. David Mitchell
lasts records haircuts
You're only as good as your last record. David Sanborn
lasts female worship
The last western society to worship female powers was Minoan Crete. And significantly, that fell and did not rise again. Camille Paglia
lasts needs kind
I need some kind of... like... last minute, poorly-set-up deus ex machina!! Bryan Lee O'Malley
lasts ancient tales
This act is an ancient tale new told; And, in the last repeating, troublesome, Being urged at a time unseasonable. William Shakespeare
lasts action remember
I can't remember the last live-action, non-animated Christmas movie. Bob Newhart
foundation emotion reason
Emotion is the foundation of reason. David Brooks
foundation donation
I am the donation to the foundation. Baron Davis
foundation should lost
If all the music written since Bach's time should be lost, it could be reconstructed on the foundation which Bach laid. Charles Gounod
foundation secrecy
Secrecy is the foundation of politics. Bing Gordon
foundation hold laws society somebody trust trusted war whether
Whether we're at war or have been attacked, the foundation of society is that you hold to the laws in place. I used to be somebody that trusted the government. Now I really don't trust anything. Steven Hatfill
foundation statistics theory
Even theories must have foundations. Edgar Rice Burroughs
foundation
When Tarzan killed he more often smiled than scowled, and smiles are the foundation of beauty.
foundation laid pitches society
My foundation now has some 120 football pitches laid out for children, a lot of them immigrants. We live in a multicultural society. Johan Cruyff
foundation gives high improved team
We have improved the foundation of this team with young players. It gives you high hopes. Bruce Allen