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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.
underestimate
We did not underestimate what we could do, Barry Alvarez
underestimate overestimate
Each underestimates her own power and overestimates the other's Deborah Tannen
underestimate narcissism never-underestimate
Never underestimate the narcissism of a writer. Elia Kazan
underestimate exaggeration oneself
To underestimate oneself is as much an exaggeration of one's powers than the other. Arthur Conan Doyle
underestimate kicks
Everybody underestimates the kick to the groin. Bas Rutten
underestimate capable
Don't underestimate the things that I will do. Adele
underestimate finches internals
On your life, underestimating the proclivities of finches is likely to lead to great internal hemorrhaging. Charles Darwin
underestimate objects
Do not underestimate objects. David Foster Wallace
underestimate ability superpower
Don't underestimate her ability to talk, it's her superpower. Carrie Vaughn
importance lifting
I began to learn the importance of lifting things up and looking underneath. Deb Caletti
importance recognize
We want to recognize the importance of our employees. Dave Johnston
importance
Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is of more importance than the highest. Thomas John Barnardo
importance introduction consequence
For, usually and fitly, the presence of an introduction is held to imply that there is something of consequence and importance to be introduced. Arthur Machen
importance resonates
I learned the importance of being confident. I think that at the end of the day, it's not so much about what you look like - it's really about the way that you feel. That resonates with people. Olivia Culpo
importance issue lose mail office rather seat sell sent vote week weigh willing
We are not delegates who are sent here to weigh our mail every day and then to vote accordingly. There are issue of transcendent importance that you have to be willing to lose your office over ... I'm willing to lose my seat any day in the week rather than sell out. Henry Hyde
importance recognize six
We recognize the importance of getting the six lanes built.
importance learned
As a doctor, I've learned the importance and value of listening.
importance supreme
God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance. Abraham Joshua Heschel