Famous Quotes & Sayings

Honore de Balzac

The habits of every animal are, at least in the eyes of man, constantly similar in all ages. But the habits, the clothes, the words and the dwelling of a prince, a banker, an artist, a bourgeois, a priest and a pauper, are wholly dissimilar and change at the will of civilizations.

Honore de Balzac

Ah! the soft starlight of virgin eyes.

Honore de Balzac

Incurable wounds are those inflicted by tongue and eye, by mockery and disdain.

Ice T

Being happily married, I’m more focused on what I’m doing. Ya know, one of my quotes is ‘love isn’t looking somebody in the eyes; it’s looking out in the same direction.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Go where you like, feel free to stay as long as you like, I'll be here keeping an eye on things.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Eloquence resides as much in the tone of voice, in the eyes, and in the expression of the face, as in the choice of words.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Those great and glorious actions that dazzle our eyes with their luster are represented by statesmen as the result of great wisdomand excellent design; whereas, in truth, they are commonly the effects of the humors and passions.

Francis Schaeffer

We should not view men with a cynical eye, seeing them only as meaningless products of chance, but, on the other hand, we should not go to the opposite extreme of seeing them romantically. To do either is to fail to understand who men really are--creatures made in the image of God but fallen.

Francis Quarles

Sin is a basilisk whose eyes are full of venom. If the eye of thy soul see her first, it reflects her own poison and kills her; if she see thy soul, unseen, or seen too late, with her poison, she kills thee: since therefore thou canst not escape thy sin, let not thy sin escape thy observation.

Ian Holm

The most important thing in the face is the eyes, and if you can make the eyes talk, you're halfway there.

Ian Holloway

Roy Keane's like a shark. He has those eyes. You don't know if he is going to buy you a drink or eat you.

Hugh Leonard

I came down to the living room one day and my wife was standing in the living room. It wasn't an illusion. I saw her out of the corner of my eye. The moment I saw her, she vanished.

Hugh Laurie

She turned towards me and narrowed her eyes...narrowed them horizontally, not vertically.

Hugh Laurie

Happiness is the twinkle in your grandmother's eye as you reverse the tractor off her legs.

Hugh Jackman

As an actor, you have many tools - your body, your voice, your emotions, mentally. In film, you have your eyes because they communicate your thought process. In fact, generally in film, what you don't say is more important than what you say. That's not so much the case for stage.

Hugh Jackman

Nothing has ever opened my eyes like transcendental meditation has. It makes me calm and happy, and, well, it gives me some peace and quiet in what’s a pretty chaotic life!

Horatio Nelson

I have only one eye, I have a right to be blind sometimes... I really do not see the signal!

Horace

If anything affects your eye, you hasten to have it removed; if anything affects your mind, you postpone the cure for a year. [Lat., Quae laedunt oculum festinas demere; si quid Est animum, differs curandi tempus in annum.]

Horace Mann

Observation - activity of both eyes and ears.

Homer

Persuasive speech, and more persuasive sighs, Silence that spoke and eloquence of eyes.

Homer

But sure the eye of time beholds no name, So blest as thine in all the rolls of fame.

Homer

The ugliest man was he who came to Troy; with squinting eyes and one distorted foot.

Homer

Beauty! Terrible Beauty! A deathless Goddess-- so she strikes our eyes!

Liev Schreiber

If eyes are the portals of the soul, Elijah's got garage doors.

Kelly Monaco

I feel like I won, but I'm going in as the underdog because the results were disputed, ... Until I prove otherwise, that's the situation. This is supposed to be all in fun. I don't want to scratch anyone's eyeballs out. But I'm competitive by nature.

I'd have to say he's right up there with Nolan Ryan, ... I know in my eyes what Nolan did in the game was unbelievable. But what Roger has done, especially in the last six, seven years, is just unbelievable.

Michaella Krajicek

I couldn't even see the ball, because my eyes were burning.

I could see it in their eyes before each match, everyone was so focused.

I could see it in his eyes. I could see Griff wasn't going to let it happen even though he missed a few free throws. He was going to find a way to win.

I feel a lot more pressure this year. I know there are going to be a lot of eyes on me.

Don Mattingly

I don't want to look back and be looking at three or four teams and what they're doing. We still have to keep our eyes on Boston.

He's in need of some mental health counseling. We set him up with the appropriate people and we're keeping our eyes on him,

Erich Fromm

Let your mind start a journey through a strange new world. Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before. Let your soul take you where you long to be. Close your eyes, let your spirit start to soar, and you’ll live as you’ve never lived before.