Quotes about lit
literature force gentle
There is great force hidden in a gentle command. George Herbert
littles hearing ears
Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
littles
In each of us there is a little of all of us. Georg C. Lichtenberg
littles causes world
The greatest things in the world are brought about by other things which we count as nothing: little causes we overlook but which at length accumulate.
littles infinite
Just as there are polysyllabic words that say very little, so there are also monosyllabic words of infinite meaning.
littles make-things-right bits
A little bit is not that much to ask to make things right. Jessica Simpson
littles bugs polls
We're going to get that little bug before that little bug gets my poll ratings down any further. Jerry Brown
littles twisted britain
Britain's such a twisted, weird little place. Graham Norton
literature hills walks
If you are looking down while you are walking it is better to walk up hill the ground is nearer. Gertrude Stein
literature audience
An audience is always warming but it must never be necessary to your work.
literature mouths portraits
I have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always firmly closed.
littles sun evening
In the evening I go up in the desert and spend hours watching the sun go down, just enjoying it, and every day I go out and watch it again. I draw some and there is a little painting and so the days go by. Georgia O'Keeffe
literature serious peers
I very much wanted to be accepted by my peers, to be considered a serious journalist. Jessica Savitch
literature planning management
The relationship between talent and management is uneasy, at best.
literature entertainment events
News events cannot be controlled, nor can newscasts be mapped out like entertainment shows.
littles rooms towns
It was the kind of town that made you feel like Humphrey Bogart: you came in on a bumpy little plane, and, for some mysterious reason, got a private room with balcony overlooking the town and the harbor; then you sat there and drank until something happened. Hunter S. Thompson
littles spots knows
Knowledge is little; to know the right context is much; to know the right spot is everything. Hugo von Hofmannsthal
littles cost divine
If it is true in anything, it is especially true of divine things, what costs little is worth little. Hudson Taylor
literature enchantment kind
Study lends a kind of enchantment to all our surroundings. Honore de Balzac
literature spirit apprehension
Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love.
literature virtuous-woman virtuous
The most virtuous women have something within them, something that is never chaste.
littles circumstances vulgar
How well Shakespeare knew how to improve and exalt little circumstances, when he borrowed them from circumstantial or vulgar historians. Horace Walpole
literally people thousands
I don't think we expected, any of us, the literally hundreds of thousands of people that would show up, Michael Reagan
littles monsters range-rover
I've got a Range Rover and a little Mercedes. I normally drive my Range Rover because I feel like a monster in it. Nobody messes with me. Emma Bunton
littles little-bit ifs
Maybe if I forgot things once in a while, we'd all be a little bit happier. Jay Asher
literature firsts individual
It was Nietzsche who first made us conscious of the significance of the individual as a term in the evolutionary process-in that part of the evolutionary process which has still to take place. Herbert Read
literature natural authority
I call religion a natural authority, but it has usually been conceived as a supernatural authority.
literature riches distinction
Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction. F. Scott Fitzgerald
literature quitting whistling
For awhile after you quit Keats all other poetry seems to be only whistling or humming.
literature spoil
The victor belongs to the spoils.
literature firsts sin
His was a great sin who first invented consciousness. Let us lose it for a few hours.
literature down-and bits
I put the words down and push them a bit. Evelyn Waugh
littles world cynicism
A cynic sees little to admire in the world, while the world sees even less to admire in him. Evan Esar