Related Quotes
character interesting people
... what such people miscall their religion, is a vent for their bad humours and arrogance. Charles Dickens
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. Charles Caleb Colton
character long aging
Short as life is, some find it long enough to outlive their characters, their constitutions and their estates.
character winter giving
Sir," returned Mrs. Sparsit, " I cannot say that i have heard him precisely snore, and therefore must not make that statement. But on winter evenings, when he has fallen asleep at his table, I have heard him, what I should prefer to describe as partially choke. I have heard him on such occasions produce sounds of a nature similar to what may be heard in dutch clocks. Not," said Mrs. Sparsit, with a lofty sense of giving strict evidence, " That I would convey any imputation on his moral character. Far from it.
character voice interesting
He had a cringing manner, but a very harsh voice; and his blandest smiles were so extremely forbidding, that to have had his company under the least repulsive circumstances, one would have wished him to be out of temper that he might only scowl.
character men hands
The haggard aspect of the little old man was wonderfully suited to the place; he might have groped among old churches and tombs and deserted houses and gathered all the spoils with his own hands. There was nothing in the whole collection but was in keeping with himself nothing that looked older or more worn than he.
character butterfly interesting
Everything that Mr Smallweed's grandfather ever put away in his mind was a grub at first, and is a grub at last. In all his life he has never bred a single butterfly.
character agony numbers
He had a sense of his dignity, which was of the most exquisite nature. He could detect a design upon it when nobody else had any perception of the fact. His life was made an agony by the number of fine scalpels that he felt to be incessantly engaged in dissecting his dignity.
character men air
He had a certain air of being a handsome man-which he was not; and a certain air of being a well-bred man-which he was not. It was mere swagger and challenge; but in this particular, as in many others, blustering assertion goes for proof, half over the world.
political liquid kind
If you're going to have any kind of political opposition in the 21st century, then it has to be as fundamentally liquid as the rapidly changing society we're living in. Alan Moore
political feelings answers
I don't wear my political feelings on my sleeve. However, if I'm asked, I will answer honestly. Eartha Kitt
political prisoner political-prisoners
Not all political prisoners are innocents. David Remnick
political doubt add
A too great disproportion among the citizens weakens any state. Every person, if possible, ought to enjoy the fruits of his labour, in a full possession of all the necessities, and many of the conveniences of life. No one can doubt, but such an equality is most suitable to human nature, and diminishes much less from the happiness of the rich than it adds to that of the poor. David Hume
political politics journalism
Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians. David Brinkley
political empowering democracy
Only a knowledgeable, empowered and vocal citizenry can perform well in democracy. David Brin
political byzantine rooms
I'm not into smoke-filled rooms. I don't have the time for byzantine political intrigues. Benazir Bhutto
political found drifting
That part of the Englishman's nature which has found gratification in religion is now drifting into political life. Beatrice Webb
political becoming psychological
There are personal reasons, psychological reasons, but there could also be political reasons for becoming a terrorist. Asne Seierstad
together buffets throwing
Stop throwing us all together like some sort of Puerto Ricaminican Tex-Mex buffet. Al Madrigal
together fundamentals provocative
Pamela Smith and Benjamin Schmidt have gathered together a wide-ranging and provocative set of original essays that successfully demonstrate how contingent the process of making knowledge was during a period of fundamental epistemological change. This is a finely crafted and conceptualized collection. Deborah Harkness
together-again together
Things that came apart could be put together again, but never exactly the same. Deb Caletti
together united vision
We are a family, the tribe, we need to come together and be united and have a vision for this tribe. Patrick Wilson
together height kind
Julie Dryfus and I were both afraid of heights and in one scene, I had to be quite high up and I was rather terrified, but Julie was very kind, encouraging me and we got through that together. Chiaki Kuriyama
together crisis i-can
I can keep my head together in a crisis. Charisma Carpenter
together lucky dependable
As far as barriers once I joined the government I was very lucky because I had all of my credentials together, I was Doctor Albright... So when somebody wanted the one woman I made sure that they knew I was dependable and qualified. Madeleine Albright
together different fantastic
The only human being I could tell everything was my sister Françoise. She and I were so diametrically different; put together we would have been a fantastic woman. Catherine Deneuve
together back-together ifs
If it takes you apart, that's not love. Love puts you back together. Catherine Ryan Hyde