Famous Quotes & Sayings

God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to sleep, but permit them to do their work until divinely called to something higher.

Terence

She ne'er was really charming till she died

William Collins

Beloved, till life can charm no more; And mourned, till Pity's self be dead

Anita Shreve

I've always been charmed by houses, and descriptions of them are prominent in my novels. So prominent, in fact, that my editor once pointed out to me that all of my early novels had houses on the covers.

In retrospect, I think I had some kind of learning disorder. I could kind of charm my way through grade school, but in high school... I could never seem to grasp things.

Louisa May Alcott

Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty.

I had this idea that I would write a companion cookbook to 'Barbara the Slut.' The recipes would be like, 'Put the Lucky Charms in the bowl.'

Nick Wechsler

There is part of me that will always feel wrong for any leading man-type, charming guy or whatever. I am not that guy. I am so weird. I say inappropriate things, and if I have any charm at all, it's in my utter lack of charm.

Freddie Stroma

It was fun playing a horrible, snotty kid in 'Harry Potter', and then playing Prince Charming where I was also singing and playing guitar, and then playing a completely different character.

Fergus Henderson

Do not let the word 'tripe' deter you. Let its soothing charms win you over, and enjoy it as do those who always have!

Jeffrey Kluger

Odds are you know some narcissists. Odds are they're smart, confident and articulate. They make you laugh, they make you think; the first time you met, they probably charmed the pants off of you - perhaps even literally. The odds are also that that spell didn't last.

The charms of women were never more powerful never inspired such achievements, as in those immortal periods, when they could neither read nor write.

I think these are pretty charming and mellow insects. They don't move very quickly, they don't sting or bite, and for the most part they are very easy to handle and to touch to observe in nature.

I think these are pretty charming and mellow insects,

Jim Calhoun

I think that's the charm of what this tournament is about.

I think that's part of the charm of recruiting. You can never get enough great players. It's just another way to inflict injury on your rivals. That's why recruiting is so important to some people. You're winning two times. You're getting a player and you're taking him away from somebody else.

Our lucky day didn't work out so well last time. They had their own lucky charm.

James Woods

Hold on a second, I got a hand here... you don't mind if I play while we talk? It's part of the charm of this entire event.

Keith Murray

I think the charm for this deal is that this particular segment of the market is growing at such a high rate. That's where the growth is.

Kellan Lutz

I've dated girls and I always wait for that one right time to kiss. I don't kiss on the first date, so I'll take a girl out to dinners, and we'll go bowling, and I make sure to charm them before I do it.

Duke Snider

He was a very charming man, ... It was a pleasure to have him in our school district.

Andrew Motion

He was a man of immense charm, affability and kindness with no side to him.

Josh Billings

Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast, but I'd try a revolver first

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music.

Max Heindel

Music would lose its charm were not dissonance interspersed at frequent intervals. The closer a composer can come to discord without actually entering it in the score, the more pleasing will be his composition when given life through musical instruments.

Maybe the fourth time will be the charm.

Silver Charm had the ideal running style. You could put him on the lead, or take back. He was smart and intelligent, a push-button horse to ride.

Let's face it, Southern poverty is overwhelming, and usually that gets kind of papered over for the rest of us because of the charm of places like New Orleans. But it's pretty grim, really, and now we're being reminded of that.

William Wordsworth

Soft is the music that would charm for ever;The flower of sweetest smell is shy and lowly.

William Wordsworth

Soft is the music that would charm for ever; The flower of sweetest smell is shy and lowly.

Lord Byron

She / Was married, charming, chaste, and twenty-three.

I've led a charmed life. I've known people who have been depressed, and I've never had that.

Hugh Laurie

Lots of people would say House doesn't have any charm at all. I would disagree, though: I find him immensely charming and endlessly entertaining. He has a sort of grace and a wit about him, and ultimately, I think he is on the side of the angels.