His scorn of the great is repeated too often to be real; no man thinks much of that which he despises. —Samuel Johnson More about this quote Tags: accomplishment greatness hatred envy aspiration Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There are wonderful things in real jazz, the talent for improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience. —Henri Matisse More about this quote Tags: talent music audience liveliness jazz improvisation Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Disposition to derision and insult is awakened by the softness to foppery, the swell of insolence, the liveliness of levity, or the solemnity of grandeur by the sprightly trip, the stately stalk, the formal strut, and the lofty mein by gestures intended to catch the eye, and by looks elaborately formed as evidences of importance. —Samuel Johnson More about this quote Tags: walking insults liveliness levity affectation Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The liveliness of literature lies in its exceptionality, in being the individual, idiosyncratic vision of one human being, in which, to our delight and great surprise, we may find our own vision reflected. —Salman Rushdie More about this quote Tags: books art literature surprise delight liveliness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
As a child, I lived with being punier than other boys in class. The only consolation was my parents' empathy - they encouraged constant trips to the local drugstore for chocolate milk shakes to fatten me up. The shakes made me happy, but still, all through grammar school, other kids shoved me around. —James D. Watson More about this quote Tags: empathy children happiness childhood school milkshakes bullying Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Ed felt faint. Milk shake, as it turned out, was much less handy in your veins then, say, oxygen. —Francine Pascal in Sam More about this quote Tags: milkshakes blood illness oxygen Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If I can't suck your milkshake through a straw, it's not a milkshake--it's a glass of ice cream. —Bill Maher in The New New Rules: A Funny Look At How Everybody But Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass More about this quote Tags: food milkshakes ice cream desserts straws Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I didn't ask you if you loved him. I asked you if you liked him. Love is important but like is the more important. If you don't like him, all the love in the world can't make you have a good relationship. —Carolyn Brown in Lucky in Love More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
My life has changed, and I'm changing with it. —Sophie Kinsella in The Undomestic Goddess More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Tragedy did that—brought people together in ways you could never force. —Nancy Naigle in Mint Juleps and Justice More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I thought, briefly, that I would never feel as intensely connected to the world, to another human being, as I did at that moment. —Jojo Moyes in Me Before You More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, "Where have I gone wrong?"/ Then a voice says to me, "This is going to take more than one night. —Charles M. Schulz More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties. —Francis Bacon More about this quote Tags: certainty doubt questioning Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Some of the worst mistakes of my life have been haircuts. —Jim Morrison More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Camping is nature's way of promoting the motel business. —Dave Barry More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email