Compunctious Synonyms Quotes & Sayings

We're all on a continuous journey to try and fix our mistakes and flaws. And, believe me, I've got plenty of them. — Ezekiel Emanuel

Jesper swung first. Kaz dodged right and then they were grappling. They slammed into the wall, knocked heads, drew apart in a flurry of punches and grabs. Wylan turned to Inej, expecting her to object, for Matthias to separate them, for someone to do something, but the others just backed up, making room. Only Kuwei showed any kind of distress.
Jesper and Kaz swung around, crashed into the mechanism of the clock, righted themselves. It wasn't a fight, it was a brawl--graceless, a tangle of elbows and fists.
"Ghezen and his works, someone stop them!" Wylan said desperately. — Leigh Bardugo

The sad truth is very few people will ever be 'for' you in your terms. The bigger question is how many are against you--and still more importantly, how many are against you that you thought were for you? These are the deep insect tunnels that lead to the egg chambers guarded by mindless dark armor. Mandible and leverage. Chemical secretions. — Kris Saknussemm

No blood has been shed under my command this far; and I am determined none shall be! — Thomas Gage

I was one of the first of the uglies. Rock Hudson and Tab Hunter ... were very pretty fellows, and that was the trend. I was one of the first of the uglies to get lucky. — Rod Taylor

At dances when I was a little kid, Art would be up there singing while I'd be dancing with some girl a foot taller than me. — Aaron Neville

Yet, it is true, poetry is delicious; the best prose is that which is most full of poetry. — Virginia Woolf

You can't get there from here, and besides there's no place else to go. — Sheldon B. Kopp

...you don't need a calling to minister love... — John Geddes

We're not short of movements proclaiming that a different world is possible, but unless we can coordinate them into an international movement, capitalism just laughs at all these little organisations. — Jose Saramago

I live for the present always. I accept this risk. I don't deny the past, but it's a page to turn. — Juliette Binoche