Deshabille Quotes & Sayings

Simplicity, without variety, is wholly insipid. — William Hogarth

The greatest things to have can't be possessed, they exist within yet can be shared, like freedom, love, trust, integrity, fun, dreams, creativity, wisdom, peace. — Jay Woodman

I want the players to play that way, so I'd better manage that way. The philosophy has been thrown out there. We've been talking about it. We've been working on it, so let's see how it works. Let's see if theory and reality can come together. — Joe Maddon

The blend of absurd, surreal and mundane which gave rise to the adjective kafkaesque — Franz Kafka

Our actions and words built invaluable relationship. — Kishore Bansal

Within two months we will have pushed Hitler so far into a corner that he'll squeak. It was possibly the greatest miscalculation of the twentieth century. — Erik Larson

He lives well who lives retired, and keeps
His wants within the limits of his means. — Ovid

Flowers are the alphabet of angels, whereby they write on the hills and fields mysterious truths. — Benjamin Franklin

The Marquesa would even have been astonished to learn that her letters were very good, for such authors live always in the noble weather of their own minds and those productions which seem remarkable to us are little better than a day's routine to them. — Thornton Wilder

In the Book of Genesis, Abraham believes that God is commanding him to sacrifice his beloved son as proof of his love and obedience. But just as Abraham is about to thrust the knife into his terrified child, an angel grasps his hand and there in the thicket is a sheep that God has provided for the sacrifice. Most people find this story horrifying, but what my father taught me that day was this: No matter how sacred the calling appears, it is not God's will for parents to sacrifice their children. — Katherine Paterson

It was good to travel to the other side of the world. — Andre Braugher

No one missed more basketball in the history of NBA than I did. I played 14 seasons, on the roster for 14 years, and I missed more than nine-and-a-half full seasons. — Bill Walton

Alas, it is too true. I visited him this morning and found him en deshabille, clasping his brown. He seized on me and demanded a rhyme to some word which I have forgot. So I left him."
"Can no one convince Philippe that he is not a poet?" asked De Bergeret plaintively.
De Vangrisse shook his head. — Georgette Heyer

Who hadn't at some point in his life wanted to climb to the top of a sailing ship in full flight? — Lev Grossman

There was this about vampires : they could never look scruffy. Instead, they were ... what was the word ... deshabille. It meant untidy, but with bags and bags of style. — Terry Pratchett

Lev smiles. Leave it to you to turn someone else's screwup into gold — Neal Shusterman