Entendez Vous L Quotes & Sayings

It is a certain rule that wit and passion are entirely incompatible. When the affections are moved, there is no place for the imagination. — David Hume

Sometimes, when you are busy and children ask funny questions, you don't think so much. You just answer quickly so they will leave you alone. If you don't answer, they will just keep asking or they will go and do something very bad. — Jinat Rehana Begum

Yet even in such moments she didn't doubt that God existed. She just sometimes wondered if He remembered that she did. — Tamera Alexander

My kids are so much better parent than I was. — Dick Van Dyke

I don't pray really, because I don't want to bore God. — Orson Welles

Ein einziger dankbarer Gedanke gen Himmel ist das vollkommenste Gebet. One single grateful thought raised to heaven is the most perfect prayer. — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

He's an engineer. Wu's the same. They're both technicians. They don't have intelligence. They have what I call 'thintelligence.' They see the immediate situation. They think narrowly and they call it 'being focused.' They don't see the surround. — Michael Crichton

An enthusiast may bore others, but he has never a dull moment himself. — John F. Kieran

No matter how closely we look, it is difficult to find a mental act that can take place without the support of some physical function. — Moshe Feldenkrais

I wish - I wish instead of just recommending these books, I could set them down at your doorstep. The collected stories of John Updike, the second volume of T.C. Boyle's collected stories, and Stanley Crouch's book about the rise and times of our genius saxophone player Charlie Parker. These are deep books, books that you can get lost in. — Alan Cheuse

You are far too generous," he said.
She smiled, a real smile this time. "I am rarely accused of that, Mr. Bridgerton."
He laughed. Right out loud in the middle of the ballroom.
Kate realized with discomfort that they were suddenly the object of numerous curious stares.
"You," he said, still sounding most heartily amused, "must meet my brother."
"The viscount?" she asked with disbelief.
"Well, you might enjoy Gregory's company as well," he allowed, "but as I said, he is only thirteen and likely to put a frog on your chair."
"And the viscount?"
"Is not likely to put a frog on your chair," he said with an utterly straight face.

-Colin & Kate — Julia Quinn

I think wearing less makeup can seem a bit scary for some women because we get so used to seeing ourselves look a certain way. — Louise Nurding