Gentleman In Great Expectations Quotes & Sayings

A bottomless pit of violence, a Tower of Babel where all are speakers and no hearers. — Alexander Smith

After watching wrestling for 20 years, I thought I had enough confidence to do it. There were no wrestling schools at the time. — Hulk Hogan

I only asked because, well, I am too. And I thought it would be nice to have someone to talk to. — Ella Frank

When you consider that there are a thousand ways to express even the simplest idea, it is no wonder writers are under a great strain. Writers care greatly how a thing is said - it makes all the difference. So they are constantly faced with too many choices and must make too many decisions. — E.B. White

Lue knew she was going the right way, because she began to feel the subtle tug ... it was a voice in your head that sounded a lot like yours if you weren't paying attention. — Maggie Stiefvater

The planet has survived everything, in its time. It will certainly survive us. — Michael Crichton

You cannot clap with one hand alone. — John Taylor Wood

I'm a professional and I'll do anything - a poetry reading, television, cinema, anything that allows me to act. — Peter O'Toole

I hear the tread of pioneers
Of nations yet to be,
The first low wash of waves where soon
Shall roll a human sea. — John Greenleaf Whittier

Stanley must have realized that this postponement would probably be fatal. But while he did not give up, he never for a moment thought of abandoning his African quest [...] Yet Stanley still longed for the security of marriage, and hoped he could find Livingstone and marry Katie. [...] The romantic side of his nature told him that their story ought to end in marriage: the workhouse boy, having distinguished himself beyond all expectations, weds the daughter of the respectable local gentleman, and they live happily ever afterwards in a big house
[...] But Katie had never understood his inner conviction of being chosen for a great task. — Tim Jeal

Jealousy had a taste, all right. A bitter and tongue-stinging flavor, like a peach pit. — Dolores Hitchens

So lets knock a couple back and make some noise — Oscar Wilde

If one but tell a thing well, it moves on with undying voice, and over the fruitful earth and across the sea goes the bright gleam of noble deeds ever unquenchable. — Pindar