Hinted Pattern Quotes & Sayings

I suddenly feel a vague pity for all those writers who have to ply their trade from sleepy American suburbs, writing divorce scenes symbolized by the very slow washing of dishes. — Teju Cole

To God be the glory, great things He has done and greater things He will do. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Slowly, slowly, with a drugged, fathomless calm, Henry bent and picked up a handful of dirt. He held it over the grave and let it trickle from his fingers. Then, with terrible composure, he stepped back and absently dragged the hand across his chest, smearing mud upon his lapel, his tie, the starched immaculate white of his shirt.
I stared at him. So did Julian, and Francis, and the twins, with a kind of shocked horror. He seemed not to realise he had done anything out of the ordinary. He stood there perfectly still, the wind ruffling his hair and the dull light glinting from the rims of his glasses. — Donna Tartt

To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short. — Confucius

I know now that it's the sweet, sweating smell of hope, which is opposite of hate; and it's the sour, stifled smell of greed, which is the opposite of love. — Gregory David Roberts

If Richard had not made friends he had certainly influenced people. — Josephine Tey

To accept the dignity of another person is an axiom. It has nothing to do with subduing, supporting, or giving charity to other people. — Leo Tolstoy

One of the great perks of being an actor is you're only as smart as the job you're in, you know, and you're only as informed as the job you're in, and you do become an expert, and you read all the books, but then there's a part of, like, you move on. — Amy Ryan

Surely our language is the image of our soul — William Soutar

Creativity arises out of the tension between spontaneity and limitations, the latter (like the river banks) forcing the spontaneity into the various forms which are essential to the work of art or poem. — Rollo May

Show me a smile, and I'll show you one back. — Vanilla Ice

It's a waste of time to think about what I should have done and what I didn't. I really believe in that. That's how I react to the if-onlys of life. To moan and groan about something I shouldn't have done, could have done, might have done ... who knows? It is what it is. You got what you got. I live my life one day at a time. — Liza Minnelli

The serpent tries to engulf my head. No, not a snake, an oxygen mask. — Andrew Davidson

It has been a privilege to pursue knowledge for its own sake and to see how it might help mankind in more practical ways. — Paul Nurse

Over half the people in the United States wear corrective lenses, and almost all of them are capable of seeing much more clearly - if they would only experiment with changing their ideas about vision. — Jacob Liberman