Quarrelsomeness Quotes & Sayings

In youth, he must guard against lust. When he is strong, he must guard against quarrelsomeness. And when he is old, against covetousness. — Darron Contryman

Ultimately, physical resemblance isn't as important as whether this person can bring this character to life in a way that's compelling and makes me care about what happens to them. — Alan Ball

Have patience with the quarrelsomeness of the stupid. It is not easy to comprehend that one does not comprehend. — Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

Let us not neglect the forbidden. Let us not sophisticate ourselves out of the cheap thrill and chill of it: the story told for perversity's sake, and all the better for that; the image created because an artist gets tired of reasons sometimes, and wants to dredge up some picture he's been haunted by, and parade it like a new tattoo. I go with it, readily. — Clive Barker

Nico's hair was combed straight up, stiff with mousse, the tips dyed the color of traffic cones. — Frederick Weisel

What the hell, I decided. — Stephenie Meyer

The art of acting is to pitch good. You do the pitching and hope that the other person catches the ball and does some good pitching back to you. — Tyne Daly

I consider myself an excellent candidate ... because I care. — Vincent Frank

The qualities of character can be arranged in triads, in each of which the first and last qualities will be extremes and vices, and the middle quality a virtue or an excellence. So between cowardice and rashness is courage; between stinginess and extravagance is liberality; between sloth and greed is ambition; between humility and pride is modesty; between secrecy and loquacity, honesty; between moroseness and buffoonery, good humor; between quarrelsomeness and flattery, friendship; between Hamlet's indecisiveness and Quixote's impulsiveness is self-control.49 "Right," then, in ethics or conduct, is not different from "right" in mathematics or engineering; it means correct, fit, what works best to the best result. The — Will Durant

Adjustment, that synonym for conformity that comes more easily to the modern tongue, is the theme of our swan song, the piper's tune to which we dance on the brink of the abyss, the siren's melody that destroys our senses and paralyzes our wills. — Robert M. Lindner

The sun might shine or the clouds might lower, but nothing could appear to me as it had done the day before. — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Authenticity is about being true to who you are, even when everyone around you wants you to be someone else — Michael Jordan

I have very fond memories of growing up in Greece, of my brothers and I causing chaos and climbing up trees, which is really cool. Back then, we didn't have all the video games and all that stuff. We just had each other, and we played on the street. — Tracy Spiridakos

There are three things which the superior man guards against. In youth ... lust. When he is strong ... quarrelsomeness. When he is old ... covetousness. — Confucius

Really, what's not to love in John McCain, satire-wise? As if he had not already been good enough to us, then came his nomination of Sarah Palin. Here, truly, was a gift from the gods of satire. — Christopher Buckley

If you find yourself wondering if you can go on, remember how much you've accomplished. Then raise your head high and be proud. YOU GOT THIS! — J.D. Crighton

I sang 'O Holy Night' with the Vatican orchestra, but also a Blake - a lullaby that William Blake wrote for the Christ child, and I set it to music, and the Vatican orchestra played the music. — Patti Smith

The problem isn't gaining weight, it's gaining it in the right place. — David Sedaris

It's ironic how I drop some 'DOUGH' (Doh) when I got them Homer Simpsons. — Wale