Revson Charles Quotes & Sayings

It was soon clear to the Raveloe lasses that he would never urge one of them to accept him against her will - quite as if he had heard them declare that they would never marry a dead man come to life again. — George Eliot

I am a firm believer that one way to become enlightened is to be so relaxed, as relaxed as you possibly can be. — Alanis Morissette

It's families that stop people. All they're good for is guilt. — Christopher Bollen

In the factory we make cosmetics; in the drugstore we sell hope. — Charles Revson

All the power is with the sex that wears the beard. — Moliere

The big will get bigger; the small will get wiped out. — Charles Revson

Adding kidney beans to his cottage cheese and pineapple was an act of bravery Dave had not intended. — Theric Jepson

He believed hunger to be the best appetizer, and because he waited until he was hungry or thirsty before he ate or drank, "he used to partake of a barley cake with greater pleasure than others did of the costliest of foods, and enjoyed a drink from a stream of running water more than others did their Thasian wine."6 When asked about his lack of an abode, Diogenes would reply that he had access to the greatest houses in every city - to their temples and gymnasia, that is. And when asked what he had learned from philosophy, Diogenes replied, "To be prepared for every fortune."7 This reply, as we shall see, anticipates one important theme of Stoicism. The — William B. Irvine

Ian's sense of right and wrong overwhelms me.
Not a single other person ... I know
possesses such an unshakable sense of morality.
Its more than unbelievable. It's frightening.
To offer without strings something all men crave,
and be rejected by him is incomprehensible.
Think I'll have to kick Kaeleigh's ass.
Does she have any idea what it means ... to be
so treasured? He has built a pedestal for her so tall
that she is afraid to be lifted atop it, because to fall
would mean certain death. But oh, she would rise
far, far beyond fear. — Ellen Hopkins

Ben & Jerry's Lifestyle: Lots of options, exciting flavors and never repeating a scoop. — Carolina Soto

Private is our DNA, in my DNA. It enables us to make decisions for the long term. — Anthony Pratt

Creative people are like a wet towel You wring them out and pick up another one. — Charles Revson

The year 1453, therefore, marks the end of the Roman Empire. No one can fail to be amazed by the almost constant successes of the Ottoman armies, which developed in less than two centuries from a small group of fighters who waged war around their gazi in Eastern Anatolia into a force whose power reached the shores of the Bosphorus and the palace of Justinian's successors. How — Andre Clot

A lot of geeks are pale, bespectacled, wear dark clothing and don't get out much - the stereotype exists because it is very often true. I could pass for a non-geek but it would be inaccurate. — China Mieville

If some things aren't going well, do something; never wait for the things to be ok by themselves! Do something; change the direction, change the parameters, change the criteria, change anything you wish to change! To change is to create a new destiny! Remember, you have thousands of different destinies; change is your instrument to switch from one destiny to another! Remember, you have thousands of different destinies! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

She glanced at him. "What gods do you respect?" "None." "And why not?" "I help myself," he said. — Octavia E. Butler

Was the life force something more than words, a tangible, mind-controlling potency? Was nature somehow, in him, maintaining its spark against its own encroachments? — Richard Matheson

I don't meet the competition, I destroy it. — Charles Revson