Sincerities Quotes & Sayings

Thus we work not in the light of public opinion but in the secrecy of the chamber; and perhaps the best of us are apt at times to forget the delicacies and sincerities which under these conditions are essential to harmony and honour. — Clifford Allbutt

I debated free trade in college. I came out as a free trader. I'm a free markets guy. I'm an Adam Smith guy. — Sam Wyly

However, there are certain rites in the talk of matrons, and Martha, having listened to such talk for a large part of her life, should have learned that there was nothing insulting, or even personal, intended. She was merely expected to play the part 'young girl' against their own familiar roles. — Doris Lessing

Her fiercest sincerities were translated by the male ego, on arrival, into daffy flirtation. (p. 24) — Jonathan Lethem

Men are always sincere. They change sincerities, that's all. — Tristan Bernard

While we're all very dependent on technology, it doesn't always work. — Bill Gates

Writers need readers and readers need writers — Caroline James

Beauty imposes reverence in the Spring, Grave as the urge within the honeybuds, It wounds us as we sing. Beauty is joy that stays not overlong. Clad in the magic of sincerities, It rides up in a song. Beauty imposes chastenings on the heart, Grave as the birds in last solemnities Assembling to depart. — Shaw Neilson

I never saw quite so wretched an example of what a sea-faring life can do: but to a degree, I know it is the same with them all; they are all knocked about, and exposed to every climate, and every weather, till they are not fit to be seen. It is a pity they are not knocked on the head at once, before they reach Admiral Baldwin's age. — Jane Austen