Wemmick In Great Expectations Quotes & Sayings

Since I was a child I've loved going to the opera, theatre and ballet. — Christian Lacroix

The peace that Jesus gives is never engineered by circumstances on the outside. — Oswald Chambers

Quand on voit le style naturel, on est tout e tonne et ravi, car on s'attendait de voir un auteur, et on trouve un homme. When we see a natural style we are quite amazed and delighted, because we expected to see an author and find a man. — Blaise Pascal

If anything, you know, I think losing makes me even more motivated. — Serena Williams

Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they move and their achievements surpass those of ordinary men is foreknowledge. — Sun Tzu

The first snowball I froze was put in my mother's deep freeze when I was in my early 20s. — Andy Goldsworthy

Where the real sex feeling begins, timidity and distrust are its companions, heritage from old wicked days when love and violence went often hand in hand. The bent head, the averted eye, the faltering voice, the wincing figure - these, and not the unshrinking gaze and frank reply, are the true signals of passion. Even in my short life I had learned as much as that - or had inherited it in that race memory which we call instinct. — Arthur Conan Doyle

All kids have tremendous talents - and we squander them pretty ruthlessly. — Ken Robinson

Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has a price. — Joan Didion

He steps over to me and takes the empty bowl from my hand, setting it on the desk. Grasping my chin, he pulls my face up so I'll look at him. His thumb brushes across my bottom lip, and he's quiet for a minute before whispering, "Only a fool would be bothered by being with you. — J.M. Darhower

Life's not fair but not always to your disadvantage. — John F. Kennedy

Especially in comedies, I think a lot of time the female characters are there to provide a balance for guys. — Zooey Deschanel

They peer in and at the same moment both angle back their heads, as if they have taken a position a little too close to a panoramic screen. They are tall and big-boned and look like men playing women's parts in a play by Oscar Wilde. 'Nan, Verge's sisters are here,' my mother says loudly. But Nan already knows, and furiously pokers the fire to try and smoke them back out. Nan here is The Aged P only with more mischievousness than Mr Wemmick's in Great Expectations, the only book of which my father kept two copies (Books 180 and 400, Penguin Classic & Everyman Classics editions, London), both of which I have read twice, deciding each time that Great Expectations is the Greatest. If you don't agree, stop here, go back and read it again. I'll wait. Or be dead. — Niall Williams