Quotes of: Constancy Keyword

Many men are deeply moved by the mere semblance of suffering in a woman; they take the look of pain for a sign of constancy or of love.

Honore de Balzac

The practice of executing such offenders is a relic of the past and is inconsistent with evolving standards of decency in a civilized society.

John Paul Stevens

On my first day on the set of 'Boston Legal,' I thought the director was calling me 'Candice' instead of 'Constance.' But I didn't realize he was actually talking to Candice Bergen.

Constance Zimmer

To force a lawyer on a defendant can only lead him to believe that the law contrives against him.

Potter Stewart

The fickleness of the women I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of the women who love me.

George Bernard Shaw

The direction and constancy of the will is what really matters, and intellect and feeling are only important insofar as they contribute to that.

Evelyn Underhill

I am not yet come of age, my lord. How can I be queen?” asked Constance fearfully.

The Ghosts of the Past

Give me chastity and constancy, but not yet." St. Augustine. "Amen" Odette

Undone: Odette, Elle & me

The tender sentiment of the 'one and only' has less to do with constancy of heart than with singleness of opportunity.

Walden Two

At a very basic level, people need to know that there is constancy in their jobs and, more broadly, in where the organization is headed.

Tom Rath

Constance Harraway: You work so hard not to be seen as a sex object. Before long, you're not seen at all.

The Life of David Gale

Constance Petersen: Are you making love to me? Dr. Fleurot: I will in a moment. I'm just clearing the ground first.

Spellbound

Dr. Murchison: [with his revolver pointed at Constance] You're an excellent analyst, Dr. Peterson, but a rather stupid woman.

Spellbound

Dr. Fleurot: It's rather like embracing a textbook. Constance Petersen: But why do you do it, then? Dr. Fleurot: Because you're not a textbook.

Spellbound

To speak and act truth with constancy and precision is nearly as difficult, and perhaps as meretorious, as to speak it under intimidation or penalty

The Seven Lamps of Architecture

She has been surprised by grief, its constancy, its immediacy, its unrelenting physical pain.

Widow: Stories

Trust is not simply a matter of truthfulness, or even constancy. It is also a matter of amity and goodwill. We trust those who have our best interests at heart, and mistrust those who seem deaf to our concerns.

Gary Hamel

And all of Laura's stuff, what they wrote originally wasn't as good and Constance wound up doing that herself. That was all her stuff, reading to the child, because she had children herself and that's what she would have done.

William Devane

Constance Spry was one of the first people to put flowers in urns and ceramic swans and other unusual containers, but her arrangements tended to be a little less full.

Catherine Martin

One class. No masters. No slaves. No black. No white. No Jew. No Christian. One race-- The human race.

Edith Hahn Beer

Constance Petersen: All analysts have to be psychoanalyzed by other analysts before they start practicing. John Ballantine: Ahhh, that's to make sure that they're not too crazy.

Spellbound