Quotes of: Personal-appearances Keyword

The barren branches may appear inelegant: They are, to the cook, the means to make his fire.

The Dermis Probe

Rainbows are said to be beautiful! Rainbows are said to be colourful! Rainbows may possibly be magical! But, I have never seen a rainbow appearing in the sky!

Dream of Rainbows

Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.

Faith and Doubt

She had never done these things before; she did them expertly. She had a capacity for action, a competence that clashed incongruously with her appearance.

The Fountainhead

Pride makes us long for a solution to things – a solution, a purpose, a final cause; but the better telescopes become, the more stars appear.

Flaubert's Parrot

It is wisdom to recognize necessity when all other courses have been weighed, though as folly it may appear to those who cling to false hope.

The Fellowship of the Ring

...dark embers smolder inside me - one touch and they flare - who would have thought memory combustible, or near you bright sparks appear?...

A Familiar Rain

And of course she understood now why her body wanted to run whenever he appeared. It was a correct instinct, for there was nothing to be got from this but sadness.

Fire

The waitress had the appearance of a very old hooker who had finally found her place in life

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

The room was not impressively large, even by Manhattan apartment-house standards, but its accumulated furnishings might have lent a snug appearance to a banquet hall in Valhalla.

Franny and Zooey

The sky is already purple; the first few stars have appeared, suddenly, as if someone had thrown a handful of silver across the edge of the world.

Here on Earth

Aaah ... when two Neptunes appear in the sky it is a sure sign that a midget in glasses is being born, Harry...

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

She was becoming herself and daily casting aside that fictitious self which we assume like a garment with which to appear before the world.

The Awakening

the abuser's desire to abuse is not created by the child - it is there before the child appears

Breaking Free: Help For Survivors Of Child Sexual Abuse

It was about a girl who helps an ugly old woman who turns out to be a good fairy in disguise. Inner values versus shallow appearances.

Bellwether

Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill.

Charles R. Swindoll

I am enormously honored to be one of the spokesmen of the New Age Womens Health Campaign, so you'll be seeing me in public service announcements and public appearances supporting the campaign.

Karen Duffy

The South has a way of worshipping appearances - the suburbs are all about presentation and amazing flowers and a beautiful yard and dinner parties that impress people and having the Christmas lights just right.

Paul Downs Colaizzo

A sight game is that I am hurt, but I aim to make you believe I am not even hurt, and with this confidence appearing on my face, I don't panic, otherwise your opponent will know that you are hurt. That's the whole art game in boxing.

Evander Holyfield

What is modern art but the attempt to pinpoint vague, incorporeal, inexpressible sensations? What is modern art, I would add, but the most solemn pile of nonsense that ever appeared on Earth?

Italo Calvino

The New York art world readily proves people wrong. Just when folks say that things stink and flibbertigibbet critics wish the worst on us all because we're not pure enough, good omens appear.

Jerry Saltz