Quotes of: Significant-other Keyword

Mute in that golden silence hung with green, Come down from heaven and bring me in your eyes Remembrance of all beauty that has been, And stillness from the pools of Paradise.

Counter-Attack and Other Poems

It was mortifying to find how strong the habit of idle speech may become in one’s self. One need not always be saying something in this noisy world.

The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories

‎I was cursed with the pessimism of both the Russians and the Jews two of the gloomiest tribes in the world. Still if there wasn't greatness in me maybe I had the talent to recognize it in others even in the most irritating others.

City of Thieves

Reflect upon your present blessings -- of which every man has many -- not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings

Embrace every good opportunity you encounter; some will get you informed; others will get you inspired… Some will get you involved and others you make you improved!

Daily Drive 365

Sometimes idiots can accomplish wonderful things.

The Dilbert Principle : A Cubicle's-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads & Other Workplace Afflictions

I had yet to learn that while there’s nothing wrong with elevating your partner, that should not come at the cost of your own identity.

Drinking and Tweeting and Other Brandi Blunders

One wants to live, of course, indeed one only stays alive by virtue of the fear of death, but I think, as I thought then, that it is better to die violently and not too old.

Decline Of The English Murder and Other Essays

Never underestimate spite as a motivator for genius.

The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements

It was as if someone had taken a tiny bead of pure life and decking it as lightly as possible with down and feathers, had set it dancing and zigzagging to show us the true nature of life.

The Death of the Moth and Other Essays

The leader must have both – the courage to take the people to a daring destination and the humility to selflessly serve others on the journey.

Dare to Serve: How to Drive Superior Results by Serving Others

Alas, is even Love too weak to unlock the heart and let it speak? Are even lovers powerless to reveal To one another what indeed they feel?

Dover Beach and Other Poems

What was the freedom to which the adult human being rose in the morning, if each act was held back or inspired by the overpowering ghost of a little child?

In Dreams Begin Responsibilities and Other Stories

Above all things -- read. Read the great stylists who cannot be copied rather than the successful writers who must not be copied.

Death on the Air and Other Stories

You must be able to write. You must have a sense of form, of pattern, of design. You must have a respect for and a mastery over words.

Death on the Air and Other Stories

He took in the squeaky music, the vulgar and pining melodies, because passion immobilizes good taste and seriously considers what soberly would be thought of as funny and to be resented.

Death in Venice and Other Tales

Most of the time, it felt like my father and I were completely different species. Possibly literally, depending on the day and whether or not I actually qualified as human at the time.

Every Other Day

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful idiots are always asking, "What's in it for me"?

Economic Warfare: Secrets of Wealth Creation in the Age of Welfare Politics

Good' did not triumph. 'Evil' did not triumph. The two resolved, destroyed each other and created new 'evils', new 'goods' which slew each other in their turn.

Epitaph for a Spy

If you loved someone, you couldn’t let lies come between you. No matter what happened—even if you’d already lost each other forever—you owed each other the truth.

Evernight

A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly or indirectly, by his characters, into presenting publicly his innermost feelings.

Entrapment and Other Writings