Best 653 quotes in «memorable quotes» category

Every man wants a woman to appeal to his better side, his nobler instincts, and his higher nature - and another woman to help him forget them.

Every man has business and desire, Such as it is.

Everyone can recognize history when it happens. Everyone can recognize history after is has happened; but only the wise man knows at the moment what is vital and permanent, what is lasting and memorable.

Everyone has these two visions when they hold their child for the first time. The first is your child as an adult saying "I want to thank the Nobel Committee for this award." The other is "You want fries with that?".

Everything in this country [the US] has got to be good looks and unlined faces and thin bodies and people running around in skirts slit up to their ass. It has nothing to do with thinking or with being a human being. There is life in mature people; it's not all over at 24½.

Every year, back comes Spring, with nasty little birds yapping their fool heads off and the ground all mucked up with plants.

Evolution has programmed our brains to find two things particularly interesting, and therefore memorable: jokes and sex - and especially, it seems, jokes about sex.

Experts say you should never hit your children in anger. When is a good time? When you're feeling festive?

Fashion is about dressing according to what's fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.

Falling in love is one of the most beautiful feelings in the world. Its a feeling that you cannot resist and a feeling that you can almost never forget. Being touched by the feeling of love is the most memorable of all.

Fear or stupidity has always been the basis of most human actions.

Find me a man who's interesting enough to have dinner with and I'll be happy.

For Brutus is an honourable man; So are they all, all honourable men.

Fix your eyes forward on what you can do, not back on what you cannot change.

For a second, two seconds, they had exchanged an equivocal glance, and that was the end of the story. But even that was a memorable event, in the locked loneliness in which one had to live.

First, the skill of storytelling helps to galvanize your team. Second, the discipline of storytelling requires leaders to be clear about their intentions and to prioritize what fits into the story versus secondary goals and issues. Third, there is possibly an artifact here - great storytellers can make their exploits and achievements sound very exciting and memorable. Successful leaders who are not good storytellers won't get the acknowledgement and appreciation they deserve.

Forget the past and live the present hour.

Frailty, thy name is woman!

For the young people here: practicality is a good thing. There are times where compromise is necessary. That's part of wisdom. But it's also important to hang on to what you believe.

Fundamentally, I think of myself as a storyteller, not a writer.

Friendship is not possible between two women one of whom is very well dressed.

Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.

Getting along with men isn't what's truly important. The vital knowledge is how to get along with one man.

Globalization, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing... you are talking about the Internet, you are talking about cell phones, you are talking about computers. This doesn't affect two-thirds of the people of the world.

God gave women intuition and femininity. Used properly, the combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I've ever met.

God gave me the stubbornness of a mule and a fairly keen scent.

God if the press ever quoted anyone correctly it would be brilliant.

Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it.

God is love, but get it in writing.

Going slowly [...] was the best way of being reminded that there is a relationship between Here and There, and that travel narrative was the story of There and Back.

'Gone With The Wind' is one of the all-time greats. Read Margaret Mitchell's book and watch the film again; it's a soap opera in all its glory. It is superb and memorable.

Good communication is just as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.

Good design is making something intelligible and memorable. Great design is making something memorable and Meaningful.

He described to me how crocodiles kill more people than sharks. There are just a lot of things in Australia that can kill you.

Government itself is founded upon the great doctrine of the consent of the governed, and has its cornerstone in the memorable principle that men are endowed with inalienable rights.

Gritty and witty, The Chicago Way is done the classic Raymond Chandler Way. Harvey's taut plot, snappy prose, and memorable characters make this debut novel a real winner.

He found himself understanding the wearisomeness of this life,where every path was an improvisation and a considerable part of one's waking life was spent watching one's feet.

He had a big head and a face so ugly it became almost fascinating.

He could remember all about it now; the pitiful figure he must have cut; the absurd way in which he had gone and done the very thing he had so often agreed with himself in thinking would be the most foolish thing in the world; and had met with exactly the consequences which, in these wise moods, he had always foretold were certain to follow, if he ever did make such a fool of himself.

He is lofty, and I am eminent.

He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.

He named me. He liked the sound of it. And I said, well, all right. I felt a little odd about it. I don't understand all that name changing business anyway... No, he felt that Lauren Bacall was better sounding than Betty Bacall. He had a vision of his own. He was a svengali. He wanted to mold me. He wanted to control me. And he did until Mr. Bogart got involved.

He that is giddy thinks the world turns round.

He's one of the biggest whingers in world football... he's a bloody eejit.

He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again.

Her only flair is in her nostrils.

He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat.

His life was gentle; and the elements So mixed in him, that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, THIS WAS A MAN!

He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself.

How we shape our understanding of others' lives is determined by what we find memorable in them, and that in turn is determined not by any potentially accurate overview of another's personality but rather by the tension and balance that exist in our daily relationships.