Songwriting and poetry are so commonly birthed from underdogs because one can make even the ugliest situations admirable, or more beautiful than… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Oh, no doubt the cod is a splendid swimmer - admirable for swimming purposes but not for eating. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
One admirable trait in women is their lack of illusions about themselves. They never reason about their most blameworthy actions; their feelings… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
As we grow older, we should learn that these are two quite different things. Character is something you forge for yourself; temperament… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
This goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory, this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Braving obstacles and hardships is nobler than retreat to tranquility. The butterfly that hovers around the lamp until it dies is more… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
I think a lot of women are incredibly tough and they're just really admirable. Especially the way that, given what they've got,… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
Modern China; one also finds many things that are really quite admirable. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
'The Admirable Crichton' is probably Barrie's most famous work after 'Peter Pan', nearly a pendant to that classic. — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
McDonald's is almost 50 years old. For 47 years we had a pretty consistent track record of being able to deliver admirable sales. — Jim Cantalupo Copy Share Image
It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
Hatred of domestic work is a natural and admirable result of civilization. ... The first thing a woman does when she gets… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
I think with the advent of Reagan, and subsequently, both parties, there's been a strong move towards the advantage given to the… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Such loyalty is admirable, of course,” said Scrimgeour, who seemed to be restraining his irritation with difficulty, “but Dumbledore is gone, Harry.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Maybe it’s not, in the end, the virtues of others that so wrenches our hearts as it is the sense of almost… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
Society is purely and solely a continual series of exchanges... And the greatest eulogy we can give it, for exchange is an… — Antoine Destutt de Tracy Copy Share Image
We only want to link up with people whom we like, admire, and trust. ... We do not wish to join with… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Dialect tempered with slang is an admirable medium of communication between persons who have nothing to say and persons who would not… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich Copy Share Image
Makes sense to me. Sometimes starting over is exactly what a person needs. And I think it's admirable. A lot of people… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
One of the admirable features of British novelists is that they have no scruple about setting their stories in foreign settings with… — James Buchan Copy Share Image
Oh how swiftly the glory of the world passes away! If only the lives of these men had been as admirable as… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
