I profess not to know how women's hearts are wooed and won. To me they have always been matters of riddle and… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
All my life I have had the utmost admiration for suicides. I have always considered them superior to me in every way. — Thomas Bernhard Copy Share Image
“People admire talent, and talk about their admiration. But they value common sense without talking about it, and often without knowing it.” — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
There was no being displeased with such an encourager, for his admiration made him discern a likeness before it was possible. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Astonishment is the effect of the sublime in its highest degree, the inferior effects are admiration, reverence and respect.” — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Go where you're admired, not where you're tolerated. If they don't appreciate you, it's time to find people who do. If you're… — Kemmy Nola Copy Share Image
“A shower of tears streamed from her eyes, birthing an ethereal streaming glow that lit the barn walls in a spectral halo,… — Daniel Max Reynolds Copy Share Image
It is the faith and perseverance and single-mindedness with which Hitler has perfected his weapons of destruction that commands my admiration. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“My religiosity consists of a humble admiration of the infinitely superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I always felt that my work hadn't much to do with art; my admirations for other art had very little room to… — Lucian Freud Copy Share Image
As a child growing up among artists I learned to think of a picture not as a finished product exposed for the… — Robin G. Collingwood Copy Share Image
I find in all the artists that I admire most a disturbing element, a distortion, giving evidence of a struggle . .… — Henry Moore Copy Share Image
For instance, I never complained that my birthday was overlooked; people were even surprised, with a touch of admiration, by my discretion… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
The student of Nature wonders the more and is astonished the less, the more conversant he becomes with her operations; but of… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
We may note in passing that He (Jesus) was never regarded as a mere moral teacher. He did not produce that effect… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
It is inconceivable to me that an ethical relation to land can exist without love, respect, and admiration for land, and a… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
If you watch Rafael Nadal play tennis, you can only respond with amazement and great admiration. He is an incredible athlete with… — Steffi Graf Copy Share Image
“ Paine was a grand fellow — high—with the most splendid sense of justice. But he was a reasoner — not warm… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
Loving someone has great benefits. There is admiration, learning, attraction and something which, for the want of a better word, we call… — Adrian Tan Copy Share Image
“England has her Stratford, Scotland has her Alloway, and America, too, has her Dresden. For there, on August 11, 1833, was born… — Herman E. Kittredge Copy Share Image
Suppose one who had always continued blind be told by his guide that after he has advanced so many steps he shall… — David Berman Copy Share Image
“I have been thinking about existence lately. In fact, I have been so full of admiration for existence that I have hardly… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
“Above all human existence requires stability, the permanence of things. The result is an ambivalence with respect to all great and violent… — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
There's an honesty to the wolf world that is liberating. There's no diplomacy, no decorum. You tell your enemy you hate him;… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
The greatest works of admiration, And all the fair examples of renown. Out of distress and misery are grown. — Samuel Daniel Copy Share Image
The jealousy that arises from another's achievement is overcome by developing an awareness of and admiration for one's own and other's achievement. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
And as a child I was filled with passionate admiration for acts of civic courage I had seen performed by an elderly… — Rene Cassin Copy Share Image
That wonderful book, while it obtains admiration from the most fastidious critics, is loved by those who are too simple to admire… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
I have a lot of admiration for those who build tactical systems, but I always thought the most important thing a good… — Claudio Ranieri Copy Share Image
Admiration for ourselves and our institutions is too often measured by our contempt and dislike for foreigners. — William Ralph Inge Copy Share Image
“We should not center our lives on receiving praise and admiration. If we are secure in our faith, our identity will be… — Patti J. Smith Copy Share Image
“Learn to know and value the praise which is worth having, and to excite the admiration of excellent people by being modest… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
There will be a real admiration for Paul Pogba amongst other players in the Premier League, from the players who have played… — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
“One of the bravest, grandest champions of human liberty the world has ever seen. {Darrow on the great Robert Ingersoll }” — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
Fame and admiration weigh not a feather in the scale against friendship and love, for the heart languishes all the same. — George Sand Copy Share Image
I have a great admiration and tenderness for Azzedine Alaia. I haven't seen him in a while, but I guess he must… — Hedi Slimane Copy Share Image
I look to James Franco with complete admiration. He makes interesting choices. Whether right or wrong, that is up to someone else… — Tom Cullen Copy Share Image
With a few exceptions people don't want money. They want luxury and they want love and they want admiration. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Whether couched in terms of envy, admiration, or derision, celebrity fascination begins as an exercise in imagining what it would be like… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
