On painting and fighting looke aloofe. [On painting and fighting look aloof.] — George Herbert Copy Share Image
From him [Death] alone of all the powers of heaven Persuasion holds aloof. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as an ideology… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
Tis true among fields and woods I sing, Aloof from cities--that my poor strains Were born, like the simple flowers you bring,… — Alfred Austin Copy Share Image
People might have said I'm a bit aloof, but I'm among the players without inconveniencing them by telling them what to do… — Martin O'Neill Copy Share Image
I'd be the first to say that I'm a distant individual. I have a tendency to come across as being aloof and… — Robert Parish Copy Share Image
But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and keep aloof from sharp contentions. — Homer Copy Share Image
I was drawn to be very solitary as a scholar. I lived a very quiet life, aloof, with my books, with my… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It was impossible to imagine the aloof, dignified, powerful High Lord living as, of all things, a slave. — Trudi Canavan Copy Share Image
“At times she's thought of as an ice princess but ice, when exposed to warmth, melts.” — Donna Lynn Hope Copy Share Image
The charm of variety there was not, nor the excitement of incident; but I liked peace so well, and sought stimulus so… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
Oh, why was he so handsomely blond, so courteously aloof, so maddeningly boring with his talk about Europe and books and music… — Margaret Mitchell Copy Share Image
My soul, the seas are rough, and thou a stranger In these false coasts; O keep aloof; there's danger; Cast forth thy… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
Aaron Sorkin whole thing was that he didn't want the pomposity of the presidency in the West Wing. But once we cast… — Thomas Schlamme Copy Share Image
When an attractive but ALOOF ("cool") man comes along, there are some of us who offer to shine his shoes with our… — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
I am aloof by nature. I mind my own business. I'm good with everyone, and I get along fine with people. But… — Sonakshi Sinha Copy Share Image
Webster and I are very aloof. The two of us go and sit there by ourselves. I sit by myself in the… — Calista Flockhart Copy Share Image
The vast Pacific ocean would always remain the islanders' great solace, escape and nourishment, the amniotic fluid that would keep them hedonistic… — Francine du Plessix Gray Copy Share Image
Beware of men on airplanes. The minute a man reaches thirty thousand feet, he immediately becomes consumed by distasteful sexual fantasies which… — Cynthia Heimel Copy Share Image
Cats are narcissistic. Their needs come before ours. They don't understand the word "No." They carry themselves with that aloof, arrogant sense… — Caroline Knapp Copy Share Image
There comes a terrible moment to many souls when the great movements of the world, the larger destinies of mankind, which have… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Everything is deception: seeking the minimum of illusion, keeping within the ordinary limitations, seeking the maximum. In the first case one cheats… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
The most adorable thing about Toronto is that she remains fiercely aloof and indifferent to the fads and entrepreneurial fevers of her… — Pier Giorgio Di Cicco Copy Share Image
When I am with French people, I am not aloof because I belong to them. My view is that the French president… — Emmanuel Macron Copy Share Image
You know, I think everybody I've seen has come from some other therapy, and almost invariably it's very much the same thing:… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
I hung out with a lot of the riders to get their attitude and they're all like men. Men among boys. They… — Steve Howey Copy Share Image