True gastronomy is making the most of what is available, however modest. — Claudia Roden Copy Share Image
A modest man is steady, an humble man timid, and a vain one presumptuous. — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Never forget the favors done for you. Always forget the favors you’ve done for others. — Omar Suleiman Copy Share Image
You can be only a modest distance away from the gravity brane, and gravity will be incredibly weak. — Lisa Randall Copy Share Image
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
It's in their modest home. You go into their kitchen and serve yourself. It's all homemade. It's authentic Italian. — Graham Spanier Copy Share Image
I wasn't trying to make a following. I was just trying to make interesting music. That's not being modest, that's just being… — Girl Talk Copy Share Image
My strengths—which are really quite modest—are limited to me, but with my weaknesses the possibilities are boundless. — Jason Gray Copy Share Image
I'll never forget my first fur. It was a modest little stole. Modest? People thought I was wearing anchovies. — Phyllis Diller Copy Share Image
We pray for a generation of girls who will display their wit, their intelligence, their modest charm, their integrity, their loveliness rather… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
It was the Almighty who decreed that men and women must cover their nakedness by wearing proper and modest clothing. No amount… — Mark E. Petersen Copy Share Image
Banish (the onion) from the kitchen and the pleasure flies with it. Its presence lends color and enchantment to the most modest… — Elizabeth Robins Pennell Copy Share Image
Gratefully accepting the proffered honor, [to inscribe a new legal work to him] I give the leave, begging only that the inscription… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
When humans team up with computers to play chess, the humans who do best are not necessarily the strongest players. They're the… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
I grew up in a modest neighborhood just outside of Los Angeles. It was an industrial community of blue-collar, working people... some… — Hilda Solis Copy Share Image
People tend to take sides in these discussions. They feel obligated to say baseball is in catastrophic circumstance or no problem at… — Andrew Zimbalist Copy Share Image
The true color of life is the color of the body, the color of the covered red, the implicit and not explicit… — Alice Meynell Copy Share Image
I collect art on a very modest scale. Most of what I have is photography because I just love it and it… — Chris Parnell Copy Share Image
Life is very fleeting. It’s important to be gentle and optimistic. We look behind and think what we’ve done in this life… — Oscar Niemeyer Copy Share Image
“They were learning that New York had another life, too — subterranean, like almost everything that was human in the city —… — Malcolm Cowley Copy Share Image
I remained a socialist for several years, even after my rejection of Marxism; and if there could be such a thing as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The heroic hours of life do not announce their presence by drum and trumpet, challenging us to be true to ourselves by… — Benjamin Cardozo Copy Share Image
Think about the strangeness of today's situation. Thirty, forty years ago, we were still debating about what the future will be: communist,… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
Happiness--a small-scale, endearing, harmonious happiness--surely dwelt here beneath the low-powered lamps in the tiny rooms of these houses. A small-scale happiness and… — Fumiko Enchi Copy Share Image
Globally, emissions may have to be reduced, the scientists are telling us, by as much as 60% or 70%, with developed countries… — Michael Meacher Copy Share Image
Their savage eyes turned to a modest gaze by the sweet power of music. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
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