Vacation cruises are advertised as luxurious journeys to exotic places, but a chief pleasure is the reading of books ... . On… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
...by and by a change came: I started to muse about the shape of my nose. I put my trivial surroundings aside… — Tove Jansson Copy Share Image
I had ordered long legs, but they never arrived. My eyes are weird too, one is gray and the other is green.… — Jane Seymour Copy Share Image
Many friends have said to me, 'I never know when you write your books, because I've never seen you writing, or even… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
...it is not necessary to the child to awaken to the sense of the strange and humorous by giving a man a… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
I am an unconventional beauty. I grew up in a high school where if you didn't have a nose job and money… — Lea Michele Copy Share Image
Tsornin's nostrils showed red, but his ears were as alert as ever, and occasionally he would rub his nose gently against the… — Robin McKinley Copy Share Image
Kids made fun of me because I was dark skinned, had a wide nose, and was dyslexic. Even as an actor, it… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
Clothes, when abstracted from the flow of present time and their transmogrifying function on the human body, and seen as forms in… — Robert Musil Copy Share Image
We shall not attempt to give the reader an idea of that tetrahedron nose-that horse-shoe mouth-that small left eye over-shadowed by a… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
For every successful actor or actress, there are countless numbers who don't make it. The name of the game is rejection. You… — Liam Neeson Copy Share Image
The native Jewish families in Jerusalem, as well as those in other parts of Palestine, present a marked difference to the Jews… — Bayard Taylor Copy Share Image
I've died 3 times, I've been shot in the back, stabbed once in my arm, stabbed 2 times in my back, run… — Steve Kaufman Copy Share Image
The public, with its mob yearning to be instructed, edified and pulled by the nose, demands certainties; it must be told definitely… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
[There are m]oral precepts that we consider really important, such as 'don't pick your nose' or 'don't eat peas with a knife'.… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
It [my vocal] didn't sound like what I wanted to hear; the vibrato isn't what I liked anymore. So I got myself… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
Why don't they cut their own children's ears into points to make them look sharp? Why don't they cut off their noses… — Anna Sewell Copy Share Image
Last night I had rinsed out my sari strip and briefs in the sea. I walked down naked to where they hung… — Lucy Irvine Copy Share Image
Then idiots talk," said Eugene, leaning back, folding his arms, smoking with his eyes shut, and speaking slightly through his nose, "of… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Name me, if you can, a better feeling than the one you get when you've half a bottle of Chivas in the… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
If you pick up some paint with your brush and make somebody's nose with it, this is rather ridiculous when you think… — Willem de Kooning Copy Share Image
People who get married because they're in love make a ridiculous mistake. It makes much more sense to marry your best friend.… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
I accept that appearance is a big thing in this business. But being around Hollywood and having actor friends and doing music… — Michael Bolton Copy Share Image
O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you. . . . She is the fairies’ midwife, and she comes In… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I was one of the only girls in my high school that didn't get a nose job. And if anybody needed it,… — Lea Michele Copy Share Image
Women's scars and rituals involved beauty (piercing ears and noses, binding feet, and wearing corsets); men's involved protecting women. In cultures in… — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
Everybody nose dive, hold your breath, count to five. Back slap, booby trap, cover it up in bubble wrap. Room shake, earth… — Peter Gabriel Copy Share Image
They say that a cat, if it falls from a window and hits its nose, can lose its sense of smell and… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
I heard my name." Ash's voice startles me. "You tow better not be making fun of me about this stupid bra Mama's… — Abbi Glines Copy Share Image
Popularity gets up people's noses. But I understand the importance and the function of popular music. There is an artistic purpose. Popular… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
November is the most disagreeable month in the whole year," said Margaret, standing at the window one dull afternoon, looking out at… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Underneath runs the main current of preoccupation, which is keeping one's nose clean at all times. This means that when things go… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
We human beings don't realize how great God is. He has given us an extraordinary brain and a sensitive loving heart. He… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business; but to these we must add frugality if we would… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Normal people, want to be accepted. Screwed up people, want to be accepted. It's one of the few things we have in… — Christopher Titus Copy Share Image
Apparently on the screen I look tall, ageless, and damned close to omniscient-delivering jeopardy-laden warnings through gritted teeth. But when people see… — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
She had perfect features, with her eye, nose, lips, and ears the right size and in right places. That is all it… — Chetan Bhagat Copy Share Image
Although skin color is undoubtedly the most salient signal of racial identity in America, other actual or imagined bodily features have also… — Randall Kennedy Copy Share Image
[Jem] 'It will help you sleep.' 'All I’ve been doing is sleeping!' [Tessa] 'And very amusing it is to watch, said Jem.… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
He doesn’t pretend,” the punk pixie said. He nodded toward Doyle. “Nice rings. You got anything else pierced?” “Yes,” Doyle said. The… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image