Any actor will tell you, as soon as your ego and your vanity come into the mix, it destroys your work. Completely… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
To be happy one must be (a) well fed, unhounded by sordid cares, at ease in Zion, (b) full of a comfortable… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I've personally never wanted to be 'the babe', and refuse to let vanity get in the way of my acting because I… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
Be advised what thou dost discourse of, and what thou maintainest whether touching religion, state, or vanity; for if thou err in… — Walter Raleigh Copy Share Image
The happy story right now is the full page in Vanity Fair, which gives me a great deal of exposure. — Jackie DeShannon Copy Share Image
The vanity of men, a constant insult to women, is also the ground for the implicit feminine claim of superior sensitivity and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
He that would soothe sorrow must not argue on the vanity of the most deceitful hopes. — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
Friendship is cemented by interest, vanity, or the want of amusement; it seldom implies esteem, or even mutual regard. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Vanity, indeed, is the very antidote to conceit; for while the former makes us all nerve to the opinion of others, the… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
“Words do less than 10 things, but actions do more than 10 thousand things. Leaders don’t talk in vain; they follow with actions.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
The expression of vanity and self-love becomes less offensive, when it retains something of simplicity and frankness. — Alexander von Humboldt Copy Share Image
Strange that the vanity which accompanies beauty - excusable, perhaps, when there is such great beauty, or at any rate understandable -… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is no lasting pleasure but contemplation; all others grow flat and insipid upon frequent use; and when a man hath run… — Gilbert Burnet Copy Share Image
Honesty,sincer ity,simplicity, humility, pure generosity,abse nce of vanity,readines s to serve others -qualities which are within easy reach of every soul -are… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
If a woman conceals her affection with the same skill from the object of it, she may lose the opportunity of fixing… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
My vanity was flattered by having been mistaken for our revered sovereign. I ordered a banquet to be got ready for the… — Adelbert von Chamisso Copy Share Image
'Vanity pages,' is somewhat of a derogatory term; personal pages are still the heart of blogging, but now there are more topic-oriented… — Evan Williams Copy Share Image
One thing House needs Wilson for is vanity. He needs someone to laugh at his jokes. — Hugh Laurie Copy Share Image
Towards the end of your life you have something like a pain schedule to fill out—a long schedule like a federal document,… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
She was heartily ashamed of her ignorance - a misplaced shame. Where people wish to attach, they should always be ignorant. To… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Now, that the sovereign power and deity, whatsoever it is, should have regard of mankind, is a toy and vanity worthy to… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
The multitude of books is a great evil. There is no limit to this fever for writing; every one must be an… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Today, America poses a threat to peace and security in the world. Therefore, the slogan "Death to America" is no longer used… — Ali Khamenei Copy Share Image
Those years, months, weeks, days, and hours, that are not filled up with God, with Christ, with grace, and with duty, will… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
