Great saying by great authors Quote by Andrew Marvell

He nothing common did, or mean, / Upon that memorable scene, / But with his keener eye / The axe's edge did try.

— Andrew Marvell

As the fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts.

— Gautama Buddha

“XII. If there pushed any ragged thistle-stalk Above its mates, the head was chopped, the bents Were jealous else. What made those holes and…

— Robert Browning

“Topper had once heard a saying, "If you set out on the path to revenge, first dig two graves." But things worked a little…

— Patrick E. McLean

Olivier's idea of introspection was to hood his eyes, dentalize his consonants and let the camera circle his blondined head like a sparrow looking…

— Robert Brustein

“For suddenly above him far and faint his song was taken up, and a voice answering called to him. Maedhros it was that sang…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

He had but one eye, and the popular prejudice runs in favor of two.

— Charles Dickens

“Casting my eyes on Mr. Wemmick as we went along, to see what he was like in the light of day, I found him…

— Charles Dickens

“He bracketed his waist with his hands and took a deep breath. “The truth is I didn’t want to see you or even talk…

— Heather Graham

“Luster returned, wearing a stiff new straw hat with a colored band and carrying a cloth cap. The hat seemed to isolate Luster's skull,…

— William Faulkner

“He liked however the open shutters; he opened everywhere those Mrs. Muldoon had closed, closing them as carefully afterwards, so that she shouldn't notice:…

— Henry James

Morfran thrust his axe straight up. He pretty much seemed to have one sign for everything: poke a hole in the sky.

— Ilona Andrews