Admired Quotes

401 Admired quotes by 366 unique authors

This curious world we inhabit is more wonderful than convenient; more beautiful than it is useful; it is more to be admired and enjoyed than… — Henry David Thoreau
What bothered me most was their lack of style. I learned early that class is universally admired. Almost any fault, sin or crime is considered… — Frank Abagnale
I think I'll go over and introduce myself to that little red-haired girl. I think I'll introduce myself, and then ask her to come over… — Charles M. Schulz
These are dark radiances. They have no suspicion that they are to be pitied. Certainly they are so. He who does not weep does not… — Victor Hugo
He had long ago learned that society imposes insults that must be borne, comforted by the knowledge that in this world there comes a time… — Mario Puzo
I will not deny that my heart has long occupied itself with the most tender feelings for another. So strong were these impulses that I… — Galen Beckett
I admired Stalkers style. He was incredibly fast using two small blades strapped to the backs of his hands. Slash slash slash. Fighting him you… — Ann Aguirre
Margaret liked this smile; it was the first thing she had admired in this new friend of her father's; and the opposition of character, shown… — Elizabeth Gaskell
I wasn't sure if I admired him for feeling everything so hard and fiercely, or if I was contemptuous of him for having so much… — Maggie Stiefvater
The needs of a society determine its ethics, and in the Black American ghettos the hero is that man who is offered only the crumbs… — Maya Angelou
I admired that stride; it was like he folded space in two with it. — Aimee Bender
What must that be like? To be admired before you’ve even said a word, to be desired two or three hundred times a day by… — David Nicholls
Some cities are women and must be loved; others are men and can only be admired or bargained with — Angela Carter
I asked my schoolmate Mary to write a letter to me. She was funny and full of life. She liked to run around her empty… — Jonathan Safran Foer
ever since I met you I have admired you more than any girl...I have ever met since...I met you. — Oscar Wilde
I've always admired your rather formidable will, your refusal to back away from difficulties, but sometimes strength isn't about perseverance. Sometimes it's about knowing when… — Jennifer Donnelly
What is sin? It is the glory of God not honored. The holiness of God not reverenced. The greatness of God not admired. The power… — John Piper
(Lisa Henson about her father) He admired the job of the man who walks along the road picking up trash with a long stick. He… — Jim Henson
Past persons of Scottishness in contact with mastermind of supernatural persuasion in London, aka Agent Doom.’ Floote moved on to the third bit of paper.… — Gail Carriger
My whole life I've been a fraud. I'm not exaggerating. Pretty much all I've ever done all the time is try to create a certain… — David Foster Wallace
Emerald green eyes studied us from a face that could have been sculpted by one of the classical artists I so admired. Shocked, I dismissed… — Richelle Mead
I admired the English immensely for all that they had endured, and they were certainly honorable, and stopped their cars for pedestrians, and called you… — Julia Child
I didn't like the way I looked, the way I dressed and moved, what I achieved and what I felt I was worth. But there… — Bernhard Schlink
Good writers have two things in common: they prefer to be understood rather than admired; and they do not write for knowing and over-acute readers. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Don’t worry, though, because Prince Hubert is very handsome and kind. That’s all you wanted in a boyfriend, wasn’t it?” “No,” I said. She raised… — Janette Rallison

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