Admired Quotes

401 Admired quotes by 366 unique authors

What I admired most about him [Bobby Fischer] was his ability to make what was in fact so difficult look easy to us. I try… — Magnus Carlsen
I have seen the Gore documentary 'An Inconvenient Truth,' just released in the States, and admired the acutely revolutionary delivery of the slideshow assisted talk… — Saffron Burrows
Not disown my past or upbringing, but I'd admired American actors, really American movie star - particularly the rebel heroes of the '50s. — Maxwell Caulfield
I had always loved expressionist painting, like every European. In fact I admired it all the more because these were precisely the paintings despised by… — Georg Baselitz
It is true that the poet does not directly address his neighbors; but he does address a great congress of persons who dwell at the… — Richard Wilbur
I always admired Walt's optimism. He seemed to know the direction he was going to. When I was at the studio, I remember he kept… — John Hench
Oh, but it was splendid the things women were doing for men all the time, thought Jane. Making them feel, perhaps sometimes by no more… — Barbara Pym
No scientist is admired for failing in the attempt to solve problems that lie beyond his competence. ... Good scientists study the most important problems… — Peter Medawar
Vanity is so secure in the heart of man that everyone wants to be admired: even I who write this, and you who read this. — Blaise Pascal
Of the people who cook on television, I have admired people like Jacques Pepin, Julia Child, Mario Batali, Jamie Oliver and a few others because… — Steve Albini
I have always admired the Esquimaux (Eskimos). One fine day a delicious meal is cooked for dear old mother, and then she goes walking away… — Agatha Christie
This visit is meant to express my closeness to our brothers and sisters who endured the suffering, loss and devastation caused by Typhoon Yolanda. Together… — Pope Francis
One cannot underestimate how widely admired Tom Daschle is in Washington for his integrity. — David Gergen
I admired my father very much... at the age of sixteen. But now I see that he was a brutal and cruel man, - but… — Delmore Schwartz
Ancient Chinese custom if you were a guest in one of their homes and you admired some particular thing, they would wrap it up and… — Sterling W Sill
I was just learning to play guitar when Tracy Chapman came out. She wrote these songs, she played them by herself and I so admired… — Madeleine Peyroux
I was raised by parents who really admired the religious leaders of the left, as many 60s and 70s liberals did. — Dar Williams
Why doesn't the past decently bury itself, instead of sitting waiting to be admired by the present? — D. H. Lawrence
I'm not sure I had ever written a fan letter before to a poet I had not met, but that's what I did when I… — Thom Gunn
It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the… — Mark Twain
Some men seem remarkable to the world in whom neither their wives nor their valets saw anything extraordinary. Few men have been admired by their… — Michel de Montaigne
The bachelors admired freedom is often a yoke, for the freer a man is to himself the greater slave he often is to the whims… — George Jean Nathan
I seem to be one of the few people in journalism who never worked or wrote for the 'Boston Phoenix.' I certainly read and admired… — James Fallows
Every man speaks and writes with intent to be understood; and it can seldom happen but he that understands himself might convey his notions to… — Samuel Johnson
I once knew a chap who had a system of just hanging the baby on the clothes line to dry and he was greatly admired… — Damon Runyon

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