Drab Quotes

34 quotes by 33 authors

One of the grandest figures that ever frequented Eastern Yorkshire was William Smith, the distinguished Father of English Geology. My boyish reminiscence of the old… — William Crawford Williamson
The writing career is not a romantic one. The writer's life may be colorful, but his work itself is rather drab. — Mary Roberts Rinehart
To hell with exciting. I'd rather be drab as hell and win. — Woody Hayes
To put yourself into a situation where a mistake cannot necessarily be recouped, where the life you lose may be your own, clears the head… — Al Alvarez
The Drab Age is over. Color is coming into its own again. Until very recently people were literally scared out of their wits by color.… — Dorothy Draper
Mirrors have come to mean much more than the original 'looking glass.' They are now a part of the decorative scheme of a modern home.… — Dorothy Draper
Is there wisdom in innocence? I think there is, but there is a cult now of drab men and women, for whom the world, and… — Phillip Mann
I was haunted always by my other life-my drab room in the Bronx, my square foot of the subway, my fixation upon the day's letter… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
The world gets older, without getting either better or worse and so does literature. But I do think that the drab current phenomenon that passes… — Harold Bloom
Sometimes I look around my living room, and the most real thing in the room is the television. It's bright and vivid, and the rest… — Michael Crichton
I hated the things they believe in, the things they so innocently and charmingly pretended. I hated the sanctimonious piety that let people hurt helpless… — Ellen Glasgow
Emotions are the color of life; we would be drab creatures indeed without them. But we must control these emotions or they will control us. — John Moulder Wilson
I have few illusions: the cause is lost in advance. As for me, I do my part, which is to drag a fairly drab existence… — Rene Magritte
Drab Habitation of Whom? Tabernacle or Tomb - or Dome of Worm - or Porch of Gnome - or some Elf's Catacomb? — Emily Dickinson
I allow myself to be understood as a colorful fragment in a drab world. — Errol Flynn
If we make up our minds that this is a drab and purposeless universe, it will be that, and nothing else. On the other hand,… — Helen Keller
A sob caught in my chest. I didn't even know what a gray was, other than a drab color. All I knew was that I… — Michelle Rowen
When the modern scholar cites from a classic text, the quotation seems to burn a hole in his own drab page. — George Steiner
You see, I don't belive that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, that has been the main reason for our policy… — Graham Chapman
We knew the pain of winter rushing up your skirt, and the ache of keeping your knees together in class, and how drab and infuriating… — Jeffrey Eugenides

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