Faintly Quotes

82 Faintly quotes by 72 unique authors

It was the hour in which objects lose the consistency of shadow that accompanies them during the night and gradually reacquire colors, but seem to… — Italo Calvino
A second blow of many flowers appears, flowers faintly tinged and breathing no perfume; but fruits, not blossoms, form the woodland wreath that circles Autumn's… — James Grahame
There are times in history when the dark drums of God can barely be heard amid the noises of this world. Then it is only… — Peter L. Berger
Each individual has their own unique color, which shines faintly around the contours of their body. Like a halo. Or a backlight. I'm able to… — Haruki Murakami
It is certainly true that cooking is therapeutic, creative and all those other faintly creepy self-helpish words. I would love to tell you that learning… — Steve Almond
Duty reaches down the ages in its effects, and into eternity; and when the man goes about it resolutely, it seems to me now as… — William Mountford
But housekeeping is fun. It is one job where you enjoy the results right along as you work. You may work all day washing and… — Gladys Taber
One of the more pretentious political self-descriptions is 'Libertarian.' People think it puts them above the fray. It sounds fashionable, and to the uninitiated, faintly… — George Carlin
If you take most men aside when their wives are pregnant, most men are pretty frightened and worried and faintly disgusted by the whole experience. — Steven Moffat
One who shows signs of mental aberration is, inevitably, perhaps, but cruelly, shut off from familiar, thoughtless intercourse, partly excommunicated; his isolation is unwittingly proclaimed… — Charles Horton Cooley
A Hamburger is warm and fragrant and juicy. A hamburger is soft and nonthreatening. It personifies the Great Mother herself who has nourished us from… — Tom Robbins
Joan Crawford is doubtless the best example of the flapper, the girl you see in smart night clubs, gowned to the apex of sophistication, toying… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
People are much like those stars up there. Some burn faintly for millions of years, barely visible to us on earth. They're there, but you'd… — Sarah Jio
Thomas Sowell is America's foremost public intellectual and for good reason. His work covers almost every subject imaginable- race, economics, Marxism, ethnic groups, immigration patterns,… — Fred Barnes
You know, a landscape painter's day is delightful. You get up early, at three o'clock in the morning, before sunrise; you go and sit under… — Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot
The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white. — Matsuo Basho
I was never a Republican, because those gentlemen, distinguished as they are, have only one real interest, and that is the making of special laws… — Samuel J. Tilden
It's fatal to talk about acting. It sounds faintly ridiculous if you start analysing it. — Jim Broadbent
Unless a man or woman has experienced the darkness of the soul he or she can know nothing of that transforming laughter without which no… — Luke the Evangelist
We faintly hear, we dimly see, In differing phrase we pray; But dim or clear, we own in Him The life, the truth, the way. — John Greenleaf Whittier
With rushing winds and gloomy skies The dark and stubborn Winter dies: Far-off, unseen, Spring faintly cries, Bidding her earliest child arise; March! — Bayard Taylor
I've had loss in my life, and I like to think my mother's energy lives on in some faintly Buddhist way. I do find some… — Damian Lewis
When I look in the mirror, I am slightly reminded of self-portraits by Durer and by Rembrandt, because they both show a degree of introspection.… — Robert Winston
Dan suggested to Owen and me that we were better off to not involve ourselves with Hester. How true! But how we wanted to be… — John Irving
In a way he made me think of a child doll, with briliant faintly red-brown glass eyes - a doll that had been found in… — Anne Rice

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