Figure Quotes

2773 Figure quotes by 2038 unique authors

It was at "Little Lodge" I was first menaced with Education. The approach of a sinister figure described as 'the Governess' was announced. — Winston Churchill
Nobody went out to pasture, and a lot of people are doing their best work. Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, and Sting are at the top… — Bonnie Raitt
It is a pity that so many Americans today think of the Indian as a romantic or comic figure in American history without contemporary significance.… — Felix S. Cohen
In our world no one ever knows what to do, and everyone's just as clueless and full of crap as everyone else, and you have… — Lev Grossman
Problems are the gifts that make us dig out and figure out who we are, what we're made for, and what we're responsible to give… — Tony Robbins
Usually we try to figure out what we think would make us happy, and then try to make those things happen. But happiness isn't circumstance-de… — Marianne Williamson
The figure of my father looms large in my imagination. — Jonathan Franzen
The world will figure out what we really believe, by watching what we actually do. — Bob Goff
I think for me it was a natural transition to move full time into acting rather than figure skating. — Julie Benz
The grey nurse resumed her knitting as Peter Walsh, on the hot seat beside her, began snoring. In her grey dress, moving her hands indefatigably… — Virginia Woolf
The ancients had little doubt about the true shape of the earth: "It's [the world's] shape has the rounded appearance of a perfect sphere. This… — Pliny the Elder
Believing in the Tooth Fairy is easier than trying to figure out how else the money gets under your pillow. — Cynthia Lewis
It was the moment I learned acting is not acting out. After that light went on, I spent the rest of my life trying to… — William Hurt
The man who has allowed his body to deteriorate cuts a pitiful figure - chest collapsed, stomach protruding. — Gene Tunney
Guarding your heart and protecting your dignity are a little bit more important than clarifying the emotions of someone who's only texting you back three… — Taylor Swift
I cannot classify the other, for the other is, precisely, Unique, the singular Image which has miraculously come to correspond to the speciality of my… — Roland Barthes
She was coming. I watched the slight figure grow out of the dusk between the trees, and the darkness in which I had walked of… — Mary Johnston
'Tell me one last thing,' said Harry. 'Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?' Dumbledore beamed at him, and his voice… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
You can't expect insights, even the big ones, to make you suddenly understand everything. But I figure: Hey it's a step in the right direction… — Lily Tomlin
The medieval doctors of divinity who did not pretend to settle how many angels could dance on the point of a needle cut a very… — George Bernard Shaw
We're taking on Social Security as a property rights issue. We figure that every single American has an absolute property right interest in the fruits… — Malcolm Wallop
Every country in the world loved the folklore of the West--the music, the dress, the excitement, everything that was associated with the opening of a… — John Wayne
Get money - but stop once in a while to figure what it is costing you to get it. No man gets it without giving… — Bruce Barton
Become like a sheet of blotting paper and soak it all in. Later on you can figure out what to keep and what to unload. — Haruki Murakami
If your why is strong enough you will figure out how! — Bill Walsh

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