Fine Quotes

3701 Fine quotes by 2431 unique authors

Decision by democratic majority vote is a fine form of government, but it's a stinking way to create. — Lillian Hellman
It is by translating your fine sense of aspiration into actual lofty deeds that you grow toward your ideal. Link your lofty thoughts to earnest,… — Grenville Kleiser
I was hitting him with what I thought was my full strength, I hit him in the head about four times and every time I… — Robert Pattinson
I think that Lee should have been hanged. It was all the worse that he was a good man and a fine character and acted… — Henry Adams
That must be fine, for I don't understand a word. — Moliere
Before using a fine word, make a place for it. — Joseph Joubert
I think a little menace is fine to have in a story. For one thing, it's good for the circulation. — Raymond Carver
Try any goddam thing you like, no matter how boringly normal or outrageous. If it works, fine. If it doesn't, toss it. Toss it even… — Stephen King
I get a fine warm feeling when I'm doing well, but that pleasure is pretty much negated by the pain of getting started each day.… — William Styron
A good print is really essential. I want to take strong documentary photographs that are as good technically as any of the best technical photographs,… — Mary Ellen Mark
Some people's photography is an art. Not mine. Art is a dirty word in photography. All this fine art crap is killing it already. — Helmut Newton
The... arguments against photography ever being considered a fine art are: the element of chance which enters in, finding things ready-made for a machine to… — Edward Weston
I like eating fine foods and drinking nice wine. Even if I had a really good figure, I don't think I'd get my t**s and… — Adele
Role models are fine. Roll models are better. Anyone who can do a forward roll is pretty awesome in my book. — Unknown Author
But there is more to a fine photograph than information. We are also seeking to present an image that arouses the curiosity of the viewer… — Sam Abell
That frame of mind that you need to make fine pictures of a very wonderful subject, you cannot do it by not being lost yourself. — Dorothea Lange
There's such a fine line between defeat and losing. — Gary Newbon
We weren't too stressed out, this morning we just knew that if we had strong, good swims we would be fine, so it was actually… — Samantha Cheverton
Photographers undervalue the use of the wastebasket in their pursuit of fine photography. — Ralph Steiner
A photographer who wants to see, a photographer who wants to make fine images, must recognize the value in the familiar. — Freeman Patterson
The depth of experience fine wine can bring to a dinner, particularly a bottle that has been through the past 100 years, makes you take… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Some take their gold in minted mold, and some in harps thereafter, but give me mine in bubbles fine and keep the change in laughter. — Oliver Herford
I have no interest or desire to be head of Fine Gael.... I am ambitious for my country and I always said I would love… — Lucinda Creighton
Existence was given us for action, rather than indolent and aimless contemplation; our worth is determined by the good deeds we do, rather than by… — Elias Lyman Magoon
When you think about it, there is really a fine line between being a proctologist and just being a perverted ass-freak. And according to the… — Brad Wilkerson

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