Finest Quotes

491 Finest quotes by 393 unique authors

The connection between dress and war is not far to seek; your finest clothes are those you wear as soldiers. — Virginia Woolf
The existing principle of selfish interest and competition has been carried to its extreme point; and, in its progress, has isolated the heart of man,… — Frances Wright
The best thing to do when you find yourself in a hurting or vulnerable place is to surround yourself with the strongest, finest, most positive… — Kristin Armstrong
I dreamed I spoke in another's language, I dreamed I lived in another's skin, I dreamed I was my own beloved, I dreamed I was… — Clive Barker
What I had to face, the very bitter lesson that everyone who wants to write has got to learn, was that a thing may in… — Thomas Wolfe
You never know the palette of the one you kill until the mind disgorges its finest colours. — Anne Rice
Now, brethren, do not expect perfection in your choice of a mate. Do not be so particular that you overlook her most important qualities of… — Ezra Taft Benson
Like the air, God's Grace is available to us. It is permeating every fibre of Being and the Being of the entire universe. When we… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
In this sense love is of a different order to any other phenomenon, for it may be both an event and a sign of that… — Clive Barker
A big leather-bound volume makes an ideal razorstrap. A thing book is useful to stick under a table with a broken caster to steady it.… — Mark Twain
The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only… — M. Scott Peck
The presence of God is the finest of rewards. — Yann Martel
To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a… — Winston Churchill
Passion. It lies in all of us. Sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted, unbidden, it will stir... open its jaws and howl. It speaks to us...… — Joss Whedon
The finest thing under the sun and moon is the human soul. I marvel at the small miracles of kindness that pass between humans, I… — Anne Rice
In the construction of houses, choice of woods is made. Straight un-knotted timber of good appearance is used for the revealed pillars, straight timber with… — Miyamoto Musashi
The feeling of awed wonder that science can give us is one of the highest experiences of which the human psyche is capable. It is… — Richard Dawkins
At Christmas A man is at his finest towards the finish of the year; He is almost what he should be when the Christmas season's… — Edgar Guest
The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat… — Henry David Thoreau
This is a roadside attraction,' said Wednesday. 'One of the finest. Which means it is a place of power. — Neil Gaiman
The finest proof of our loyalty toward one another was our monstrous disloyalties towards everyone else. — Alain de Botton
Art is amoral, whether we accept this or not; it does not take sides. The finest fictions are cold at heart. — John Banville
Conceit spoils the finest genius. — Louisa May Alcott
Everyday we slaughter our finest impulses. That is why we get a heartache when we read the lines written by the hand of a master… — Henry Miller
You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of different words on a page. Writing comes from reading,… — Annie Proulx

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