Hints Quotes

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The manner in which one single ray of light, one single precious hint, will clarify and energize the whole mental life of him who receives… — Arnold Bennett
Apart from blunt truth, our lives sink decadently amid the perfume of hints and suggestions. — Alfred North Whitehead
There is no way of influencing men so powerfully as by means of the women. These should therefore be our chief study; we should insinuate… — Adam Weishaupt
It remains an astonishing, disturbing fact that in America - a nation where nearly every new drug is subjected to rigorous scrutiny as a potential… — Siddhartha Mukherjee
Gardening is always more or less a warfare against nature. It is true we go over to the 'other side' for a few hints, but… — Shirley Hibberd
I don't like the beach. I think we have no business at the beach at all, as a species. We don't belong in the sea.… — Billy Connolly
It is a sad moment when the first phlox appears. It is the amber light indicating the end of the great burst of early summer… — Vita Sackville-West
Ladies, here's a hint. If you're up against a girl with big boobs, bring her to the net and make her hit backhand volleys. That's… — Billie Jean King
A discerning eye needs only a hint, and understatement leaves the imagination free to build its own elaborations. — Russell Page
No hint of genuine charity ameliorates our vision of society, once sentimentalism has been laid side. What passes for cooperation turns out to be a… — Michael Ghiselin
An up-close portrait of middle-class Nigeria exploring the boundaries of morals and public decorum. Pitched between humor and despair, with stripped-down, evocative prose, A Bit… — Nii Parkes
It's an unusual opportunity, a chance for so many people to share in the excitement and the fun of the fact that we may be… — Saul Perlmutter
Donâ€™t bring the ocean if I feel thirsty, nor heaven if I ask for a light; but bring a hint, some dew, a particle, as… — Olav H. Hauge
An outline is crucial. It saves so much time. When you write suspense, you have to know where you're going because you have to drop… — John Grisham
I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. The record of racketeering is long.... Looking… — Smedley Butler
The Encyclopedia Britannica, 15th edition, devotes 20,000 words to the person of Jesus Christ and never once hints that He didn't exist. — John Ankerberg
I try not to be overly literal. When I'm writing songs, I write down a lot of words, and then I try to simplify it.… — Neko Case
Charles Chaplin makes a million dollars a year out of a funny, shuffling walk and a pair of baggy trousers, because he does "something different."… — Napoleon Hill
These are only hints an guesses... the rest is prayer, observance, discipline, thought, and action. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
One goes to Nature only for hints and half-truths. Her facts are crude until you have absorbed them or translated them ... It is not… — John Burroughs

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