Leaned Quotes
305 quotes by 169 authors
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Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and…
— Francis Bacon
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Then I did the simplest thing in the world. I leaned down... and kissed him. And the world cracked open.
— Agnes de Mille
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Wisdom, Niko thought as he leaned his cheek against his long-handled rake, cannot be had without price.
— Janet Morris
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Learning to know anxiety is an adventure which every man has to affront if he would not go to perdition either by not having known…
— Soren Kierkegaard
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Whatsoever we have over-loved, idolized, and leaned upon, God has from time to time broken it, and made us to see the vanity of it;…
— John Flavel
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A date once leaned in to kiss me, and he ended up kissing my cheek. He was a little offended, but I didn't want to…
— Denise Richards
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Wisdom, Niko thought as he leaned his cheek against his long-handled rake, cannot be had without price. And that price is blood. The sound of…
— Janet Morris
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To me this is the most beautiful, the most satisfactory from a scientific standpoint, the most logical theory of life. For thirty years I have…
— Henry Ford
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I leaned in toward her, suddenly overwhelmed with the feeling that we must kiss.
— John Green
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The hand that holds the seven stars is as loving as the hand that was laid in blessing upon the little children; the face that…
— Alexander MacLaren
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Suddenly, the world I had scrutinised for so long was all around me, as if I had leaned forward and climbed into the television like…
— Simon Pegg
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He leaned forward and opened his door, politely standing aside to let me by before following me in. There are some advantages to dating a…
— Amy Plum
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As the bus slowed down at the crowded bus stop, the Pakistani bus conductor leaned from the platform and called out, "Six only!" The bus…
— Edwin Francis Gay
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Remember the high board at the swimming pool? After days of looking up at it you finally climbed the wet steps to the platform. From…
— Richard Bach
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I was walking down the road with two friends when the sun set; suddenly, the sky turned as red as blood. I stopped and leaned…
— Edvard Munch
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An unemployed electrician,whom I had been taunting with my reminder of how much richer I was, leaned forward and said:'What are your qualifications? I know…
— Auberon Waugh
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A woman once described a friend of hers as being such a keen listener that even the trees leaned toward her, as if they were…
— Linda Hogan
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Sycamore trees were held to be sacred in ancient Egypt and are the first trees represented in ancient art. The sycamore, also, was sacred. Peasants…
— Larry Gates
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I remember a time at Yale when my work was being critiqued by Paul Rand. Mr. Rand told me only to use Helvetica as a…
— Kyle Cooper
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I have a terrible weakness for collecting snatches of other people's conversations, and occasionally I'm rewarded with unusual fragments of knowledge. My favorite of the…
— Peter Mayle
Who Wrote These Leaned Quotes
169 authors contributed a total of 305 Leaned Quotes, led by these top contributors: