Miss Quotes

4815 Miss quotes by 2595 unique authors

Signs are small measurable things, but interpretations are illimitable, and in girls of sweet, ardent nature, every sign is apt to conjure up wonder, hope,… — George Eliot
Here's a phrase that apparently the airlines simply made up: near miss. They say that if 2 planes almost collide, it's a near miss. Bullshit,… — George Carlin
I will be the Vampire Lestat for all to see. A symbol, a freak of nature - something loved, something despised all of those things.… — Anne Rice
Don't you ever imagine things differently than what they are? Oh, Marilla, how much you miss. — Lucy Maud Montgomery
Name the different kinds of people,’ said Miss Lupescu. ‘Now.’ Bod thought for a moment. ‘The living,’ he said. ‘Er. The dead.’ He stopped. Then,… — Neil Gaiman
It is in some ways more troublesome to track and swat an evasive wasp than to shoot, at close range, a wild elephant. But the… — C.S. Lewis
Rather than dwelling on the past, we should make the most of today, of the here and now, doing all we can to provide pleasant… — Thomas S. Monson
Most timidities have such secret compensations and Miss Bart was discerning enough to know that the inner vanity is generally in proportion to the outer… — Edith Wharton
Forget regret, or life is yours to miss. No other path, no other way, no day but today. — Jonathan Larson
You are obvious, boy. You are difficult to miss. If you came to me in company with a purple lion, a green elephant, and a… — Neil Gaiman
Then I glanced at the ring on my finger. The Snake That Eats Its Own Tail, Forever and Ever. I know where I came from—but… — Robert A. Heinlein
If Miss Honeychurch ever takes to live as she plays, it will be very exciting--both for us and for her. — E. M. Forster
Miss X has always been a ditherer -- she was a ten month baby and has not improved in any material way since then. — Mary Ann Shaffer
You learn eventually that, while there are no villains, there are no heroes either. And until you make the final discovery that there are only… — Paul Gallico
If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything. — Nhat Hanh
The miracle of love comes to you in the presence of the uninterpreted moment. If you are mentally somewhere else, you miss real life. — Byron Katie
Time does not bring relief; you all have lied Who told me time would ease me of my pain! I miss him in the weeping… — Edna St. Vincent Millay
Do you ever miss him? Every day. Every minute. Every minute, she says. Yes, it's that way, isn't it? — Audrey Niffenegger
A gentleman can hardly continue to sit,' he explained, in his serenest and most level voice, 'when he asks a very remarkable young lady to… — Elizabeth Marie Pope
Vayl, this is not a pleasant moment for me," I confessed. "No?" "Locked in a windowless, doorless room with a dancing, headless corpse and a… — Jennifer Rardin
Your children will smash your understanding, knowledge and reality. You will be better off. Then they will leave. You'll miss them forever. — Tibor Kalman
I miss that time. The cities back then, just after the forests died, were full of wonders, and you'd stumble on them--these princes of the… — Matthew Tobin Anderson
Well, usually when a person shakes their head,” said McGonagall coldly, “they mean ‘no.’ So unless Miss Edgecombe is using a form of sign language… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Time isn’t precious at all, because it is an illusion. What you perceive as precious is not time but the one point that is out… — Eckhart Tolle
In any war story, but especially a true one, it's difficult to separate what happened from what seemed to happen. What seems to happen becomes… — Tim O'Brien

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