Penchant Quotes

23 Penchant quotes by 19 unique authors

I have learned that there lies dormant in the souls of all men a penchant for some particular musical instrument an an unsuspected yearning to… — Mark Twain
Truth is for tailors and shoemakers. I, on the contrary, have always held that the Lord has a penchant for masquerades. — Isak Dinesen
It is the cult of self that is killing the United States. This cult has within it the classic traits of psychopaths: superficial charm, grandiosity… — Chris Hedges
A 'penchant for telling the truth' can cripple a candidates chances faster than being caught in flagrante delicto with the governor's wife. — Sydney J. Harris
I think Mitt Romney has demonstrated repeatedly he has a penchant for - for secrecy, doesn't seem to have any interest in actually showing the… — Mitt Romney
Humans - who enslave, castrate, experiment on, and fillet other animals - have had an understandable penchant for pretending animals do not feel pain. — Carl Sagan
Americans have a penchant for the future and tend to disregard the past. — Alan Dundes
I have a penchant for fresh notebooks and mechanical pencils. It seems every time I go to the store, I buy a new notebook. I… — Richard Paul Evans
I always had a penchant for falling in love. Every time I found myself without a mate, I fell into a state of low-sizzling panic. — Jane Fonda
Whenever I’m asked why Southern writers particularly have a penchant for writing about freaks, I say it is because we are still able to recognize… — Flannery O'Connor
Firekeeper still could not understand the human penchant for eating in company. Even less so, she could not understand the human desire to combine business… — Jane Lindskold
I had such plans for this evening. The pursuit of blind drunkenness and wayward women was my goal. But alas, it was not to be.… — Cassandra Clare
A little girl robbed you?" Tessa said. "Actually, she wasn’t a little girl at all, as it turns out, but a midget in a dress… — Cassandra Clare
Humans — who enslave, castrate, experiment on, and fillet other animals — have had an understandable penchant for pretending animals do not feel pain. A… — Carl Sagan
Innate in nearly every artistic nature is a wanton, treacherous penchant for accepting injustice when it creates beauty and showing sympathy for and paying homage… — Thomas Mann
Yes," said Will, "you two don't seem to have much in common, save for a penchant for demon women and evil. — Cassandra Clare
I inherited that penchant for intellectualism, a character flaw that these days can only be thoroughly eradicated by getting Z’ed up. — John Green
She probably enjoys cutting up everyone's happiness. Not to mention cutting up other parts of people; given her penchant for poisoning people and turning them… — Patricia C. Wrede
Tessa: "A little girl robbed you?" Will: "Actually, she wasn't a little girl at all, as it turns out, but a midget in a dress… — Cassandra Clare
Minimalism? It is something I appreciate as an art form but leave to others - unless you count a collection of warhorse-workwear Yves Saint Laurent… — Suzy Menkes
A fierce literary woman with a penchant for married men, Margaret Fuller was ultimately torn between motherhood and her final career as a political reporter. — Susan Cheever
Firstly, there is no such person as Death. Second, Death's this tall guy with a bone face, like a skeletal monk, with a scythe and… — Neil Gaiman
The proclivity and the penchant of a mans persistence for doing work par excellence is a great way to improve his prospect, prudence, positivity, productivity,… — Anuj Somany

Who Wrote These Penchant Quotes

19 authors contributed a total of 23 Penchant Quotes as follows: