Qualities Quotes

1291 Qualities quotes by 941 unique authors

Our literary culture is marinated in deep traditions of the fantastic and the supernatural, and we export those rich qualities in films and books on… — Graham Joyce
The Stones were always exemplary of one of the best of all rock qualities: tightness. They have always been economical, the opposite of ornamental. Having… — Jon Landau
I have no time for specialized concerns, working themes or variations that lead to mastery... I like the indefinite, the boundless; I like continual uncertainty.… — Gerhard Richter
I believe that curiosity, wonder and passion are defining qualities of imaginative minds and great teachers; that restlessness and discontent are vital things; and that… — Kay Redfield Jamison
In these times of stress, snark, division and despair, I still suspect that two of the most important features we possess are imagination and a… — Geoffrey S. Fletcher
There are persons who cannot make friends. Who are they? Those who cannot be friends. It is not the want of understanding or good nature,… — William Hazlitt
By and large the literature of a democracy will never exhibit the order, regularity, skill, and art characteristic of aristocratic literature; formal qualities will be… — Alexis De Tocqueville
The fundamental qualities for good execution of a plan is first; intelligence; then discernment and judgment, which enable one to recognize the best method as… — Unknown Author
We never, then, love a person, but only qualities — Blaise Pascal
SATIRE, n. An obsolete kind of literary composition in which the vices and follies of the author's enemies were expounded with imperfect tenderness. In this… — Ambrose Bierce
The Supreme Lord said: Fearlessness, purity of heart, perseverance in the yoga of knowledge, charity, sense restraint, sacrifice, study of the scriptures, austerity, honesty; Nonviolence,… — Bhagavad Gita
Constancy in love is a perpetual inconstancy, in which the heart attaches itself successively to each of the lover's qualities, giving preference now to one,… — Francois La Rochefoucauld
The way a book is read - which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book - can have as much to… — Norman Cousins
For all right judgment of any man or thing it is useful, nay, essential, to see his good qualities before pronouncing on his bad — Thomas Carlyle
Reason and calm judgment: the qualities especially belonging to a leader. — Publius Cornelius Tacitus
The commercial class has always mistrusted verbal brilliancy and wit, deeming such qualities, perhaps with some justice, frivolous and unprofitable. — Red Auerbach
The saints thus receive qualities that are forbidden to man, and these qualities are owed precisely to the fact that man is capable of loving… — Sorin Cerin
The mercury rule writers also ignored mercury's special qualities. — Tom Allen
I don't much enjoy Back and Forth. I mean, I think it has its own particular qualities, but I think it's inferior to any of… — Rowan Atkinson
But it's always really difficult to find someone that has the qualities to be a great accompanist. — Victoria De Los Angeles

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