Resemblance Quotes

131 Resemblance quotes by 114 unique authors

There is a striking resemblance between the act of love and the ministrations of a torturer. — Angela Carter
[Mrs. Allen was] never satisfied with the day unless she spent the chief of it by the side of Mrs. Thorpe, in what they called… — Jane Austen
Friendship exhibits a glorious "nearness by resemblance" to Heaven itself where the very multitude of the blessed (which no man can number) increases the fruition… — C.S. Lewis
Art finds her own perfection within, and not outside of, herself. She is not to be judged by any external standard of resemblance. — Oscar Wilde
Now I see some family resemblance. I was starting to wonder if Jill was adopted, but you two kind of look like each other." "So… — Richelle Mead
Who's that new guy with the snooty accent who came out and talked to the police?" Evan persisted. "He looks like some kind of male… — Gordon Korman
I turned over, and those big hands got to work on my back. I stifled a whimper in the pillow, because Marco's idea of a… — Karen Chance
...and then she glared at me, the same glare my stepmother used to give me when I gave her the Nazi salute. That woman was… — Darynda Jones
There's nothing so attractive as a blank slate. Take one attractive man, slap on a thick coat of daydream, and voila, the perfect man. With… — Lauren Willig
Success is a very hideous thing. Its false resemblance to merit deceives men. — Victor Hugo
Topaz was wonderfully patient - but sometimes I wonder if it is not only patience, but also a faint resemblance to cows. — Dodie Smith
There is a resemblance between men and women, not a contrast. When a man begins to recognize his feeling, the two unite. When men accept… — Anais Nin
He's lying, Kay," Nash said, fists clenched at his sides. "Hellions can't lie, but we all know reapers can." "Careful, pot," Tod said. "Someone might… — Rachel Vincent
Careful, pot" Tod said. "Someone might notice your resemblance to the kettle. — Rachel Vincent
Your Plan and the stuff that comes out of my asshole bear a suspicious resemblance to each other. — Stephen King
She didn't go all fangirl on anyone, but I suspect that's only because none of them bore the slightest resemblance to Nathan Fillion. — Kevin Hearne
More than once I have been humiliated by my resemblance to God the father; He is always longing for the love of His children and… — Mark Twain
Gertrude Jekyll, like Monet, was a painter with poor eyesight, and their gardens - his at Giverny in the Seine valley, hers in Surrey -… — Eleanor Perenyi
Tel Aviv is new, built on the sand dunes north of Jaffa in the 1890s, about the same time Miami was founded. The cities bear… — P.J. O'Rourke
Politics I supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. — Ronald Reagan
Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things that differ, and the difference of things that are alike. — Madame de Stael
Truth is the most powerful thing in the world, since even fiction itself must be governed by it, and can only please by its resemblance — Anthony Ashley Cooper
He'd noticed that sex bore some resemblance to cookery: It fascinated people, they sometimes bought books full of complicated recipes and interesting pictures, and sometimes… — Terry Pratchett
Wit consists in seeing the resemblance between things which differ, and the difference between things which are alike — Madame De Stael
Yes and for two reasons: one, I couldn't find anything to imitate at the time, and secondly because what I heard on the radio didn't… — Leo Kottke

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