Resembles Quotes

181 quotes by 157 authors

It occurred to me, then, how nearly real life resembles the first rehearsal of a play. We are all of us stumbling through it, doing… — Gary L. Blackwood
Nothing resembles selfishness more closely than self-respect — George Sand
Grimly, she realized that clocks don't make a sound that even remotely resembles ticking, tocking. It was more the sound of a hammer, upside down,… — Markus Zusak
Then the writing became so fluid that I sometimes felt as if I were writing for the sheer pleasure of telling a story, which may… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Nothing resembles a person as much as the way he dies. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Thinking very often resembles napping, but the intent is different. --Stephanie Plum — Janet Evanovich
For to accuse requires less eloquence, such is man's nature, than to excuse; and condemnation, than absolution, more resembles justice. — Thomas Hobbes
I don't know the first thing about holding together a family, especially one that resembles an heirloom vase, shattered but glued back together for its… — Jodi Picoult
Having to read footnotes resembles having to go downstairs to answer the door while in the midst of making love. — Noel Coward
[P]oetry resembles metaphysics: one does not mind one's own, but one does not like anyone else's. — Samuel Butler
It has been said that terror is the principle of despotic government. Does your government therefore resemble despotism? Yes, as the sword that gleams in… — Maximilien Robespierre
prayer, and only prayer, restores my vision to one that more resembles God's. i awake from blindness to see that wealth lurks as a terrible… — Philip Yancey
America sometimes resembles, at least from the point of view of a black man, an exceedingly monotonous minstrel show; the same dances, same music, same… — James A. Baldwin
I enjoy talking to you. Your mind appeals to me. It resembles my own mind except that you happen to be insane. — George Orwell
History often resembles myth, because they are both ultimately of the same stuff. — J.R.R. Tolkien
Does character develop over time? In novels, of course it does: otherwise there wouldn't be much of a story. But in life? I sometimes wonder.… — Julian Barnes
I know only one thing. when i sleep, i know no fear, no, trouble no bliss. blessing on him who invented sleep. the common coin… — Andrei Tarkovsky
Admiration: Our feeling of delight that another person resembles us. — Evan Esar
Music resembles poetry, in each Are nameless graces which no methods teach, And which a master hand alone can reach. — Alexander Pope
Do you remember writing in your diary," he said, "that it did not matter whether I was a friend or an enemy, since I was… — George Orwell

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