Spectacles Quotes

86 quotes by 79 authors

I also think he is given to disguises...Sometimes he wears spectacles and sometimes he does not. And twice he has worn an extremely peculiar hat.… — Julia Quinn
One could mention many lovable traits in Smee. For instance, after killing, it was his spectacles he wiped instead of his weapon. — James M. Barrie
If I ever saw my muse she would be an old woman with a tight bun and spectacles poking me in the middle of the… — Kerry Greenwood
It was one of the most disgusting spectacles I've ever seen-- this white-haired old man, who should have been thinking of the hereafter, standing there… — P.G. Wodehouse
So you actually need spectacles,â€ Leo finally said. â€œOf course I do,â€ Marks said crossly. â€œWhy would I wear spectacles if I didnâ€™t need them?â€… — Lisa Kleypas
It is one of the saddest spectacles of our time to see a great democratic movement support a policy which must lead to the destruction… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Emma was a shocking driver, simultaneously sloppy and petrified, and for the first fifty miles had been absent-mindedly driving with her spectacles on top of… — David Nicholls
Ishabal: "If you may correct your vision as you like, why do you wear spectacles?" Tris: "Because I like them. Because I have better things… — Tamora Pierce
This cruel age has deflected me, like a river from this course. Strayed from its familiar shores, my changeling life has flowed into a sister… — Anna Akhmatova
I think they ought to know. You do them a disservice by not confiding something this important to them.â€ â€œI didnâ€™t want â€”â€ â€œâ€” to… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Myrnin turned away to pick up his Ben Franklin spectacles, balanced them on his nose, and looked over them to say, "Don't do drugs. I… — Rachel Caine
He was tall, thin, and very old, judging by the silver of his hair and beard, which were both long enough to tuck into his… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
She couldn't "heal" him. No woman could. Events that far in the past just couldn't be undone. But perhaps he didn't need a cure, but… — Tessa Dare
it is hard to believe when Iâ€™m with you that there can be anything as still as solemn as unpleasantly definitive as statuary when right… — Frank O'Hara
He gave me a severe look over his spectacles and said, as if he thought the words were deadly venom and might kill me, "You… — Jim Butcher
How do you invent a religion?â€ Evie asked. Will looked over the top of his spectacles. â€œYou say, â€˜God told me the following,â€™ and then… — Libba Bray
At that moment, Harry fully understood for the first time why people said Dumbledore was the only wizard Voldemort had ever feared. The look upon… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
It was on the 10th day of May - 1884 - that I confessed to age by mounting spectacles for the first time, and in… — Mark Twain
The institutions of college athletics exist primarily as unreality fueled by deceit. The unreality is that universities should be in the business of providing large… — Charlie Pierce
The sudden appearance of mushrooms after a summer rain is one of the more impressive spectacles of the plant world. — John Tyler Bonner

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