Unaccustomed Quotes

21 quotes by 18 authors

There is a charm in making a stew, to the unaccustomed cook, from the excitement of wondering what the result will be, and whether any… — Annie Besant
She was luxuriously tired and her muscles felt sore from the unaccustomed strain of riding astride. Nothing had ever tasted so good as the cool… — Kathleen Winsor
The unwearable of high heels is self-evidently all around us, coming to a head at the average wedding reception, a uniformly high-heeled occasion. In our… — Caitlin Moran
What the world calls originality is only an unaccustomed method of tickling it. — George Bernard Shaw
Our dangers, as it seems to me, are not from the outrageous but from the conforming; not from those who rarely and under the lurid… — Learned Hand
It is incredible to me that any woman should consider the fight for full equality won. It has just begun. There is hardly a field,… — Alice Paul
Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two causes, either from… — Plato
A leader who accepts the outside financing of his movement is like the man who accustoms his body to live on medication. To the extent… — Corneliu Zelea Codreanu
Just as in habiliments it is a sign of weakness to wish to make oneself noticeable by some peculiar and unaccustomed fashion, so, in language,… — Michel de Montaigne
Every intellectual effort sets us apart from the commonplace, and leads us by hidden and difficult paths to secluded spots where we find ourselves amid… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
Nothing gives a sadder sense of decay than this loss or suspension of the power to deal with unaccustomed things, and to keep up with… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy temple and comes into our sight… — Maya Angelou
Gogol is unaccustomed to this sort of talk at mealtimes, to the indulgent ritual of the lingering meal, and the pleasant aftermath of bottles and… — Jhumpa Lahiri
And all this day an unaccustomed spirit lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts. — William Shakespeare
Human nature will not flourish, any more than a potato, if it be planted and replanted, for too long a series of generations, in the… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
For the longest time after that, neither of us said anything. I was unaccustomed to his silence, but I didn't mind it. I knew near… — Gabrielle Zevin
If I could give you information of my life it would be to show how a woman of very ordinary ability has been led by… — Florence Nightingale
There are people whose faces assume an unaccustomed beauty and majesty the moment they cease to look out of their eyes. — Marcel Proust
She was flushed and felt intoxicated with the sound of her own voice and the unaccustomed taste of candor. It muddled her like wine, or… — Kate Chopin
What enriches language is its being handled and exploited by beautiful minds-not so much by making innovations as by expanding it through more vigorous and… — Michel de Montaigne

Who Wrote These Unaccustomed Quotes

18 authors contributed a total of 21 Unaccustomed Quotes as follows: