Unfriendly Quotes
47 quotes by 46 authors
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My children, as long as you live, the shadow of the Hiss Case will brush you. In every pair of eyes that rests on you,…
— Whittaker Chambers
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renown, n. A degree of distinction between notoriety and fame - a little more supportable than the one and a little more intolerable than the…
— Ambrose Bierce
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The highest degree of meekness consists in seeing, serving, honoring, and treating amiably, on occasion, those who are not to our taste, and who show…
— Saint Francis de Sales
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As authors, we all expect criticism from time to time, and we all have our ways of coping with unfriendly reviews.
— Joanne Harris
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I am decidedly unfriendly during a golf game, from the first hole to the last.
— Rafael Nadal
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To fail is a natural consequence of trying, To succeed takes time and prolonged effort in the face of unfriendly odds. To think it will…
— David Viscott
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At times the world may seem an unfriendly and sinister place, but believe that there is much more good in it than bad. All you…
— Daniel Handler
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Most craft give a nod, however brief and unfriendly, towards beauty. Vogon ships did not nod towards beauty. They pulled on ski masks and mugged…
— Eoin Colfer
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Roarke's brow cocked as he noted Casto take in the black satin that slithered over Eve's body. In the manner of men or unfriendly male…
— Nora Roberts
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But unfriendly is usually one of those things you pick up on right away. You know, like B.O. There's no hiding it if it's there.
— Sarah Dessen
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The humanities are like the great old Paris Flea Market where, amidst masses of junk, people with a good eye found cast away treasures...They are…
— Allan Bloom
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New Yorkers, I figured, just pretended to be unfriendly.
— Jeannette Walls
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Once you cross into the next loyal kingdom, however... be warned. You may not find such a warm reception. The Mimosa Land and its residents…
— Richelle Mead
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Manhattan in the morning is a living stream of Purpose; everyone's got a place to be and a problem on their mind. That doesn't mean…
— Laura Anne Gilman
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Toad, with no one to check his statements or to criticize in an unfriendly spirit, rather let himself go. Indeed, much that he related belonged…
— Kenneth Grahame
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He seemed a part of the mute melancholy landscape, an incarnation of it's frozen woe, with all that was warm and sentient in him fast…
— Edith Wharton
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Once she exclaimed, "But I always thought that sorceresses were evil!" "What do you mean 'evil'?" Lynet has never considered the question. "You know," she…
— Gerald Morris
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He told them tales of bees and flowers, the ways of trees, and the strange creatures of the Forest, about the evil things and the…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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There is no teaching until the pupil is brought into the same state or principle in which you are; a transfusion takes place; he is…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The schizophrenic has no sense of humor. His world is a constantly daunting, unfriendly place.
— Bob Newhart
Who Wrote These Unfriendly Quotes
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