Faces Quote by Eric Hoffer Download Open image “What monstrosities would walk the streets were some people's faces as unfinished as their minds.” — Eric Hoffer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Faces Mind Monstrosity People Psychology Streets Unfinished Walks
“After that long of more named pavements than he’d care to count, Profane had grown a little leery of streets, especially streets like this.… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
“At street corners, where walls join, I thought I could see some familiar features, like outlines of human faces, the shadows of cheekbones and… — Ismail Kadaré Copy Share Image
The streets were full of insane & dull people. Most of them lived in nice houses and didn't seem to work, and you wondered… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
“But I can stop on any corner at the intersection of two busy streets, and before me are thousands of lives headed in all… — E.L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
“Kingbitter, as he did frequently nowadays, was standing at his window and looking out onto the street below. This street offered the most mundane… — Imre Kertész Copy Share Image
“The final destinations of ignorant people are always the same streets: Street of downfall, street of defeat, street of frustration, street of disgrace!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
My uncle, gentlemen, could say nothing; he was so very much astonished The queerest thing of all, was, that although there was such a… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
The streets looked small, of course. The streets that we have only seen as children always do I believe when we go back to… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“A city uninhabited is different. Different from what a "normal" observer, straggling in the dark - the occasional dark - would see. It is… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
The London streets are paths of loveliness; the very omnibuses look like colored archangels, their laps filled full of little trustful souls. — Evelyn Underhill Copy Share Image
Behind the hieroglyphic streets there would either be a transcendent meaning, or only the earth. — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
What strange phenomena we find in a great city, all we need do is stroll about with our eyes open. Life swarms with innocent… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new;… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
When grubbing for necessities man is still an animal. He becomes uniquely human when he reaches out for the superfluous and extravagant. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Our originality shows itself most strikingly not in what we wholly originate but in what we do with that which we borrow from others. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
It is also plausible that those movements with the greatest inner contradiction and between profession and practice - that is to say with a… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The best part of the art of living is to know how to grow old gracefully. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
“In the alchemy of man's soul almost all noble attributes--courage, honor, love, hope, faith, duty, loyalty, etc.--can be transmuted into ruthlessness. Compassion alone stands… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The act of self-denial seems to confer on us the right to be harsh and merciless toward others. The impression somehow prevails that the… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
A nation without dregs and malcontents, is orderly, decent, peaceful and pleasant, but perhaps without the seed of things to come — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
There are many who find a good alibi far more attractive than an achievement. For an achievement does not settle anything permanently. We still… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
It can sometimes make people fold into themselves and kind of run away, but I think in this case these characters are being forced… — Emily Deschanel Copy Share Image
Because the truth is that gossip is as good as gospel in this town. You can save face but you won't ever save your… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
My friends, this body - perhaps more than any other gathering in human history - now faces that difficult task. — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
His fingertips slid down from my face, lightly stroking the line of my neck, down toward my shoulder. Everywhere he touched, a trail of… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
I've seen every one, from Motley Crue to John Denver, with tears running down my face. I had no idea everyone had such a… — Stevie Nicks Copy Share Image
So," I said. "Seems you're going to be stuck with me for a while." He smiled. A real smile that lit up his whole… — Kelley Armstrong Copy Share Image
We have a fear of facing ourselves. That is the obstacle. Experiencing the innermost core of our existence is very embarrassing to a lot… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
I went to a mosque in Philadelphia with [my wife] in December 24, 1999. And we we went to this mosque in Philly, and… — Mahershala Ali Copy Share Image
If I had a million dollars, I just wouldn't just completely set back. I'd have to get out there and show my face to… — Muddy Waters Copy Share Image
It is proposed that a form of free dialogue may well be one of the most effective ways of investigating the crisis which faces… — David Bohm Copy Share Image
If enough money is involved and enough people believe that two plus two equals five the media will report the story with a straight… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
Here comes old Rosie she's looking mighty fine, here comes hot Nancy she's steppin' right on time. There go the street lights bringing on… — Bob Seger Copy Share Image