Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes
There is always a pleasure in unravelling a mystery, in catching at the gossamer clue which will guide to certainty.
Quotes to Explore
-
I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
-
People get very trapped where they are. When they hear 'fashion' they get intimidated, particularly at the upper end because it's so elitist.
-
Shimeji are those odd-looking clusters of small mushrooms you often find in so-called 'exotic' selections at the supermarket. They have an appealing firmness that is retained during light cooking.
-
Time is the ultimate long tail. Even with a big wad of money up front, if something sells forever, the back end is what ultimately counts.
-
I'm into menswear slacks that are comfortable.
-
I left for Petersburg in August, 1871 and stayed there until 1879.
-
I think that there's a tendency for actors who play strong women to have them take on all the worst characteristics of men, to become cold and detached and hardened.
-
It's very irresponsible to deny the reality of a problem to see whether it might stop existing.
-
I will say this: I've had more pro-life bills, I believe, I ruled unconstitutional - but I tried - than the entire total membership of Congress together.
-
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
-
I'm not angry; I write about angry characters. When I'm doing that, I'm happy. Just like when I'm writing about Mickey Sabbath being lustful, I'm not feeling lustful; I'm happy.
-
Surviving, that's all. That's all I have in mind .
-
This is a show I've always wanted to do. I wanted to do this 15 years ago. We lived in San Diego and my church group there was going to get to do it and I had everything ready to go, but they didn't get the rights. They had to change everything at the last minute, and I've been holding on to the script and director's book since then.
-
A letter depends on how you read it, a melody on how you sing it.
-
I hate people who are not serious about meals. It is so shallow of them.
-
Unilateral tolerance in a world of intolerance is like unilateral disarmament in a world of armed camps: it regards hope as a better basis for policy than reality.
-
It is only through my daughter that I have come to realise that a life without femininity – devoid of mystery, emotion, gentleness and the unerring power of a woman’s love – is no life at all.
-
My Design in this Book is not to explain the Properties of Light by Hypotheses, but to propose and prove them by Reason and Experiments: In order to which, I shall premise the following Definitions and Axioms.
-
Whatever littleness and vanity is to be observed in the minds of women, it is, like the cruelty of butchers, a temper that is wrought into them by that life which they are taught and accustomed to lead.
-
Well, I am now convinced there is no kind of fear or anxiety anyone has to live with.
-
It's so much better to desire than to have.... The moment of desire, when you know something is going to happen - that's the most exalting.
-
There is always a pleasure in unravelling a mystery, in catching at the gossamer clue which will guide to certainty.
