Charles Dickens Quotes

I mean a man whose hopes and aims may sometimes lie (as most men's sometimes do, I dare say) above the ordinary level, but to whom the ordinary level will be high enough after all if it should prove to be a way of usefulness and good service leading to no other. All generous spirits are ambitious, I suppose, but the ambition that calmly trusts itself to such a road, instead of spasmodically trying to fly over it, is of the kind I care for.

Charles Dickens

Quotes to Explore

In the Lamborghini I have to avoid certain roads because of pot holes, and there's nowhere to put my drink, no cup holder. And I'm not going to lie, it looks pretentious. I used to think it was cool to, like, drive it to dinner. Now? Like I really need to be looked at any more.

Danica Patrick
- Cool
- Lie
- Roads
Truth-tellers who expect others to believe them tend to speak naturally and un-self-consciously. But if they don't expect to be believed, they may try too hard to seem honest. Unfortunately, the result makes them sound less believable. Obviously, then, not every oddly phrased statement is a lie.

Pamela Meyer
- Believe
- May
- Truth
Hope is one of those no-win-no-fee things, and although it needs some encouragement to survive, its existence doesn't necessarily prove anything.

Rachel Cusk
- Hope
- Prove
- Encouragement
Bruce always had to tell a lie. He was always living that lie. Caitlyn doesn't have any secrets.

Caitlyn Jenner
- Living
- Lie
- Secrets
A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable.

Finley Peter Dunne
- Kind
- Purpose
- Lie
Don't see the point in reading ghost-written autobiographies, even though some of these published lives may fascinate me. The 'ghost' is always present, manipulating an interview into first-person singular text, and it feels like I'm reading a lie.

Gary Kemp Spandau Ballet
- Person
- Point
- Lie