Charles Dickens Quotes

My uncle, gentlemen, could say nothing; he was so very much astonished The queerest thing of all, was, that although there was such a crowd of persons, and although fresh faces were pouring in, every moment, there was no telling where they came from. They seemed to start up, in some strange manner, from the ground, or the air, and disappear in the same way.

Charles Dickens

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• Anybody who plays the stock market not as an insider is like a man buying cows in the moonlight.

  

  Daniel Drew
  • Man
  • Stock
  • Market

• Paul McCartney and The Beatles in general are my idols. And I love Sting. I got to meet Sting. That was really cool. Dustin Hoffman is my favorite actor. Also, I think of Magic Johnson as an idol.

  

  Nat Wolff
  • Magic
  • Actor
  • Favorite

• I don't like to talk about myself.

  

  Zlatan Ibrahimovic
  • Myself
  • Like
  • Talk

• I think the kind of films and roles I do takes a whole year... I think it is justified. At some point, we have to come to that place where we are equally paid. It is a small step... we are headed to that direction.

  

  Kangana Ranaut
  • Small
  • Year
  • Step

• Homosexuality is like an inside baseball thing. It's like a gag that people share; 'How is your husband?' But when it comes to bringing diversity to a broader audience, suddenly it's a different road. It's what we call 'a risk.' Isn't it our responsibility to elevate the standards and change people's perceptions?

  

  Xavier Dolan
  • People
  • Different
  • Change

• I had great faith in Irish actors, that they'd be hip to the whole theatre thing, and they are. I had no illusions of coming over here as some kind of big shot. It's been a learning experience for me too.

  

  Christopher Meloni
  • Great
  • Experience
  • Faith

• His very chains helped to deceive him about the harshness of his service.

  

  Bruno Bauer
  • Service

• I think cryotherapy is excellent for anybody and not just athletes.

  

  Jason Kidd

• I have good genes, and I also do lots of exercises.

  

  Leroy Hood
  • Good

• The stereotypes of feminists as ugly, or man-haters, or hairy, or whatever it is - that's really strategic. That's a really smart way to keep young women away from feminism, is to kind of put out this idea that all feminists hate men, or all feminists are ugly; and that they really come from a place of fear.

  

  Jessica Valenti
  • Men
  • Women
  • Fear

• I wanted to be the kind of woman who would attract a certain kind of man that I could respect. That was my thinking. It had to do with the kind of couple I would be a part of.

  

  Lisa Kudrow
  • Thinking
  • Respect
  • Kind

• Some people aren't sure what to make of it.

  

  Lisa Kudrow
  • People
  • Make
  • Sure

• I've always learned how to deal with my problems through my words, through my education, and through my intelligence, which I think is important and the best way to deal with an issue.

  

  Zendaya
  • Thinking
  • Important
  • Words

• I was neither doing these people nor myself a favor by showing up when my heart wasn't in it. There were not getting the real me, the whole me, the true me.

  

  Edwidge Danticat
  • People
  • Up
  • Real

• One of the outstanding tragedies of this age of struggle and money-madness is the fact that so few people are engaged in the effort which they like best. Everyone should find his or her particular niche in the world's work, where both material prosperity and happiness in abundance may be found.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • People
  • World
  • Work

• Even if only a few individuals try to create mental peace and happiness within themselves, and act responsibly and kind-heartedly towards others, they will have a positive influence in their community.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Community
  • Peace
  • Positive

• Most of us prefer to walk backward into the future, a posture that may be uncomfortable but which at least allows us to keep on looking at familiar things as long as we can.

  

  Charles Handy
  • Long
  • May
  • Future

• I pray you, do not fall in love with me, for I am falser than vows made in wine.

  

  William Shakespeare
  • Love
  • Wine
  • Pray

• Ladies and gentlemen are permitted to have friends in the kennel, but not in the kitchen.

  

  George Bernard Shaw
  • Friends
  • Ladies
  • Gentlemen

• Language is magic: it makes things appear and disappear.

  

  Nicole Brossard
  • Language
  • Magic
  • Disappear

• If you're a conservation biologist in many fields, you're seeing your study subject disappear. People are in the position where they're chronicling radical decline, and that is not a position that conservation biologists want to be in.

  

  Elizabeth Kolbert
  • Conversation
  • Disappear
  • Fields

• My uncle, gentlemen, could say nothing; he was so very much astonished The queerest thing of all, was, that although there was such a crowd of persons, and although fresh faces were pouring in, every moment, there was no telling where they came from. They seemed to start up, in some strange manner, from the ground, or the air, and disappear in the same way.

  

  Charles Dickens
  • Disappear
  • Gentlemen
  • Astonished