Jane Austen Quotes
Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim.
Quotes to Explore
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The Palestinian Rifle is ready and we will aim it if they try to prevent us from praying in Jerusalem.
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I aim to direct as much as I act at some point in time.
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My ultimate aim would be to captivate an audience, even just for a second.
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We aim above the mark to hit the mark.
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Solitude is creativity's best friend, and solitude is refreshment for our souls.
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I usually find myself hiking in a place that not a lot of people go hiking, just trying to find some solitude. I like being out in the middle of nowhere. Not always, but it's a good place to go to just reflect and think, and it's something I really enjoy.
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If you aim for parody right off the bat and it misses, no offense to the filmmakers, but it is Meet the Spartans.
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If you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time.
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Aim for brevity while avoiding jargon.
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You're dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway.
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Solitude is better than the society of evil persons.
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Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.
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Man is alone everywhere. But the solitude of the Mexican, under the great stone night of the high plateau that is still inhabited by insatiable gods, is very different from that of the North American, who wanders in an abstract world of machines, fellow citizens and moral precepts.
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Small aim is a crime; have great aim.
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The main aim of the Palestinians is to destroy the state of Israel.
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What would a man do, if he were compelled to live always in the sultry heat of society, and could never bathe himself in cool solitude?
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The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers - stern and wild ones, - and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.
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Our social relationships are limited, most of the time, to gossip and criticizing people's behavior. This observation slowly pushed me to isolate from the so-called social life. My days pass by in solitude.
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Our problem is not that we aim too high and miss, but that we aim too low and hit.
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Solitude either develops the mental power, or renders men dull and vicious.
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I love being busy, and I love having a lot going on; it's exciting.
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Whatever is profound loves masks; what is most profound even hates image and parable.
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My father was more than apprehensive. He didn't think I stood a chance in hell. He had no confidence in me whatsoever and was convinced that I was going to be coming to him for money when I was 40. We argued about it constantly.
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Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim.
