E. T. A. Hoffmann Quotes
Human beings ought not to draw in their antennae at every ungentle touch, like supersensitive insects.
E. T. A. Hoffmann
Quotes to Explore
-
When I think about atheist friends, including my father, they seem to me like people who have no ear for music, or who have never been in love.
A. N. Wilson
-
One of the pleasantest things about book writing is that sometimes it brings one in touch with old friends.
Rachel Field
-
There are no friends at cards or world politics.
Finley Peter Dunne
-
I guess I have sort of an atypical relationship with my mom for someone my age, because I think I started so young with the music thing and I had my parents always on the road with me. So at a time when I think I should have been rebelling, like in high school, they were actually my best friends.
Mandy Moore
-
He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.
Oscar Wilde
-
I've always said to my men friends, If you really care for me, darling, you will give me territory. Give me land, give me land.
Eartha Kitt
-
Some of my oldest friends are actors. But that's not the only place my friends come from.
Beau Bridges
-
You know, my friends, with what a brave carouse I made a Second Marriage in my house; favored old barren reason from my bed, and took the daughter of the vine to spouse.
Omar Khayyam
-
I enjoy celebrating Valentine's Day. It's a nice way to say you're thinking about your family, someone special, or dear friends.
Camila Alves
-
Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people - your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.
Barbara Bush
-
I have so many gay friends that I love.
Carly Rae Jepsen
-
An ideal day for me is a combination of a fun-exciting creative moment with work partners, some laughs and games with my kids, a good surf session, and great conversation with friends around a meal.
Yves Behar
-
Millennials regularly draw ire for their cell phone usage. They're mobile natives, having come of age when landlines were well on their way out and payphones had gone the way of dinosaurs. Because of their native fluency, Millennials recognize mobile phones can do a whole lot more than make calls, enable texting between friends or tweeting.
Chelsea Clinton
-
I've always said the bass just happens to be the crayon I picked out of the box. I'd still be drawing the same pictures... should I have picked trumpet or accordion or guitar, whatever it may be. The sounds in my head are still the same.
Les Claypool
-
I wanted to write a story about colonization and about Hawaii. I went to college right at the height of identity politics, and that's how I always read 'The Tempest,' for example.
Hanya Yanagihara
-
In the '70s, in Britain, if you were going to do serious photography, you were obliged to work in black-and-white. Color was the palette of commercial photography and snapshot photography.
Martin Parr
-
It's a little bit late in the day for men to object that women are getting outside their proper sphere.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
-
Human beings ought not to draw in their antennae at every ungentle touch, like supersensitive insects.
E. T. A. Hoffmann
