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

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• Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.

  

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
  • Friends
  • Remember
  • Friendship

• When someone is bullying you, don't let it get to you. I remember my friends in school, someone said something mean to them, and they really let it get to them. And it really affected them. But I would just say try to ignore it as much as possible and just be yourself.

  

  Kaitlyn Dever
  • School
  • Friends
  • Remember

• Most of my friends from college became dental hygienists or went into retail, a lot went into sales. They all started getting married and having kids and buying homes and I was still living like a college student.

  

  Patricia Heaton
  • Kids
  • Friends
  • College

• I read my books to writing workshops and friends, and I'm often focussed just on keeping them entertained. I never think about marketing at all.

  

  Karen Joy Fowler
  • Writing
  • Friends
  • Marketing

• I love to cook. I love having friends over and family. I am definitely a feeder - I feed everybody. I am jumping around the kitchen like a crazy woman.

  

  Imelda May
  • Family
  • Love
  • Friends

• If there's a party and they won't let my friends in, I'd leave. No question.

  

  Zac Efron
  • Friends
  • Party
  • Question

• When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • Character
  • Friends
  • Personality

• 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
  • People
  • Music
  • Love

• One of the pleasantest things about book writing is that sometimes it brings one in touch with old friends.

  

  Rachel Field
  • Writing
  • Book
  • Friends

• There are no friends at cards or world politics.

  

  Finley Peter Dunne
  • World
  • Friends
  • Politics

• 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
  • Time
  • Music
  • School

• He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Friends
  • Enemies
  • DIsliked

• 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
  • Men
  • Friends
  • Care

• Some of my oldest friends are actors. But that's not the only place my friends come from.

  

  Beau Bridges
  • Friends
  • Place
  • Come

• 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
  • Friends
  • House
  • Marriage

• 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
  • Thinking
  • Family
  • Friends

• 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
  • People
  • Important
  • Family

• I have so many gay friends that I love.

  

  Carly Rae Jepsen
  • Love
  • Friends
  • Gay

• I was really young when I started on 'One Tree Hill,' and the encouragement from my friends and family has been crucial in my development as an actress. I'm also continuously surprised and humbled by the kindness and generosity of the fans.

  

  Kelsey Chow
  • Family
  • Friends
  • Tree

• I think I was driven to paint portraits to commit images of friends and family to memory. I have face blindness, and once a face is flattened out, I can remember it better.

  

  Chuck Close
  • Family
  • Friends
  • Remember

• For everyone, 'Star Wars' has been a part of their lives in some capacity. I remember watching it very early on with my cousins and my brother, and we were all cuddled around the VHS player, which sounds very old-fashioned, but that was the way then.

  

  Felicity Jones
  • Remember
  • Player
  • Star

• I have been quoted saying that, in the future, all companies will be Internet companies. I still believe that. More than ever, really.

  

  Andy Grove
  • Believe
  • Future
  • Internet

• If Marcus hadn't already faced the fact that he was head over heels in love with Nicola, he would have fallen right then...along with five thousand other people in the sold-out concert hall in San Francisco.

  

  Bella Andre
  • Love
  • Concert Hall
  • Heels

• Human beings ought not to draw in their antennae at every ungentle touch, like supersensitive insects.

  

  E. T. A. Hoffmann
  • Friends
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  • Insects