Charm Quotes - Page 7

• Things forbidden have a secret charm.

  Tacitus

  Secret, Forbidden

  "Annales" (AD 117), XIII, 1, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 600-02, 1922.

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• The charm, one might say the genius, of memory is that it is choosy, chancy and temperamental; it rejects the edifying cathedral and indelibly photographs the small boy outside, chewing a hunk of melon in the dust.

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning

  Memories, Boys, Dust

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• Conceit spoils the finest genius?and the great charm of all power is modesty.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Genius, Modesty, Little Women

  1868 Little Women, pt.1, ch.7.

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• The body will shine if the character is fine; service of man and worship of God will preserve its charm.

  Sathya Sai Baba

  Character, Men, Shining

  FaceBook post by Sri Sathya Sai Baba from Nov 25, 2016

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• We are born charming fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.

  Judith Martin

  Positive, Society, Belief

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• An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.

  Pliny the Elder

  Marriage, Education, Goal

  "The Letters of Pliny the Younger". Book by Pliny the Elder (Book II, Letter 15), 1751.

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• Why is it forbidden in New York to acknowledge the charm and beauty of Los Angeles?

  Mason Cooley

  New York, Los Angeles, Forbidden

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• I used to collect charms and bracelets.

  Natalie Grant

  Used, Bracelet

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• All men shall be my slaves! All women shall succumb to my charms! All mankind shall grovel at my feet and not know why!

  L. Ron Hubbard

  Men, Feet, Slave

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• When did banning anything, ever work? I mean, we banned liquor once in this country, oh, that worked like a charm, didn't it, folks? You couldn't find a drink in the roaring 20's, could ya? See that's the problem with the banning thing! I say why stop there, let's not ban guns, I know, let's ban crime!

  Brad Stine

  Country, Mean, Gun

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• Screenwriting Joe Eszterhas have always talked about the charm of evil.

  Chris Hayes

  Evil, Screenwriting

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• Much energy is wasted in trying to charm others. And in wanting to charm - I tell you, the opposite happens

  Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

  Opposites, Trying, Energy

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• Think always: I am ever-pure, ever-knowing, and ever-free. How can I do anything evil? Can I ever be befooled like ordinary people with the insignificant charms of lust and wealth? Strengthen the mind with such thoughts. This will surely bring real good.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Real, Thinking, Knowing

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• Every woman has the instinct, the propensity to profit from her charms, and there's a lot to be said for giving oneself without love, without pleasure.

  Leopold von Sacher-Masoch

  Giving, Pleasure, Instinct

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• I can charm my way out of a situation when I screw up.

  Cory Arcangel

  Screw Ups, Way, Situation

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Depression is melancholy minus its charms - the animation, the fits.

  Susan Sontag

  Depression, Fit, Melancholy

  Susan Sontag (1979). “Illness as metaphor”, Vintage

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• Whatever it is that makes a person charming, it needs to remain a mystery .. once the charmer is aware of a mannerism or characteristic that others find charming, it ceases to be a mannerism and becomes an affectation.

  Rex Harrison

  Needs, Mystery, Charming

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Politicians are interesting people, most of them are smart and hard-working-I mean, they keep schedules no one else would think of keeping. Some of them live down to the caricature, but most of them are good people and they are charming.

  Tucker Carlson

  Smart, Hard Work, Mean

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• I was also reminded of one of the unique charms of NYC in the summer: vast piles of rotting garbage piled on the sidewalks, with that sweet yet nauseating smell of decomposing groceries sitting in the humid fetid air, and rancid food juices oozing over the sticky sidewalks. With my windows open to counter the stuffiness, I could occasionally catch a whiff of the stench outside. People actually like living in this chaotic, fetid monument to incompetence? Beats me.

  Andrew Sullivan

  Summer, Sweet, Unique

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  Think, Travel, Celebrate, Charm, Decorate, Dress, Live - colorfully

  Kate Spade

  Thinking, Dresses, Celebrate

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• The peculiar interest of magic squares and all lusus numerorum in general lies in the fact that they possess the charm of mystery. They appear to betray some hidden intelligence which by a preconceived plan produces the impression of intentional design, a phenomenon which finds its close analogue in nature.

  Paul Carus

  Lying, Squares, Design

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• Never trust a southerner. No, I'm kidding. They're wonderful. You want to believe in his niceness and his charm, but he's an evil kind of crazy man who's righteous. Fear the righteous.

  Nathan Fillion

  Crazy, Believe, Men

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Charm and perfection hardly cooperate. Charm premises little mistakes which one would like to cover.

  Catherine Deneuve

  Mistake, Perfection, Littles

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• This is Buffalo, New York. It's like. Scranton without the charm.

  Ken Ludwig

  New York, Buffalo

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• God is to be recognized in all that exists, all that is charming, suffering, blooming or drooping.

  Sathya Sai Baba

  Suffering, Blooming, Charming

  FaceBook post by Sri Sathya Sai Baba from Apr 22, 2017

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