Earnest Quotes - Page 13

• I'd sooner live among people who don't cheat at cards than among people who are earnest about not cheating at cards.

  C. S. Lewis

  Cheating, People, Cards

  In Brian Aldiss and Kingsley Amis 'Spectrum IV'

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• Divinity is not playful. The universe was not made in jest but in solemn incomprehensibl e earnest. By a power that is unfathomably secret, and holy, and fleet. There is nothing to be done about it, but ignore it, or see.

  Annie Dillard

  Secret, Done, Divinity

  ANNIE DILLARD (1974). “PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK”

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• I would suggest two approaches to begin the leadership journey in earnest. First would be to ask oneself, in every interaction with others over the course of a single day: How can you best serve this person? Another approach would be to attempt, over the course of a single day, to reframe your declarative statements into questions. The thoughtful use of questions can be transformational. In my experience, most people find these exercises more challenging - and more rewarding - than they would have imagined.

  James M Strock

  Exercise, Thoughtful, Journey

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• The universe does not jest with us, but is in earnest.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Doe, Jest, Universe

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2015). “Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Poetry and Imagination”, p.1, Editora Dracaena

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• For men in earnest have no time to waste In patching fig-leaves for the naked truth.

  James Russell Lowell

  Truth, Men, Naked

  James Russell Lowell (1873). “The Poetical Works of James R. Lowell: Complete in Two Volumes”, p.117

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• Honesty is one part of eloquence. We persuade others by being in earnest ourselves.

  William Hazlitt

  Honesty, Eloquence

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1484, Delphi Classics

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• There are two men in Tolstoy. He is a mystic and he is also a realist. He is addicted to the practice of a pietism that for all its sincerity is nothing if not vague and sentimental; and he is the most acute and dispassionate of observers, the most profound and earnest student of character and emotion.

  William Ernest Henley

  Character, Men, Two

  William Ernest Henley (1906). “Views and Reviews: Essays in Appreciation: Literature”

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• Extension work is not exhortation. Nor is it exploitation of the people, or advertising of an institution, or publicity work for securing students. It is a plain, earnest, and continuous effort to meet the needs of the people on their own farms and in the localities.

  Liberty Hyde Bailey

  People, Effort, Needs

  Liberty Hyde Bailey (1910). “Reprints of Addresses”

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• All deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea, while the wildest winds of heaven and earth conspire to cast her on the treacherous, slavish shore.

  Herman Melville

  Thinking, Wind, Sea

  Herman Melville (1892). “Moby Dick”, p.104

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• Girls especially are fond of exchanging confidences with those whom they think they can trust; it is one of the most charming traits of a simple, earnest-hearted girlhood, and they are the happiest women who never lose it entirely.

  Lucy Larcom

  Girl, Simple, Thinking

  Lucy Larcom (1961). “A New England girlhood”

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• I was writing an earnest novel about cruises in the Caribbean and I just started writing 'Bridget Jones' to get some money, to finance this earnest work, and then I chucked it out.

  Helen Fielding

  Writing, Finance, Bridget Jones

  "Dumped Bridget, wrote spy novel". Interview with John Walsh, www.theguardian.com. November 7, 2003.

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• I have heard earnest American sociologists say that American children have a right to the divorce experience as an enriching element of an advanced civilisation.

  Anthony Burgess

  Children, Divorce, Elements

  Anthony Burgess (1990). “You've had your time: being the second part of the confessions of Anthony Burgess”, Heinemann Educational Books

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• This above all-ask yourself in the stillest hour of your night: must I write? Delve into yourself for a deep answer. And if this should be affirmative, if you may meet this earnest question with a strong and simple "I must," then build your life according to this necessity; your life even into its most indifferent and slightest hour must be a sign of this urge and a testimony to it. Then draw near to Nature. Then try, like some first human being, to say what you see and experience and love and lose.

  Rainer Maria Rilke

  Strong, Nature, Writing

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• I would love to have a more earnest prayer life! In my life, prayer is the single most difficult discipline. I love God and there's something in me that would rather do things for God than talk to God. I'm not by nature a mystical, devotional person. I like to do things. And so it's a challenge for me to have a faithful prayer life, but I know God loves me and He's not mad at me. He just wishes I would slow down and turn things over to Him. And that's what I think you achieve through prayer.

  Max Lucado

  Prayer, Thinking, Discipline

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• Earnest is our dog. She senses instantly that something is wrong, and guided by that timeless and unerring nurturing instinct that all female dogs have, she tries to lick my ears off.

  Dave Barry

  Funny, Dog, Humorous

  Dave Barry (2010). “Dave Barry's Greatest Hits”, p.38, Ballantine Books

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• Men, my brothers, men the workers, ever reaping something new, That which they have done but earnest of the things which they shall do.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Brother, Men, Done

  'Locksley Hall' (1842) l. 117

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• The multitude will hardly believe the excessive force of education, and in the difference of modesty between men and women, ascribe that to nature, which is altogether owing to early instruction: Miss is scarce three years old, but she's spoke to every day to hide her leg, and rebuked in good earnest if she shows it; whilst little Master at the same age is bid to take up his coats, and piss like a man.

  Bernard de Mandeville

  Believe, Men, Years

  Bernard de Mandeville (1723). “The Fable of the Bees”, p.34, Jazzybee Verlag

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• It would be terribly boring to be earnest.

  Adrien Brody

  Would Be, Boring

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• I had pretty much raised my kids and my first wife and I were divorced, so I began, in earnest, to start my musical career again. Going for the big record deal and all of that.

  Jimmy Carl Black

  Kids, Careers, Wife

  Jimmy Carl Black Interview by Stephen Moore in Munich, Germany, www.stevemoorebooks.com. March 29, 2000.

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• I always think I know the way a novel will go. I write maps on oversized art pads like the kind I carried around in college when I was earnest about drawing. I need to have some idea of the shape of the novel, where its headed, so that I can proceed with confidence. But the truth is my characters start doing and saying things I don't expect.

  Julianna Baggott

  Art, Writing, Character

  "Q&A with Pure Author Julianna Baggott". Interview with Melissa Wiley, geekdad.com. April 4, 2012.

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• I started doing regional theater. My first job was "The Importance of Being Earnest" at Dallas Theater Center.

  Anna Camp

  Jobs, Dallas, Firsts

  "Anna Camp Pushes Her Boundaries in 'Pitch Perfect' and 'The Mindy Project'". Interview with Suzy Evans, www.backstage.com. October 9, 2012.

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• I am interested in the notion that people can become so obsessed by their world that they lose sense and awareness of how they appear to other people. They're so earnest about it. But that's true of so many things.

  Christopher Guest

  People, World, Obsession

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

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• Nowadays I'd describe myself as earnest, terribly earnest. I'm the person who wants everybody in the room to feel important and happy.

  America Ferrera

  Important, Want, Rooms

  "This much I know: America Ferrera" by Megan Conner, www.theguardian.com. November 5, 2011.

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• Here's a confession: I hate parenting books. I hate the ones that are earnest and repetitive.

  Bruce Feiler

  Hate, Book, Confession

  "5 Secrets to a Happy Family" by Bruce Feiler, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 19, 2013.

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• In Los Angeles, people dress with the deep and earnest hope that people will do nothing but stare at them.

  Ellie Kemper

  People, Dresses, Los Angeles

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

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