Fancy Quotes - Page 8

• Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world. This is an error of the intellect as inevitable as that error of the eye which lets you fancy that on the horizon heaven and earth meet.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Eye, Men, Errors

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “The Suffering of the World”, p.45, Simon and Schuster

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• I have never been bored an hour in my life. I get up every morning wondering what new strange glamorous thing is going to happen and it happens at fairly regular intervals. Lady Luck has been good to me and I fancy she has been good to everyone. Only some people are dour, and when she gives them the come hither with her eyes, they look down or turn away and lift an eyebrow. But me, I give her the wink and away we go.

  William Allen White

  Life, Morning, Eye

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• Our griefs, as well as our joys, owe their strongest colors to our imaginations. There is nothing so grievous to be borne that pondering upon it will not make it heavier; and there is no pleasure so vivid that the animation of fancy cannot liven it.

  Jane Porter

  Art, Grief, Color

  Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.136

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• ARTLESSNESS, n. A certain engaging quality to which women attain by long study and severe practice upon the admiring male, who is pleased to fancy it resembles the candid simplicity of his young.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Practice, Long, Simplicity

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.15, 谷月社

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• Life is a game in which the rules are constantly changing; nothing spoils a game more than those who take it seriously. Adultery? Phooey! You should never subjugate yourself to another nor seek the subjugation of someone else to yourself. If you follow that Crispian principle you will be able to say Phooey, too, instead of reaching for your gun when you fancy yourself betrayed.

  Quentin Crisp

  Gun, Games, Principles

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• They are the new breed of slot machine-colorful, fancy, exciting, wonderful...and deadly.

  Frank Scoblete

  Gambling, Machines, Wonderful

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• Mastering the Art of French Cooking... doesn't mean it has to be fancy cooking, although it can be as elaborate as you wish.

  Julia Child

  Art, Mean, Cooking

  Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, Simone Beck (2011). “Mastering the Art of French Cooking”, p.15, Knopf

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• Most people fancy themselves innocent of those crimes of which they cannot be convicted.

  Seneca the Younger

  People, Prison, Innocent

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• He is not dead, this friend; not dead, Gone some few, trifling steps ahead, And nearer to the end; So that you, too, once past the bend, Shall meet again, as face to face, this friend You fancy dead.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Death, Past, Gone

  Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne, Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson, Sidney Colvin, William Ernest Henley (1918). “The Novels and Tales of Robert Louis Stevenson”

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• Although the rudiments of snobbery are there, its finer developments are basically alien to the Australian soul - that is, if Australians have a soul; many people believe that they are too matter-of-fact and down-to-earth to have such fancy commodities.

  George Mikes

  Funny, Believe, Humor

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• The condemned social order has not been built up on paper and ink, and I don't fancy that a combination of paper and ink will ever put an end to it.

  Joseph Conrad

  Order, Ink, Paper

  Joseph Conrad (2007). “The Secret Agent”, p.46, Penguin

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• Misled by fancy's meteor ray, By passion driven; But yet the light that led astray Was light from heaven.

  Robert Burns

  Passion, Light, Heaven

  Robert Burns, John Gibson Lockhart, James Currie (1835). “The works of Robert Burns: containing his life, by John Lockhart, esq. ; the poetry and correspondence of Dr. Currie's edition ; biographical sketches of the poet by himself, Gilbert Burns, Professor Stewart, and others”, p.141

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• The attitude of kindness is everyday stuff like a great pair of sneakers. Not frilly. Not fancy. Just plain and comfortable.

  Barbara Johnson

  Attitude, Kindness, Sneakers

  Barbara Johnson (2000). “Leaking Laffs Between Pampers and Depends”, p.63, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The position does not make you a leader. The title, the promotion, the fancy corner office do not make you a leader. No, it is relationships with people that are the foundation, the very heart of leadership. Have you ever worked for someone you didn't like? It's difficult, isn't it? On the other hand, the leader you will follow anywhere and everywhere is one you know cares about you, and values you. This person has your best interests at heart. It is the leader who comes alongside to help you improve and grow.

  John C. Maxwell

  Heart, Hands, Office

  FaceBook post by John C. Maxwell from Sep 11, 2014

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• What I hate about kitchen-sink dramas is [this idea] that the set is real, therefore you're going to be seeing truth. You have to earn truth. Truth can't be a part of the fact that people appear to talk that way and live in that room. You're looking for the poetry in something, and I don't mean poetry in the fancy sense. Naturalism believes by just replicating a thing you give the truth, rather than earning the truth.

  John Guare

  Hate, Real, Drama

  "John Guare: 'Writing is a blood sport'" by Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. January 5, 2010.

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• The instinct to produce great work doesn't require a fancy notebook.

  Seth Godin

  Notebook, Instinct, Great Work

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• If you're feeling fancy free, come wander through the world with me, and any place we chance to be, will be a rendezvous. Two for the road, we'll travel through the years, collecting precious memories, selecting souvenirs and living life the way we please.

  Henry Mancini

  Travel, Memories, Live Life

  Song: Two for the Road, 2004

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• Well, fancy giving money to the Government! Might as well have put it down the drain. Fancy giving money to the Government! Nobody will see the stuff again. Well, they've not idea what money's for- Ten to one they'll start another war. I've heard a lot of silly things, but, Lor'! Fancy giving money to the Government!

  A. P. Herbert

  Money, War, Silly

  1931 'Too Much!'.

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• This world of the imagination is fancy-free and violently opposed to common sense.

  Mark Rothko

  Common Sense, Imagination, World

  Mark Rothko, Miguel López-Remiro (2006). “Writings on Art”, p.36, Yale University Press

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• I fancy myself as being a fairly competent person.

  Lisa Ling

  Persons, Competent

  "Lisa Ling Helps Women Share Compassion Through Secrets". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. December 24, 2010.

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• I had this wild imagination. I was never me. All my childhood photos, I'm in fancy dress, playing a Russian refuge or Marvelous Mad Madam Mim.

  Juno Temple

  Wild Imagination, Mad, Childhood

  "Juno Temple Talks LITTLE BIRDS, Sexuality vs. Violence in Film, and Playing a Fairy in MALEFICENT" by Christina Radish, collider.com. August 28, 2012.

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• I don't live in a fancy neighborhood.

  Judah Friedlander

  Neighborhood

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• I don't like the idea of things being off-limits to kids - like a fancy sitting room where they can't touch anything. I own vintage pottery cups, and I let my girls hold them. It teaches them to treat objects with respect.

  Debi Mazar

  Girl, Kids, Vintage

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• I used to watch my grandmother make fancy, Julia Child-style beef bourguignon. And growing up in New York City, I was exposed to many cultures. I experimented with Puerto Rican and Jamaican food.

  Debi Mazar

  New York, Children, Growing Up

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• Bright-eyed Fancy, hov'ring o'er, Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts that breathe and words that burn.

  Thomas Gray

  Breathe, Rings

  Thomas Gray (1859). “The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray”

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