To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment.Quote by Jane Austen about joy, state, being
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us.Quote by Jane Austen about proudness, vanity, opinion, people, being, things
I started to feel that I had a large problem: my comic book characters didn't exist, and none of my readers would have seen them. The Escapist existed only within the covers of this book.Quote by Michael Chabon
I'd marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he'd be dead within a year.Quote by Bette Davis about man
I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the same book, each believes he gets all the worry and only half the royalties.Quote by Agatha Christie about books, writing, worry, people
Film is a very young art that is still evolving. Soon, we shall reach a balance between content and technology.Quote by Catherine Deneuve about technology, film, art, magic
Danger - if you meet it promptly and without flinching - you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!Quote by Winston Churchill about danger
You can express a lot of things, a lot of action without speaking.Quote by Catherine Deneuve about action, things
Anything I've done up till May 27th 1999 was kind of an illusion, existing without living. My daughter, the birth of my daughter, gave me life.Quote by Johnny Depp about life
In this movie, you have all the things you love from Tim. All the magic and the whimsy and the surreal, but he also has a fantastic story of a father and son that really gets under your skin.Quote by Danny DeVito about magic, things, love
Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.Quote by Winston Churchill about victory, survival, fear
I revere the memory of Mr. F. as an estimable man and most indulgent husband, only necessary to mention Asparagus and it appeared or to hint at any little delicate thing to drink and it came like magic in a pint bottle; it was not ecstasy but it...Quote by Charles Dickens about drinking, husband, magic, memory, things, man
From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other.Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle about water
To the man who loves art for its own sake, it is frequently in its least important and lowliest manifestations that the keenest pleasure is to be derived.Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle about pleasure, art, magic, man
I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some words got me into trouble and others got me out.Quote by Katherine Dunn about magic, language, age, olderness
It is not possible to eat me without insisting that I sing praises of my devourer?Quote by Feodor Mihailovici Dostoievski
The formula “Two and two make five” is not without its attractions.Quote by Feodor Mihailovici Dostoievski