Quotes About Admiration

If something is in me which can be called religious, then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it.

Marie Curie is, of all celebrated beings, the only one whom fame has not corrupted.

My religiosity consists of a humble admiration of the infinitely superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble minds. That deeply emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.

This is what I have to say about Bach's life's work: listen, play, love, revere – and keep your trap shut.

To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.

Each woman who loves is a queen, because love is beautiful!

The wish of a beautiful woman is a law for the rest of the world.

He seemed genuinely astonished. You admire me? Yes, she said gravely. All of us do things we regret--that's part of being human. And sometimes, I think, moral quality reveals itself not so much in what we do, but in what we later say about what we have done....

French philosophers had been able to admire Mao and his works because they did not have to live in China at the time.

she knew that this man, this mechanic, this fixer of machines with their broken hearts, did indeed love and admire her—was like walking in the sunshine;

A kind word, a word of encouragement or admiration, could shift the heaviest, most recalcitrant baggage.

It is because you are generous in spirit; and may I be like that; may I become like you—which unrealistic wish, to become the other, is such a true and revealing symptom of love, its most obvious clue, its unmistakable calling card.

Paul Theroux, she adores his long, grumpy travelogues, his trips around Africa especially.

know you not that you are my sun by day, and my star by night? By my faith! I was in deepest darkness till you appeared and illuminated all.

It is quite rare for God to provide a great man at the necessary moment to carry out some great deep, which is why when this unusual combination of circumstance does occur, history at once records the name of the chosen one and recommends him to the admiration of posterity.

And then, after the first blush of the admiration which he could not help feeling, he began to be tortured by the pangs of envy, by that slow fever which creeps over the heart and changes it into a nest of vipers, each devouring the other and ever born anew.

And if these mountains had eyes, they would wake to find two strangers in their fences, standing in admiration as a breathing red pours its tinge upon earth's shore. These mountains, which have seen untold sunrises, long to thunder praise but stand reverent, silent so that man's weak praise should be given God's attention.

A human being who has mastered the self cannot be dominated by any other person; to the contrary, there is a strong tendency for others to seek to emulate and follow such a master, because they intuitively recognize the value of self-control.

You say romantic, I say stalker," Kerry grumbled to Fiona as they pushed their way into the Rusty Puffin. "Please," Fiona retorted, adding an eye roll for good measure. She was a master of those. "Mr. Dead Sexy From Down Under, a hardworking, successful man you greatly admired, with a family you apparently adored, flies halfway around the world to propose to you? Take a poll. That's off-the-charts romantic.

I could not possibly love one woman, having known the holiness of all women.

Reed shook his head. "Pretty damned clever," he added, unable to keep admiration from his tone.

I'm a pushover for blondes. And brunettes. And redheads. I've even fantasised about that bald woman in the first Star Trek movie. 'I

Dick Van Dyke was my first idol. He's an amazing physical comedian, like a classic clown, but also very smart and not afraid to show vulnerability.

I am able to really enjoy the positive attention I receive.