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Quotes About Admiration

Could I come near your beauty with my nails, I could set my ten commandments in your face.
~ William Shakespeare
I like your silence, it the more shows off your wonder.
~ William Shakespeare
It was as if this man whom they had all so greatly admired, and who had endured so much at the hands of the Nazis -a man of exemplary resilience and courage- had by his suicide demonstrated a frailty, a crumbling of character they were loath to accept.
~ William Styron
My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man;
~ William Wordsworth
On an opponent:He loves the working man. He loves to see him work.
~ Winston Churchill
He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
~ Winston S. Churchill
There is nothing they [Russian leaders] admire so much as strength, and there is nothing for which they have less respect than for weakness, especially military weakness.
~ Winston S. Churchill
As far as the eye can see, there's water and hazy horizon. Into the ark, plans for the distant future, joy in the difference, admiration for the better man, choice not narrowed down to one of two, outworn scruples, time to think it over, and the belief that all this will still come in handy someday.
~ Wis?awa Szymborska
Quién de nosotros sabría admirar a los grandes genios, si en la escuela no se le hubiese puesto bien en la cabeza que son grandes genios?
~ Witold Gombrowicz
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~ Witold Gombrowicz
You're so good looking I can barely keep my eyes on the meter.
~ Woody Allen
He opened my eyes to just how great S. J. Perelman was, superior to all other funny minds, an axiom I hold to this day.
~ Woody Allen
To be loved, certainly, is different from being admired, as one can be admired from afar but to really love someone it is essential to be in the same room with the person, crouching behind the drapes.
~ Woody Allen
I am one who shares Saul Bellow's estimate of Hemingway rather than John Updike's. I could pick up any book of his and turn to any page and read and the poetry of his prose kills me.
~ Woody Allen
was also writing of the love-hate relationship the public has with its heroes or celebrities. One moment they want your autograph, the next they're ready to shoot you. Some
~ Woody Allen
It was either that or a sportswriter where I could document the poetry of athletics much the same as my idol, Jimmy Cannon.
~ Woody Allen
You look extra beautiful. What the character Charlie in my play calls cripplingly beautiful.
~ Woody Allen
Nothing that is really good and admirable is granted by the gods to men without some effort and application.
~ Xenophon
O, thou art fairer than the evening air clad in the beauty of a thousand stars.
~ Christopher Marlowe
You can pretend to admire, but, unless you are a superb actress, you can't pretend to laugh. Laughter is genuine or else it is just a noise.
~ Unknown
Working with Julie Andrews is like getting hit over the head with a valentine.
~ Christopher Plummer
It's not love or anything, but I think I like you, too.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
He sat in the other chair, taking advantage of the opportunity to take another good look at her. Her fawn-colored hair was sun-streaked from long days spent outdoors. Now it was done up copperhead style, the multiple braids decorated with beads and feathers. One braid per kill—wasn't that the rule?
~ Cinda Williams Chima
Kesalahannya hanyalah karena ia terlalu mencintai. Ia mencintai negerinya dan ia mencintai pemimpinnya.
~ Cindy Adams