Quotes About Enthusiasm

It ought to be an offense to be excruciating and unfunny in circumstances where your audience is almost morally obliged to enthuse.

Although war can bring with it great enthusiasm and solidarity, it also brings the reaction to these things.

Only the very young are not ashamed to arrive panting.)

I own a book, he thought, delighted.

I don't think I'm going to be bored here

I felt vigorous and cheered by borrowed popularity.

When you burn out, you lose enthusiasm. I always loved computers. All of a sudden I just didn't care. It was, all of a sudden, a job.

Os homens nunca praticam o mal tão completa e entusiasticamente como quando o fazem por convicção religiosa.

Mas talvez naquele momento ele não tenha sido capaz de nenhum cálculo,o grito que lhe saiu da boca era o grito de sua alma e nele e com ele descarregava anos de longos e secretos remorsos.Ou seja,após uma vida de incertezas,entusiasmos e desilusões,vilezas e traições,posto diante da inelutabilidade de sua ruína,ele decidia professar a fé de sua juventude,sem mais perguntar se era justa ou errada,mas para mostrar a si mesmo que era capaz de alguma fé.

Discovering dedicated mystery booksellers was a bit like going to heaven without having to die first

It's your fault because you got me into Morag Fraser. I'd never even heard of the Hebridean Harpies series till you dragged me along to her event. And now I am totally hooked. I was reading Vampires on Vatersay till one in the morning. I just had to finish it. And then I started Banshees of Berneray at breakfast and I could hardly drag myself away from it to come and meet you.

Jean Prouvaire was timid only in repose. Once excited, he burst forth, a sort of mirth accentuated his enthusiasm, and he was at once both laughing and lyric.

The women laughed and wept; the crowd stamped their feet enthusiastically, for at that moment Quasimodo was really beautiful. He was handsome — this orphan, this foundling, this outcast.

some even affirmed that they had passed the night across the threshold of the great door, in order to make sure that they should be the first to pass in. The crowd

In the chaos of sentiments and passions which defend a barricade, there is something of everything; there is bravery, youth, honor, enthusiasm, the ideal, conviction, the eager fury of the gamester, and above all, intervals of hope.

Everyday he saw better, and he began to climb slowly, one by one, almost reluctantly at first then, with intoxication and, as though drawn by an irresistible fascination, steps that started off dark, then gradually became dimly illuminated, only to end in the luminous and splendid blaze of enthusiasm.

Les philosophes disent: Modérez vos joies. Moi je dis: Lâchez-leur la bride, à vos joies. Soyez épris comme des diables. Soyez enragés.

Como se vê, tal como acontece com os recém-chegados a uma religião, a sua conversão embriagava-o, precipitava-se na adesão e ia demasiado longe.

Lulu twirled in front of Jolene, banging into the seat. her eyes sparkled in that I'm-either-going-to-scream-or-fall-asleep-any-second kind of way.

She ate life with unapologetic enthusiasm and took as many helpings as she wanted.

They were so...larger than life, these Yanks, with their ready smiles and booming voices. And their gratitude....She'd lost track of the times an American had hugged her so tightly she'd come off her feet.

You did not get me into anything, Juliette," Micheline said. "I wanted to be a part of it

Over the Thanksgiving holiday I took time to reflect on what is most important to me and realized I need to find a way to put the fun back into racing.

James Finch is exactly what I'm looking for, as far as getting back into the race car to have fun.