Quotes About Resemblance

Grey's hair was like his mother's—fair, thick and slightly wavy, prone to disorder unless tightly constrained, which it always would be, if Tom Byrd was given his way.

had no notion how much resemblance there was between what he was doing, and the original beliefs of the Iroquois

She had decided simply to tell the truth, as far as who she was, and what she was doing there. Her mother had said how much she looked like her father; she would have to count on that resemblance to convince them. The Highlanders she had met so far were wary of her looks and strange speech; perhaps the Murrays wouldn't believe her. Then she remembered and touched the pocket of her coat; no, they'd believe her; she had proof, after all. A

You aren't Frank," I whispered. "I am not," he agreed, surveying me with considerable interest. "Though I've a cousin of that name. I doubt, though, that it's he you have confused me with, madam. We do not resemble one another greatly.

His half-visible presence reminded me faintly of Jamie; he was nearly as tall as his uncle, and very nearly as strong, though still lean and gangling with adolescence. We

he might be a smaller version of his uncle Dougal, who sat next to him.

I'm never more encouraged than to hear someone talk about how eerie it is that I move like my father.

Steven was prickly too--he bore more than a faint resemblance to the anemones at Starfish Pier that closed up tight if anyone got too close.

Sözlerim, senin etraf?nda hangi ülkeyi kurarsa kursun, bu saray?n yerinde kaz?klar üzerine kurulmu? bir köy de olsa, meltem sana çamur dolu bir nehir a?z?n?n kokusunu da getirse sen, hep kendi durdu?un yere benzer bir yerden göreceksin onu.

Travelling, you realize that differences are lost: each city takes to resembling all cities, places exchange their form, order, distances, a shapeless dust cloud invades the continents. Your atlas preserves the differences intact: that assortment of qualities which are like the letters in a name.

poor, frail universe, born of nothing, all we are and do resembles you.

It was like finding a long-lost brother who farts in the same key.

In An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, published in 1748, the Scottish philosopher David Hume reduced the principles of association to three: resemblance, contiguity in time and place, and causality. Our concept of association has changed radically since Hume's days, but his three principles still provide a good start.

Si on a regardé un homme jusqu'à ne plus voir en lui que ce qui le fait différent des autres, le particulier en lui, il est bouleversant de retrouver avec d'autant plus de force qu'on l'oubliait déjà, que l'essentiel en lui c'est ce qui ressemble aux autres

O imperceptible movements of bodies, you signify, each time, a great philosophical resolution of the shadows : gentle translations, none of the wilfulness of your birth is lost. It is the hour of the frisson which bears an astonishing resemblance to a stroke of black ink. We are delighted to be inkwells.

Pour moi, écrit Pathios, je sais que, souvent, des écrits d'auteurs différents offrent une grande ressemblance et que des écrits de caractère différent remontent à un seul auteur. Car les ressources humaines ne sont pas toujours inaltérables ni immuables, pas plus dans les lettres que dans les autres domaines.

She is not the child that mirrors me, and yet when you put us side by side, there are definite similarities. It's not in the shape of the mouth but the set of it, the sheer determination that silvers our eyes.

Your friends become one with your spirit. That's why people who stay too long in friendship, eventually begin to resemble each other and reason alike.

It is from the progeny of this parent cell that we all take our looks; we still share genes around, and the resemblance of the enzymes of grasses to those of whales is in fact a family resemblance.

A man knows he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.

They say when you meet somebody that looks just like you, you die.

Poetry is a satifying of the desire for resemblance.

Me and my dad have exactly the same head and nose.

Me and my nan dress exactly the same.