Quotes About Stern

If you're sensitive, you will have a hard time with me.

The world, which is sometimes too stern, compensates for its harshness with its inattention.

Lewis was an extremely cold, stern, and business-minded man.

Then know, he returned, and his voice was stern, that thou who callest thyself alive, hast brought into this chamber the odours of death, and its air will not be wholesome for the sleepers until thou art gone from it!

They look stern at first, do a lot of scowling, but behind their eyes, once you get them talking, there's a hurt, docile quality, possibly related to past wrongs done them, a quality I associate with the thunked-as-kids: Long ago the world turned on them in some unexpected and unpleasant way, and they are, not unreasonably, expecting that it could happen again at any moment.

Victoria wasn't beautiful, but a stern regularity of feature made her uncompromisingly handsome.

hardly any strength left, he said. But I said, come on, if we get left on this wreck we are in a fix, sure. So on we prowled again. We struck for the stern of the texas, and found it, and then scrabbled along forwards on the skylight, hanging on from

Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness.

The seven marvels that best represent man's achievements over the last 2 000 years will be determined by Internet vote... so look for Howard Stern's Private Parts to come in No. 1.

The vice-presidential carriage arrived, splattering us sternly but justly with mud.

Why do so many frown so sternly at the idea of having fun? Perhaps out of fear that it connotes you aren't serious. But best as we can tell, there is no correlation between appearing to be serious and actually being good at what you do. In fact an argument can be made that the opposite is true.

DUTY, n. That which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire.

By necessity practical and by philosophy stern, these folk were not beautiful in their sins.

I am a lover. And with my kids I am even softer. I realize with my son, I have to sometimes be tough, especially now when he's pushing boundaries. With my daughter, I can get a little stern with her and she pretty much will listen.

I am Pittsburgh proud, I root for the Steelers and I still have my Terrible Towel!

It seemed silly to me I was getting all this recognition and attention for being with Howard. So I thought, 'I have this platform, what can I do with it?' Let's put forth my passion of animal rescue.

Simon Cowell is a pretty rough guy.

Be stern in the council-chamber, [Show no weakness, and insist on your plans being ratified by the sovereign.] so that you may control the situation.

I'll never run for office. But I intend, either on the fiscal commission or on issues like immigration, to hopefully have my voice be heard.

I think that the truth is a really stern taskmistress.

And now too late, we see these things are one: The art is sacrifice and self-control And who loves beauty must be stern of soul.

They loll forever in collossal sleep; Nor can God's stern, shocked angels cry them up From their fond, final, infamous decay

He was a dark man, not very old, and very hard in an English way that tries to be dignified and a member of a master race that would burn a black man alive or put a pregnant woman out the side of the road in the interests of stern duty.

I don't smile a lot in my pictures. I'm always so... grim.