Quotes About Stern

Love has a modesty of its own, whose lines are boldly drawn, and whose rules are stern.

before. He wore a look of stern sadness and infinite pity. As I expected, he murmured, with that hissing inspiration

face grew longer and grimmer as Berel

he was standing on the stern of his huge-hollowed vessel 600  looking out over the sheer war work and the sorrowful onrush.

The guard's gaze was on him, the eyes hard and piercing.

Certainly, I don't think I can ever be accused of being soft on crime.

gruff, the kind you associate with

She approached the Assembly with the attitude of a veteran middle school teacher, which meant she was stern enough to follow the procedure but flexible enough to make compromises where special treatment was required.

Marlon was more of a formal zoo director type.

In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me.

He likes pretending to be stern and cynical, perhaps to hide the fact that he is a softie and deeply sentimental. He

Stern was part of the conference but absent from the dinner.

On the other hand, a penalty which, in our days, would infer a degree of mocking infamy and ridicule, might then be invested with almost as stern a dignity as the punishment of death itself.

This sport can be very unforgiving.

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

The woman standing there is in a crisp admiral's uniform. She's dark-skinned, with cold brown eyes to match.

His face was stern, and much flushed. If he were really not in the habit of drinking rather more than was exactly good for him, he might have brought action against his countenance for libel, and have recovered heavy damages.

It's not Madness, ma'am,' replied Mr. Bumble, after a few moments of deep meditation. 'It's Meat.' 'What?' exclaimed Mrs. Sowerberry. 'Meat, ma'am, meat,' replied Bumble, with stern emphasis. 'You've over-fed him, ma'am.

I was seized by the stern hand of Compulsion, that dark, unreasonable Urge that impels women to clean house in the middle of the night.

well, who says that all gods are kindly? Most of them are stern and cruel, wouldn't you agree?

My family are police officers, detectives. My brother Mitch is FBI. Mitch is like that - a stern enforcer.

Frivolity is a stern taskmaster.

People know that I'm very outspoken. I've learned that when I talk, it usually comes off very aggressive. It's not that I'm aggressive - I'm very stern.

My father was a man very much like Arthur Winslow. He was a very stern man and very much the authoritarian figure.