Quotes About Mannerism

The language denotes the man. A coarse or refined character finds its expression naturally in a coarse or refined phraseology.

Sometimes I'll be sitting with my friends; I'll say something Koothrappali-esque and make a face. There is a lot of Koothrappali in me as a human being. A lot of mannerism, humor, mischievousness, my innocence. So I don't know if I bring him home so much as I bring myself to him at work.

I would love to learn how to air kiss non-awkwardly.

She drank her wine, looking at me over the rim of her glass. It's a mannerism that has made her very popular with men over the years, and I guess it's like the violin: you have to keep practicing even when you're not performing to an audience.

She drank her wine, looking at me over the rim of the glass. It's a mannerism that has made her very popular with men over the years, and I guess it's like the violin: you have to keep practising even when you're not performing to an audience.

There's a big difference, as I'm sure you know, it's a slightly manneristic one, between people of the '60s and people of '68. Being a soixante-huitard - it's so nice to have a French word for it - is very different from just having happened to been a baby boomer in the '60s.

Det er en kjedelig uvane som særlig går ut over damene, å måtte låne ut leppene til hvem som helst som har tre tjenere på slep, uansett hvor frastøtende han er.

What I liked most was that George had class, the way he walked and talked, reading Shakespeare and all those books. He knew about van Gogh and Picasso, he gave me a book about Dali. And just the way he conducted himself, you could see it. He was very elegant in his manners.

We stared at each other. The level of politeness had risen to dangerous levels.

Mannerism always wants to be finished and doesn't enjoy the process. Genuine, truly great talent, however, finds its greatest satisfaction in the production.

You ride well, but you don't kiss nicely at all.

Lord Dorwin took snuff. He also had long hair, curled intricately and, quite obviously, artificially, to which were added a pair of fluffy, blond sideburns, which he fondled affectionately. Then, too, he spoke in overprecise statements and left out all the r's.

I say 'sorry' all the time. I just throw it into sentences.

An Englishman thinks seated; a Frenchman, standing; an American, pacing; an Irishman, afterward.

I love the unspoken dress code.

I find it hard to relax around any man who's got the second button on his shirt undone.

No artist desires to prove anything. Even things that are true can be proved. No artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style. No artist is ever morbid. The artist can express everything.

The stairs unfold from the ceiling like a gentleman extending his hand.

Tutte le cattive maniere sono abitudini; ed anche le buone, però. Dipende da noi che le abitudini siano buone o cattive.

Wisdom is not counted in grammers, niether in fluency, but vividly shown in mannerism.

The language denotes the man. A coarse or refined character finds its expression naturally in a coarse or refined phraseology.

Their perfect English accents. As if serving all their vowels on a fine set of tongs.

But every once in a while I have to remind the reader of my appearance much as a professional novelist, who has given a character of his some mannerism or a dog, has to go on producing that dog or that mannerism every time the character crops up in the course of the book

Mr. Snagsby, as a timid man, is accustomed to cough with a variety of expressions, and so to save words.