Quotes About Special

Flora decided there was something special about two middle-aged people who shared a bond, not only of affection, but passion as well, so that when they met in the middle of the field, embracing without restraint or embarrassment, it was as though they were coming together after a separation of many months.

The characteristics of race, people, nation and sex are the subject matter of special branches of study. Only people who wish to live as nothing more than examples of the genus could possibly conform to a general picture such as arises from academic study of this kind.

A tattoo does that, it makes you think about your body like it's this special suit that you can put on or take off whenever you want and a new name if it's cool enough does the same thing. To have both at once is power. It's the kind of power as all those superheroes who have secret identities get from being able to change back and forth from one person into another. No matter who you think he is, man, the dude is always somebody else.

I know there is a special bond between us, one that the others envy and resent; it is because she and I both stand at the gateway, I of my life, she of her death, and we both know that it is a revolving door.

Esta noite, ao rolhar energicamente um frasco com a etiqueta Fórmula Especial n.º 30, cheguei ao fim da minha longa autobiografia: em palavras e em conserva, imortalizei as minhas recordações, ainda que, num como noutro método, seja inevitável a distorção. Temos de viver, receio bem, com as sombras da imperfeição.

This is one of the things I find so insufferable about the liberal backlash against critics of Islam—especially the pernicious meme "Islamophobia," by which anyone who thinks Islam merits special concern at this moment in history is branded a bigot.

To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand. This is the sport, the luxury, special to the intellectual man.

Your uniqueness is your strength. Remember that. Don't mold yourself to others or to what others think. You're an individual. You're special.

Everyone has in him something precious that is in no one else.

In special education, there's too much emphasis placed on the deficit and not enough on the strength.

Patience is a strength, not a weakness; and if by practicing patience we stop retaliating to harm and criticism, people will gradually come to understand that our real nature is very special

Oprah is more than an institution. Oprah is a very special star in the firmament. I can't imagine a greater success than she's enjoyed.

It isn't the common man at all who is important: it's the uncommon man.

Success is uncommon, not to be found by the common man. I'm looking for uncommon people.

People get successful and they start saying, 'Well of course I am! I was chosen! I'm special!' No, you're not.

Cuando el destino de una persona es tener un único compañero sentimental en la vida no hay por qué convertirlo en nada especial, ya lo es en sí mismo.

He was beginning to understand: You were treated special and, later, something horrible would be told to you.

Did you hear that? I'm special.

It always catches people by surprise, the moment of their death, even when they should see it coming. They always think they're special, somehow expect a reprieve. But no one's special.

Everything that's cool that happens, I look at my wife and I say, 'We need to enjoy this moment right here! This is really special!'

It's a special state of mind. You know, like when you switch channels on TV, and surprise, it's your favorite movie just starting.

Listen to me, Trace told him. I don't know who you are, but I am in possession of a very special set of skills. If you bring my sister back right now, unharmed, then I'll let you go. But if you don't, I promise you, I will track you down. I will find you. And I will make you pay.

Even after you learn where to look for new ideas, the notion that you can cover even one-tenth of these special corporate events is a pipe dream.

I DECLARE I am special and extraordinary. I am not average! I have been custom-made. I am one of a kind. Of all the things God created, what He is the most proud of is me. I am His masterpiece, his most prized possession. I will keep my head held high, knowing I am a child of the most high God, made in his very image. This is my declaration.