Quotes About Rare

Mr. Wilson affirms that the only characteristic Nabokov trait in my translation (aside from an innate sado-masochistic urge to torture both the reader and himself, as Mr. Wilson puts it in a clumsy attempt to stick a particularly thick and rusty pin into my effigy) is my addiction to rare and unfamiliar words. It does not occur to him that I may have rare and unfamiliar things to convey; that is his loss.

there is the rare kind of time in which I live - the pause, the hiatus, when the heart is like a feather....

The spring is not so beautiful there– But dream ships sail away To where the spring is wondrous rare And life is gay. The spring is not so beautiful there– But lads put out to sea Who carry beauties in their hearts And dreams, like me.

My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'

Qualified sailors were rare in Seville, and qualified sailors willing to risk their lives on a voyage to the Spice Islands rarer still.

I always believed that style was more important than fashion. They are rare, those who imposed their style while fashion makers are so numerous.

Hepimiz kötü ÅŸeyler düÅŸünürüz, ama pek seyrek kötülük yapabiliriz. Hepimiz iyi ÅŸeyler yapabiliriz, ama iyi ÅŸeyler düÅŸünebilenlerimiz pek azd?r.

When a dog bites a man that is not news, but when a man bites a dog that is news.

Although some we rarely see, the thought of them is comforting, like the pleasure of knowing there is a mooring somewhere, if occasionally we want to sail into port.

It is curious — curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare.

June, thy beauty is a snare, To waste time in visions rare; Of vain dreaming, oh, beware!

February 29th: A birthday so awesome that the world can only handle it once every 4 years!

The most beautiful antiques are not found in stores.

[S]ome of the rarest days of the year come in September, days when it is comfortably cool but pulsing with life.

Sometime perhaps you will learn that prejudice often blinds people to some of the rarest things in life. I often wonder if we don't miss out that way in trying to learn about God and things of the other world.

Leroy Eims a generation ago asked, "What then is the problem today? Why don't we see more of this [disciple making] going one? Why are fruitful, dedicated mature disciples so rare? The biggest reason is that all too often we have relied on programs or materials or some other thing to do the job. The ministry is carried on by people, not programs.

A rare, deep and passionate love.

Il y a des moments dans l'existence où une porte s'ouvre et où votre vie dérape dans la lumière. De rares instants où quelque chose se déverrouille en vous. Vous flottez en apesanteur, vous filez sur une autoroute sans radar. Les choix deviennent limpides, les réponses remplacent les questions, la peur cède la place à l'amour. Il faut avoir connu ces moments. Ils durent rarement.

Ima trenutaka u životu kada se jedna vrata otvore i kada vam život sklizne u svjetlost. Rijetki trenuci kada se nešto u vama otvori. Lebdite u bestežinskom stanju, jurite autoputem bez radara. Izbori postaju jasni i jednostavni, odgovori zamjenjuju pitanja, strah ustupa mjesto ljubavi. Treba iživjeti ovakve trenutke. Rijetko potraju.

Another wide room, a library. The shelves bulged with aged book spines and unbound manuscripts of old, flaking paper, as well as folios and parchment scrolls. These were rare books indeed, most with Latin or French titles,

There is always grief. It is joy that is the rarest thing

And, most precious of all, you will have Time—that rare and lovely gift that your Western countries have lost the more they have pursued it.

She is a rare woman. That is why she loves you. "If you can't Respect her, you don't Deserve Her!

She is a rare woman. That is why she loves you. "If you can't Respect her, you don't Deserve Her!" Understand that and love her more!