Faces famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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His dress told her nothing, but his face told her things which she was glad to know.
-- A. A. Milne -
Our constitution, in short, is a judge-made constitution, and it bears on its face all the features, good and bad, of judge-made law.
-- A. V. Dicey -
It doesn't have to be the Grand Canyon, it could be a city street, it could be the face of another human being - Everything is full of wonder.
-- A.C. Grayling -
I'm feeling how profoundly my family disappointed me and in the end how I retreated, how I became nothing, because that was much less risky than attempting to be something, to be anything in the face of such contempt.
-- A.M. Homes -
At which time the repulsor puts out its final effort and slows you down so you crash quite slowly into the surface." "Crash." "Quite slowly." Face & Luke
-- Aaron Allston -
Let's face it, space is a risky business. I always considered every launch a barely controlled explosion.
-- Aaron Cohen -
War is death. If we are to engage in war, then we should have to stare it straight in the face and call it by its rightful name.
-- Aaron Huey -
A friend is somebody who says the same things to your face that they would say if you're not in the room.
-- Aaron Sorkin -
People saw me as just a singer - yeah, a pretty face who could sing - and not more than that,
-- Aaron Tveit -
For the curse of Cain, the curse of being an outcast and a wanderer over the face of the earth has been removed...
-- Abba Hillel Silver -
Then the fear all humans felt when met with Death’s gaze came over his face. That’s right buddy, I’m Death, now move away from my girl.
-- Abbi Glines -
As barbaric is we are, it's a miracle we haven't blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far.
-- Abel Ferrara -
It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
-- Abraham Joshua Heschel -
There are no bad pictures; that's just how your face looks sometimes.
-- Abraham Lincoln -
What are you gonna do for a face when the baboon wants his ***** back?
-- Abraham Lincoln -
We have got to abandon the sense of amazement in the face of creativity, as if it were a miracle if anybody created anything.
-- Abraham Maslow -
If I were you I would face my clothes, to make sure that no one runs off with them!
-- Abu Hanifa -
I talk a lot about women in my act, 'cause let's face it -- if I was hungry, I would talk about food.
-- Adam Ferrara -
The best-case scenario is that the glass shatters in my face! How do you think that makes me feel?
-- Adam Savage -
It looks better when you do your own stunts, because seeing somebody's face when they're doing them is fun for the audience.
-- Adrianne Palicki -
Who wants to wake up in the morning and have to remember that they've got to face Adrien Broner?
-- Adrien Broner -
Courage is the resolution to face the unforeseen.
-- Agatha Christie -
The human face is, after all, nothing more nor less than a mask.
-- Agatha Christie -
You see some of these actors, they have a permanent smile on their face. How can they do that? It really fascinates me.
-- Agnes Bruckner -
We can't stand the silence because silence includes thinking. And if we thought, we would have to face ourselves.
-- Agnes de Mille -
The gravest question any of us face is whether we do or do not love the Lord.
-- Aiden Wilson Tozer -
Whatever obstacles you face, remember you can get through anything if you want to badly enough.
-- Aimee Carter -
Though thou art far away, thy rays are on Earth; Though thou art in their faces, no one knows thy going.
-- Akhenaton -
If you use Facebook - as I do - Facebook in all likelihood has a unique digital file of your face, one that can be as accurate as a fingerprint and that can be used to identify you in a photo of a large crowd.
-- Al Franken -
Humankind has suddenly entered into a brand new relationship with our planet. Unless we quickly and profoundly change the course of our civilization, we face an immediate and grave danger of destroying the worldwide ecological system that sustains life as we know it.
-- Al Gore -
The camera can film my face but until it captures my soul, you don't have a movie,
-- Al Pacino -
Whoever you pretend to be, you must face yourself eventually.
-- Al Stewart -
You make me wanna staple bagels to my face, then remove them with a pitchfork.
-- Al Yankovic -
Let's face it. Rock and Roll is bigger than all of us
-- Alan Freed -
she kept sliding down, in small half-willing surrenders, till she was a heap, with the book held tiringly above her face.
-- Alan Hollinghurst -
It's not a pretty face, I grant you. But underneath its flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.
-- Alan Jay Lerner -
Let's face it: It's difficult enough to be funny without worrying about what is going to offend whom.
-- Alan King -
I have the face of an ageing choirboy and the build of an undernourished featherweight. If you can figure out my success on the screen you're a better man than I.
-- Alan Ladd -
No. Not even in the face of Armageddon. Never compromise.
-- Alan Moore -
If you look up into His face and say, "Yes, Lord, whatever it costs," at that moment He'll flood your Life with His presence and power.
-- Alan Redpath -
I saw music as a way to entertain people and take them away from their daily lives and put smiles on their faces, as opposed to what I see it being now, which is a way for me to actually communicate, and a way for me to tap into my subconscious.
-- Alanis Morissette -
I salute you for your courage, and I applaud your perseverance, and I embrace you for your faith in the face of adversarial forces.
-- Alanis Morissette -
Every minute of life carries with it its miraculous value, and its face of eternal youth.
-- Albert Camus -
Every great work makes the human face more admirable and richer, and that is its whole secret.
-- Albert Camus -
Always there comes an hour when one is weary of one's work and devotion to duty, and all one craves for is a loved face, the warmth and wonder of a loving heart.
-- Albert Camus -
We face the question whether a still higher "standard of living" is worth its cost in things natural, wild, and free.
-- Aldo Leopold -
A competent portraitist knows how to imply the profile in the full face.
-- Aldous Huxley -
To read is to cover one's face. And to write is to show it.
-- Alejandro Zambra -
To coexist with communism on the same planet is impossible. Either it will spread, cancer-like, to destroy mankind, or else mankind will have to rid itself of communism (and even then face lengthy treatment for secondary tumors).
-- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn -
Of course God is endlessly multi-dimensional so every religion that exists on earth represents some face, some side of God.
-- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn -
Seriously, I like to wear hats so I don't get super tan. You have to protect the face.
-- Alessandra Ambrosio -
Maybe you actually do need to face obstacles with someone to know that they're the one you'd sacrifice for.
-- Alex Flinn -
I don't know if I would go so far to say that I would punch someone in the face, but I would definitely stand up for my lady. But sometimes it's more attractive to use your words than your fists.
-- Alex Pettyfer -
Learning how to face fear really makes you invincible because you stop being scared.
-- Alexa Von Tobel -
PhD, MFA, self-taught—the only things you must have to become a writer are the stamina to continue and a wily, cagey heart in the face of extremity, failure, and success.
-- Alexander Chee -
I would describe a hero as a person who has no fear of life, who can face life squarely.
-- Alexander Lowen -
Writers obviously have to bear witness to the harsh face of the age.
-- Alexander McCall Smith -
Eternity doth wear upon her face the veil of time. They only see the veil, and thus they know not what they stand so near!
-- Alexander Smith -
If on a friend’s bookshelf You cannot find Joyce or Sterne Cervantes, Rabelais, or Burton, You are in danger, face the fact, So kick him first or punch him hard And from him hide behind a curtain.
-- Alexander Theroux -
I don't want to just see someone's face; I want to know his shadow, too. —Jude
-- Alexandra Bracken -
Everyone needs reality to punch them in the face every once in a while. Keeps you on guard.
-- Alexandra Bracken -
The Darkest Minds tend to hide behind the most unlikely faces.
-- Alexandra Bracken -
One must be very strong, or very stupid, or completely exhausted to face life with indifference.
-- Alexandra David-Neel -
It's a shame to be the face of chess and to play chess badly.
-- Alexandra Kosteniuk -
In my life, I don't need to have my face plastered everywhere. It's not really something I want.
-- Alexis Bledel -
In vain would science scan and trace Firmly her aspect. All the while, There gleams upon her far-off face A vague unfathomable smile.
-- Alfred Austin -
I always prefer photographing in available light – or Rembrandt-light I like to call it – so you get the natural modulations of the face. It makes a more alive, real, and flattering portrait.
-- Alfred Eisenstaedt -
Religion will not regain its old power until it can face change in the same spirit as does science.
-- Alfred North Whitehead -
He who is greedy is disgraced; he who discloses his hardship will always be humiliated; he who has no control over his tongue will often have to face discomfort.
-- Ali ibn Abi Talib -
Stop seeing the obstacles you face as reasons why you can't do something. See them as a reason why you can. And celebrate your accomplishments on a daily basis.
-- Ali Vincent -
It reminds me how funny living in LA can be; You go to a friend's barbecue and you leave the face of Victoria Beckham's look book.
-- Alice Greczyn -
Don't cry because it's over; smile because it happened. And if you can't do that, force a smile on your face and sob into your pillow later.
-- Alice Kuipers -
You know it's very hard to maintain a theory in the face of life that comes crashing about you.
-- Alice Neel -
I wasn't good at being affable. You get beyond that and realise the attraction in any human being has more to do with what they give to someone rather than just being face candy.
-- Alison Moyet -
Christianity is not about how to escape from the difficulties of life - it is about how to face the difficulties of life.
-- Alistair Begg -
Christ, because of who He is, can look death in the face.
-- Alistair Begg -
Watch my sword, not my face!'he said. 'I'm going to stab you, not bite you!
-- Allan Frewin Jones -
Unshakable faith is only that which can face reason in all human epochs.
-- Allan Kardec -
Dancing. Come on. You can do it. It's a lot like navigating through a laser grid. It requires rhythm.' He moved her hips to the beat of the distant music. 'And patience.' He spun her around slowly and back toward him. 'And it's only fun if you trust your partner.' The dip was so slow, so smooth that Kat didn't know it was happening until the world was already turned upside down and Hale's face was inches from her own. Count me in, Kat.' He squeezed her tighter. 'You should always count me in.
-- Ally Carter -
Exquisite beauty resides rather in the female form than face, where it is also more lasting.
-- Alphonse de Lamartine -
Racism oppresses its victims, but also binds the oppressors, who sear their consciences with more and more lies until they become prisoners of those lies. They cannot face the truth of human equality because it reveals the horror of the injustices they commit.
-- Alveda King -
One of the best things about Kickstarter and crowdfunding and the collapse of the music business is a lot of artists like me have been forced to face our own weird mess about ourselves and what we thought it meant to become musicians.
-- Amanda Palmer -
Honestly, I am not trying to discourage anyone from becoming an actress, but if you want to become one be prepared to face everything that comes - along with it
-- Amber Tamblyn -
Happiness is an angel with a serious face
-- Amedeo Modigliani -
Most American white men are trained to be fags. For this reason it is no wonder their faces are weak and blank...
-- Amiri Baraka -
Find out who you are & embrace it. It's so much easier to face criticism when you are comfortable in your own skin.
-- Amy Adams -
If God makes all our faces, did he laugh when he made me?
-- Amy Harmon -
Sometimes a beautiful face is false advertising
-- Amy Harmon -
I'm not much of a famous-person friend. I've hung out with Brooke Shields and I don't think I've ever seen that kind of pure face recognition, but I keep a low profile.
-- Ana Gasteyer -
They courted the face on the screen, the face of translucence, the face of wax on which men found it possible to imprint the image of their fantasy.
-- Anais Nin -
An amusing fact: as far as I can recall, when playing the Ruy Lopez I have not yet once in my life had to face the Marshall Attack!
-- Anatoly Karpov -
If you carry around anger and ugly emotions it will show on your face.
-- Andie MacDowell -
I've been motivated by overcoming challenge and overcoming the hurdles and obstacles that face me. There still is plenty out there to get motivated by.
-- Andre Agassi -
And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own.
-- Andre Malraux -
Slowly, gently, night unfurls its splendor.Grasp it; sense it - tremulous and tender.Turn your face away from the garish light of day, turn your thoughts away from cold, unfeeling light - and listen to the music of the night !
-- Andrew Lloyd Webber -
It turned out that the country was helpless in the face of a new reality.
-- Andrzej Wajda -
There are friends and faces that may be forgotten, but there are horses that never will be.
-- Andy Adams
