Micko favourite quotes (page 2) | Quotes of famous people

“The tongue may hide the truth but the eyes—never!”

Mikhail Bulgakov book The Master and Margarita

Book One in 'Nikanor Ivanovich's Dream', B/O
Variant: The tongue can conceal the truth, but the eyes never!
Source: The Master and Margarita (1967)
Context: The tongue can conceal the truth, but the eyes never! You're asked an unexpected question, you don't even flinch, it takes just a second to get yourself under control, you know just what you have to say to hide the truth, and you speak very convincingly, and nothing in your face twitches to give you away. But the truth, alas, has been disturbed by the question, and it rises up from the depths of your soul to flicker in your eyes and all is lost.

“To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.”

Plutarch (46–127) ancient Greek historian and philosopher

“Do you not know I am a woman? when I think, I must speak.”

William Shakespeare As You Like It

Source: As You Like It

“No empty handed man can lure a bird”

Geoffrey Chaucer book The Canterbury Tales

Source: The Canterbury Tales

“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.”

Ernest Hemingway book The Garden of Eden

Marita in Ch. 11
Source: The Garden of Eden (1986)

“The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.”

William James (1842–1910) American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist

Source: 1890s, The Principles of Psychology (1890), Ch. 22

“Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.”

Yves Saint Laurent (1936–2008) fashion designer

“Fashion fades, style is eternal.”

Yves Saint Laurent (1936–2008) fashion designer

Variant: Fashions fade, style is eternal.

“I always liked strange characters.”

Tim Burton (1958) American filmmaker

“In quoting others, we cite ourselves.”

Julio Cortázar book Around the Day in Eighty Worlds

Source: Around the Day in Eighty Worlds

“My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to die for.”

Tupac Shakur (1971–1996) rapper and actor

Variant: My Mama used to tell me if u can’t find something to live for, you best find something to die for.
Source: Resurrection, 1971-1996

“There is a marvelous peace in not publishing.”

Jerome David Salinger (1919–2010) American writer

Statements to New York Times reporter Lacey Fosburgh, as quoted in Salinger : A Biography (2000) by Paul Alexander; also in If You Really Want to Hear About It : Writers on J.D. Salinger and His Work (2006) by Catherine Crawford.
Context: There is a marvelous peace in not publishing. … It's peaceful. Still. Publishing is a terrible invasion of my privacy. I like to write. I live to write. But I write just for myself and my own pleasure. … I don't necessarily intend to publish posthumously, but I do like to write for myself. … I pay for this kind of attitude. I'm known as a strange, aloof kind of man. But all I'm doing is trying to protect myself and my work.

“I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.”

Jerome David Salinger book Franny and Zooey

Source: Franny and Zooey

“Every human life contains a potential, if that potential is not fulfilled, then that life was wasted…”

C.G. Jung (1875–1961) Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology