Doris Lessing (1919–2013) British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer and short story writer
As quoted in An Uncommon Scold (1989) by Abby Adams, p. 18
As quoted in The Stevenson Wit (1965) edited by Bill Adler
Doris Lessing (1919–2013) British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer and short story writer
As quoted in An Uncommon Scold (1989) by Abby Adams, p. 18
“It is a rare man who notices a handsome woman.”
David Gemmell book The King Beyond the Gate
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 22
“That's what happens when you love someone… you notice and notice and notice.”
Cinda Williams Chima (1952) Novelist
Source: The Crimson Crown
E.M. Forster book A Room with a View
Variant: No, he is not tactful, yet have you ever noticed that there are people who do things which are most indelicate, and yet, at the same time, beautiful?
Source: A Room with a View
“What a man notices first about a woman is whether she notices him.”
Marlene Dietrich (1901–1992) German-American actress and singer
“Funny how you notice how beautiful things are just when you're about to leave them.”
Laura Ruby American writer
Source: Bone Gap
“Trust only those who noticed you when you were invisible to others.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: (it) Fidati solo di chi ti ha notato quando per gli altri eri invisibile.
Source: prevale.net
“Occupational incompetence is everywhere. Have you noticed it? Probably we all have noticed it.”
Laurence J. Peter (1919–1990) Canadian eductor
Source: The Peter Principle (1969), p. 20 cited in: James Ike Schaap (2011) " The Peter Principle: Is This Forty-Year-Old Universal Phenomenon in Decline or Growing? http://www.jgbm.org/page/1%20James%20Ike%20Schaap%20.pdf"
“Stop and take your time to notice things and make those things you notice matter.”
Cecelia Ahern book Thanks for the Memories
Source: Thanks for the Memories