“ Try to cook so that it will surprise a little, agreeably and astonish slightly, without shocking. ”
- Jean Marie Amat- Copy
- 2.3K
“ I might be an old codger now and slightly past my best as a gaffer, but the FA would know they're safe with me. At least I'd keep my trousers on. ”
- Brian Clough- Copy
- 1.9K
“ Motion pictures are the art form of the 20th century, and one of the reasons is the fact that films are a slightly corrupted artform. They fit this century - they combine Art and business! ”
- Roger Corman- Copy
- 1.9K
“ I often think that a slightly exposed shoulder emerging from a long satin nightgown packs more sex than two naked bodies in bed. ”
- Bette Davis- Copy
- 2.7K
“ Laughing at ourselves is possible when we are able to see humanity as it is- a little lower than the angels and at times only slightly higher than the apes. ”
- Tom Mullen- Copy
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“ Imagining playing the guitar is a slightly looser thing than playing it. You can hear more things sometimes. The fingers of your imagination aren't quite as hidebound as your real fingers. ”
- Richard Thompson- Copy
- 3.7K
“ I like to think I cover over as a slightly over-the-top enthusiast. It is a very exciting sport, after all. ”
- Murray Walker- Copy
- 3.4K
“ Fiction is like a spider's web, attached ever so slightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners. Often the attachment is scarcely perceptible. ”
- Virginia Woolf- Copy
- 1.3K
“ I am prepared to believe that a dry martini slightly impairs the palate, but think what it does for the soul. ”
- Alec Waugh- Copy
- 2.9K
“ Can't act. Can't sing. Slightly bald. Can dance a little. ”
- Goldwyn talent scout’s assessment of Fred Astaire- Copy
- 2.7K
“ It is necessary to be slightly under employed if you are to do something significant. ”
- James Watson- Copy
- 3.4K
“ I find women with well developed flesh very attractive. The scrawny little things doing commercials on my television set are slightly repulsive — like famine victims. ”
- Dana Hatch- Copy
- 2.6K
“ Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly bigger man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error. ”
- General Peyton C. March- Copy
- 3.2K
“ A great book should leave you with many experiences and slightly exhausted at the end. You should live several lives while reading it. ”
- William Styron- Copy
- 1.5K
“ A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked. ”
- Bernard Meltzer- Copy
- 3.5K
“ Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error. ”
- General Peyton C. March- Copy
- 2.9K
“ Good shot, bad luck and hell are the five basic words to be used in a game of tennis, though these, of course, can be slightly amplified. ”
- Virginia Graham- Copy
- 2.7K
“ The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted. ”
- Georg C. Lichtenberg- Copy
- 1.6K
“ The voice of America has no undertones or overtones in it. It repeats its optimistic catchwords in a tireless monologue that has the slightly metallic sound of a gramophone. ”
- Vance Palmer- Copy
- 2.4K
“ The whole imposing edifice of modern medicine is like the celebrated tower of Pisa — slightly off balance. ”
- Prince of Wales Charles- Copy
- 3.6K
“ When I was praised I lost my time, for instantly I turned around to look at the work I had thought slightly of, and that day I made nothing new. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
- 427
“ Discipline is developed doing small things, many of which you'd rather not do, perfectly; then you keep on doing them until they become habits. Then you do a little larger thing, perhaps slightly more difficult or tedious or unpleasant, perfectly; then you keep on going until it becomes a habit… ”
- Steven M. Finkel- Copy
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“ The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much. ”
- Joseph Conrad- Copy
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“ A few of these interviews have gone slightly awry, because every now and again there has been the odd conflict of interest between interviews because of the Iron Maiden record, and I am a bit long-winded. ”
- Bruce Dickinson- Copy
- 3.3K
“ Don't think of Diana Vreeland's memoir as a book; it's more like a lunch. A bit of souffle, a glass of champagne, some green grapes - light, bubbly and slightly tart - all served up by an egocentric but inventive hostess. ”
- Cathleen McGuigan- Copy
- 2.9K
“ Popular is a tricky word. People in large numbers don't always have the best taste. I prefer to concentrate on songs that are deserving, but slightly too arcane to be in every household - the also-rans, the misfits, the hidden jewels. ”
- Richard Thompson- Copy
- 2.9K
“ Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking. ”
- Jessamyn West- Copy
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