Quotes for All
My dad’s side of the family are missionaries who are more comfortable sitting around in sweatpants than they are in a five-star restaurant. But those two influences converged in my life. My heart is in helping people and in the less materialistic side of things, but there’s the side of me that’s more polished. If … Read more
My heart is in helping people and in the less materialistic side of things, but there’s the side of me that’s more polished. Evangeline Lilly
The more an object is polished or brilliant, the less you see its own color and the more it becomes a mirror reflecting the color of its surroundings. Eugene Delacroix
My table is now brightly, now dimly lighted. Its temperature varies. It may receive an ink stain. One of its legs may be broken. It may be repaired, polished, and replaced part by part. But, for me, it remains the table at which I daily write. Ernst Mach
For luck you carried a horse chestnut and a rabbit?s foot in your right pocket. The fur had been worn off the rabbit?s foot long ago and the bones and the sinews were polished by the wear. The claws scratched in the lining of your pocket and you knew your luck was still there. Ernest … Read more
I am rough around the edges, and I am not a polished girl. Erin Wasson
When I’m not working, I want to be the version of the person that I was born to be. I was born with curly hair. It fits my personality, and it’s totally who I am. I am rough around the edges, and I am not a polished girl. Erin Wasson
My hair is wild and free, but I’ve always been told that [straight hair] is more polished, and a more polished version of yourself is a better version of yourself. That it’s more professional. Erin Wasson
You cannot gauge the intelligence of an American by talking with him; you must work with him. The American polishes and refines his way of doing things-even the most commonplace-the way the French of the 17th century polished their maxims. Eric Hoffer
But there’s this one difference: one is gold put to the use of paving-stones, and the other is tin polished to ape a service of silver. Mine has nothing valuable about it; yet I shall have the merit of making it go as far as such poor stuff can go. His had first-rate qualities, and … Read more