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All artist of some measure contemplative.
— Evelyn Underhill
I walk into a kids' store, and it's amazing, the types of instruments - little squeaky things, rattling things, spinning tops.
— Evelyn Glennie
Sleep always eluded the pursuer.
— Evelyn Anthony
Adore having you. It's only Ian; he was saying tonight he wondered if you wouldn't feel more comfortable if you paid something ...
— Evelyn Waugh
It's important to maintain an attractive smile as you age. A lighter, less beige, more white tooth color is key, but no Chiclets.
— Evelyn Lauder
To know the history of science is to recognize the mortality of any claim to universal truth.
— Evelyn Fox Keller
I think there's almost nothing I can't excuse except perhaps worshiping graven images. That seems to be idiotic.
— Evelyn Waugh
I like the sparkle of the vibraphone.
— Evelyn Glennie
Shouldn't everything you do matter if you're bothering at all? Not to hold on when it's over, that's the trick.
— Evelyn Keyes
Yes, I was determined to have a happy Christmas' 'Did you?' 'I think so. I don't remember it much, and that's always a good sign, isn't it?
— Evelyn Waugh
Man's will and God's grace rise and fall together
— Evelyn Underhill
A gardener's work is never at an end; it begins with the year and continues to the next.
— John Evelyn
Oh I'm sorry dear, because she's a spoiled brat and doesn't think about the consequences of her actions. Is that better?
— Evelyn Smith
I'm already in hell; what else you got?
— Evelyn Smith
There's only one great evil in the world today. Despair.
— Evelyn Waugh
I warn you, sir, I am more than skilled in deadly combat," I said, hoping that was something someone more than skilled in deadly combat might say.
— Tarun Shanker
I've usually found every Catholic family has one lapsed member, and it's often the nicest.
— Evelyn Waugh
I'm not ruthless. It's common sense that's ruthless.
— Arnold Bennett
The body's like a huge ear. It's as simple as that.
— Evelyn Glennie
Seriously, it's against the rules, a boy isn't a good enough reason to get into trouble.
— Evelyn Smith
Virginia's son was born on June 4th, the day on which all allied armies entered Rome.
— Evelyn Waugh
I can't run forever. I decided to go back to school for my degree, because I know now there's more to life than track.
— Evelyn Ashford
One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die.
— Evelyn Waugh
Evelyn's New Age daughter will discover that a good shag beats hugging a guru any day.
- Helen Falconer, book reviewer for The Guardian — Deborah Moggach
- Helen Falconer, book reviewer for The Guardian — Deborah Moggach
That was Evelyn's weakness. She was too kind, and too truthful. Both, I have found, are inconvenient character traits.
— Elizabeth Peters
No one is ever holy without suffering.
— Evelyn Waugh
I am suing Lord Beaverbrook for libel and hope for some lovely tax-free money in damages. He has very conveniently told some lies about me.
— Evelyn Waugh
Mr. Kent raised his brows. "What are they asking?"
"For me to heal a little girl."
"My God, the brutes, the monsters," he mocked. — Tarun Shanker
"For me to heal a little girl."
"My God, the brutes, the monsters," he mocked. — Tarun Shanker
A Platonic friendship is perhaps only possible when one or other of the Platonists is in love with a third person.
— Evelyn Beatrice Hall
...that kernel of gaiety that never breaks.
— Evelyn Waugh
So you never got to wherever it was. Weren't you terribly disappointed, Sebastian?
Julia Flyte — Evelyn Waugh
Julia Flyte — Evelyn Waugh
Do you want to change?"
"It's the only evidence of life. — Evelyn Waugh
"It's the only evidence of life. — Evelyn Waugh
When we argue for our limitations, we get to keep them.
— Evelyn Waugh
I suppose it's something to do with her black-brained religion not to take care of the body.
— Evelyn Waugh
She sighed and said, "Why not us? Who knows whether you were given this opportunity for such a time as this?"
-Evelyn Coble, Epoch Dawning — C.H.E. Sadaphal
-Evelyn Coble, Epoch Dawning — C.H.E. Sadaphal
Evelyn: There's nothing wrong with embracing one's emotions.
Brittany: Mom, You don't just embrace your emotions, you make love to them hard-core. — Gena Showalter
Brittany: Mom, You don't just embrace your emotions, you make love to them hard-core. — Gena Showalter
It is important to increase our sense of God's richness and wonder by reading what his great lovers have said about him.
— Evelyn Underhill
Once you start changing a name, you see, there's no reason ever to stop. One always hears one that sounds better.
— Evelyn Waugh
It's awful to think that I shall probably never, as long as I live, see you dancing like that again all by yourself.
— Evelyn Waugh
Hearing is a form of touch. You feel it through your body, and sometimes it almost hits your face.
— Evelyn Glennie
Yeah I know. No one can know what you're doing or who you trust or don't trust, etc., etc.
— Evelyn Smith
At three o'clock this afternoon Evelyn Wastneys died. I am Evelyn Wastneys, and I died, standing at the door of an old country home in Ireland...
— Mrs. George De Horne Vaizey
If it's meant to be it will happen.
— Evelyn Sciarratta
As for whether the magic in The Crown's Game is real, well . . . that depends. Do you believe in what you cannot see?
— Evelyn Skye
Here's an idea, how about you stop drinking? How about you go to rehab? Or you could just do us all a favor and die.
— Evelyn Smith
You're human, that's what I like about you. Well not that you're a human, well yes that you're human but that you're a girl human.
— Evelyn Smith
A simple rule, to be followed whether one is in the light or not, gives backbone to one's spiritual life, as nothing else can.
— Evelyn Underhill
Chantelle: The future's going to sneak up on all of you.
Evelyn: Good thing I like surprises. — Rachel Hera
Evelyn: Good thing I like surprises. — Rachel Hera
You can't ever tell what's going to hurt people.
— Evelyn Waugh
Sometimes, I feel the past and the future pressing so hard on either side that there's no room for the present at all.
— Evelyn Waugh
I feel it's important to make a mark somewhere.
— Evelyn Lauder
Free as air; that's what they say- "free as air". Now they bring me my air in an iron barrel.
— Evelyn Waugh
She was a diamond in a quarry full of quartz.
— Evelyn Skye
Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.
— Evelyn Waugh
The look Evelyn gave to Marley was remarkably similar to her cat's: the casual disinterest of a predator with a full belly.
— Harry Connolly
Your actions, and your action alone, determines your worth.
— Evelyn Waugh
Sweetheart the doctor gave you the okay, and your friends will be there. It's okay to live your life. You can't be afraid at every turn.
— Evelyn Smith
If only people realized Corbusier is pure nineteenth century, Manchester school utilitarian, and that's why they like him.
— Evelyn Waugh
That's the public-school system all over. They may kick you out, but they never let you down.
— Evelyn Waugh
I am a child. I am two feet tall, and asking if she loves me.
— Veronica Roth
I seriously have the best friends in the world.
— Evelyn Smith
I never can understand how two men can write a book together; to me that's like three people getting together to have a baby.
— Evelyn Waugh
I hope the seeds I have sown will be taken up by those who will follow me because the journey I have begun cannot be undertaken in isolation.
— Evelyn Glennie
One does not travel, any more than one falls in love, to collect material. It is simply part of one's life ...
— Evelyn Waugh
Be careful. . . ." And then she let go. For even she knew there was only so much one could do to protect a winter moth drawn to an icy flame.
— Evelyn Skye
He goes because he must, as Galahad went towards the Grail: knowing that for those who can live it, this alone is life.
— Evelyn Underhill
The individual is reminded that in him, no less than in the Archetypal Universe, real life must be born if real life is to be lived.
— Evelyn Underhill
When I'm running fast, I don't feel anything, it's effortless, it's like my feet don't even touch the ground, it's like I'm flying.
— Evelyn Ashford
Pavel Alexandrovich Romanov,
— Evelyn Skye
Make-up is the last thing to enhance your beauty, but it's very important because it builds up your self-confidence and gives you more courage.
— Evelyn Lauder
Capture me, Wade." I begged him.
"Oh, Evelyn. I have captured you from the very moment I set my eyes upon you. And you have seized me. — Lilly James
"Oh, Evelyn. I have captured you from the very moment I set my eyes upon you. And you have seized me. — Lilly James
Evelyn stared into the empty ice cream carton and wondered where the smiling girl in the school pictures had gone.
— Fannie Flagg
All this fuss about sleeping together. For physical pleasure I'd sooner go to my dentist any day.
— Evelyn Waugh
Remember that, however patient your study, you will never in adult life learn any language perfectly; the best you can hope for is to be a bore.
— Evelyn Waugh
I hate people doing an emotional striptease. It's never genuine or they wouldn't drag outsiders m.
— Evelyn Anthony
Society cannot continue to disable themselves through their need to categorize people or make assumptions as to another individual's abilities.
— Evelyn Glennie
News is what a chap who doesn't care much about anything wants to read. And it's only news until he's read it. After that it's dead.
— Evelyn Waugh
I haven't been to sleep for over a year. That's why I go to bed early. One needs more rest if one doesn't sleep.
— Evelyn Waugh
Think people really want to know what's out there?"
"Probably not. People don't know what they want, Evelyn, or life wouldn't suck — Lizzy Ford
"Probably not. People don't know what they want, Evelyn, or life wouldn't suck — Lizzy Ford
If a thing's worth doing at all, it's worth doing well.
— Evelyn Waugh
You rich kids are all the same. Daddy may give you everything you want but the world won't, and it's my job to teach you that.
— Evelyn Smith
Apart from Scottish traditional music, I wasn't really influenced by any kind of music. I just basically followed my own instincts.
— Evelyn Glennie
There was one thing unforgivable, like things in the schoolroom so bad that only Mommy could deal with, to set up a rival good to God's.
— Evelyn Waugh
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
— S.G. Tallentyre
Marcus's, or Evelyn's? Usually
— Veronica Roth
The great charm in argument is really finding one's own opinions, not other people's.
— Evelyn Waugh