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A beautiful woman without fixed principles may be likened to those fair but rootless flowers which float in streams, driven by every breeze. — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess Of Blessington

No two minds ever come together without, thereby, creating a third, invisible, intangible force which may be likened to a third mind. — Napoleon Hill

When I want something bad enough, common sense tells me to go and take it
and not get caught. — F Scott Fitzgerald

It wasn't until later that I realized Paul's quietness was a result of his confidence. He didn't need to shout to be heard. — Mindy Kaling

assume they both took a road trip. The — J.C. Reed

PASSIONS are likened best to floods and streams:
The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb; — Walter Raleigh

I feel like I could be likened to an old hound circling on a rug for the last five years. — Neil Young

You love her. (Shanus) I barely know her. (Wulf) Time has no meaning to the heart. (Shanus) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

There was so much fear after 9/11, and that fear caused people to make the wrong decisions. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

This is a musical, ma'am. If there's no gay, there's a problem. — Andrew Rannells

This case reminds me of one in which I likened the Plaintiff's case to a colander, because it was so full of holes. — George Jessel

Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision,
to the releasing of a trigger. — Sun Tzu

Frequently my life has been likened to a Greek tragedy, and the actress in me cannot deny that comparison. — Patricia Neal

I think the close work I do as a translator pays off in my writing - I'm always searching for multiple ways to say things. — Lydia Davis

The desired Islamic state might be likened to an orchard planted with olive and palm trees that will take a relatively long time to produce fruit. — Yusuf Al-Qaradawi

Love of democracy can be likened to a mother's love for her son.It must be cherished,nurtured and protected for all of time — J.R. Ortiz

Society may be likened to a rod, which only a just government can balance properly. — Ameen Rihani

The human spirit may be likened to the bounty of the sun shining on a mirror. The body of man, ... grows and develops through the animal spirit. — Abdu'l- Baha

Poetry is the experience of liberty. The poet risks himself, chances all on the poem's all with each verse he writes. — Octavio Paz

Prayer is an effort of will. — Oswald Chambers

In an analogy that would prove all too apt, Max Weber likened the city to a human being with his skin removed. — Erik Larson

Reading a great work of literature can truly be likened to having a conversation with a great mind. — Jennie Chancey

...many countries now allow dual citizenship-a status that Teddy Roosevelt once likened to polygamy. — Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

I heard Bob Weinstein actually likened actors to baseball players. You work for a while then all of a sudden you go through a dry spell. — Michael Cera

First I become flush with righteous anger, which, if you must be angry, is the very best kind. — Seth Grahame-Smith

Art is sometimes likened to a mirror ... an expression of universal human truth, executed with a degree of skill. — Sara Genn

Man's mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild. — James Allen

If photography is to be likened to perception, this is not because the former is a natural process but because the latter is also coded. — Umberto Eco

I was always interested in ladies' fashion. — John Caudwell

Though a man excels in everything, unless he has been a lover his life is lonely, and he may be likened to a jewelled cup which can contain no wine. — Yoshida Kenko

I dance to music in my heart. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Our country may be likened to a new house. We lack many things, but we possess the most precious of all - liberty! — James Monroe

Content isn't king. Conversation is. — Cory Doctorow

Racism and inequality are likened to a fungus which grows in dark places and is all the more poisonous because one cannot see it. — Michael R. French

Without effort, your skill is nothing more than what you could have done but didn't. With — Angela Duckworth

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession. — Sophocles

Odd that a thing is most itself when likened — Richard Wilbur

We may be likened to two scorpions in a bottle, each capable of killing the other, but only at the risk of his own life. — J. Robert Oppenheimer

Teaching ... can be likened to a conversation in which you listen to the speaker carefully before you reply. — Marie Clay

A firm's income statement may be, likened to a bikini-what it reveals is interesting but what it conceals is vital. — Burton G. Malkiel

Attempting to defeat the enemy by wrestling with people could be likened to trying to destroy a tree by picking all its fruit. — Lisa Bevere