Evelyn Underhill Quotes

Towards my husband, I often fail to show interest in his affairs and amusements, not rousing myself to respond when I'm tired or concerned with other things, forgetting he is very patient with me.

Evelyn Underhill

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: December 6, 1875 - June 15, 1941

Topics

PatienceMyselfTiredMeHusband

Dad has, and had, a deservedly glowing reputation. However, this belief in 'reputation first' seems to have given rise to his fears of what might be rumored after his death.

Jennifer Grant

DeathReputationRiseBeliefFirst

Even when I speak English to my parents, I'll say an English word differently to my Chinese parents and friends than I do to my English-speaking friends - you know, I'll pronounce 'McDonald's' differently, because it feels right, and that's what I'm used to.

Jenny Zhang

ParentsSpeakFriendsYouKnowSay

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

Andre Gide

CourageManLoseNewSightShore

I get to play with all these different players who don't necessarily approach music always the same way that I might. So I learn a lot.

John Oates

MusicLearnPlayWaySameAlways

You replace it by 23 percent tax, a frank, transparent tax embedded in the cost at retail, and everybody gets to takes their whole check home. And the average income earner gets a 50 percent increase in take-home pay.

John Linder

HomeYouTaxPayCostRetail

People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo.

Max Eastman

PeopleSituationStatus QuoStatus

I won't complain, but I don't want to just be doing action films and extended character transformations, you know? I want to explore, and I'm up for anything. Honestly, I just want to read a good script and fall in love.

Sofia Boutella

LoveGoodCharacterActionDoing

Unlike monarchs, who pass power to their heirs at the moment of death to ensure the survival of the regime, tyrants must simply survive as long as possible.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

PowerMomentDeathSurviveSurvival

I try to play real people who inspire me through something in their journey.

Toni Collette

JourneyPeopleMeInspirePlayTry

The early parodies that talk-show people did of rock n' roll in the '50s were terrible. They didn't know it, they didn't like it - and that's a lethal combination.

Christopher Guest

PeopleEarlyKnowRockTerribleDid

The last thing I would attempt to do is to buy clothes for a child I didn't know well.

Colin Firth

ChildClothesKnowBuyLastWell

The regular guy still relates to him and Howard is a $500 million guy now who dates a model and drives about in a limo all day. But Howard still knows how to make a plumber laugh and those guys still have him on in the morning, because he is a real talent.

Artie Lange

MorningDayTalentLaughNowReal

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