Charles Dickens Quotes

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

Charles Dickens

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: February 7, 1812 - June 9, 1870

Topics

ConstructionLovedCreationWhole

Weirdly, there have been a lot of critics of conservatism, but very few critics of innovation. As a culture, we are deeply paranoid about politics, but we gaze upon innovation with rapturous adulation.

Jill Lepore

InnovationCulturePoliticsCritics

I'm not that kind of wife who would say, 'Learn this' or 'Learn that.' I'm not a nagging wife.

Melania Trump

WifeLearnSayKindWouldWho

Information helps you to see that you're not alone. That there's somebody in Mississippi and somebody in Tokyo who all have wept, who've all longed and lost, who've all been happy. So the library helps you to see, not only that you are not alone, but that you're not really any different from everyone else.

Maya Angelou

AloneHappyLibraryYouInformation

For something to collapse, not all systems have to shut down. In most cases, just one system is enough. For example, the human body is a system of systems. If just one system, such as the cardiovascular system, shuts down, death follows.

Robert Kiyosaki

DeathEnoughBodyDownHumanSystem

I even feel guilty if I'm reading a novel, because I think I should be reading Homer again. I don't really know what free time is, because I don't have something to measure it against.

Simon Armitage

TimeFreeReadingThinkFeelGuilty

This overpowering relief of love conquering any kind of difficulty and hardship in life - that love is forever, even with people that we lost in the physical world.

Rob Halford

LifeLoveLove IsPeopleWorldLost

It is obvious that God is looking at the heart when sacrifices are given to Him. He takes no delight in those who give up things for Lent and then act like it's such a struggle to perform what they said they wanted to do for Him.

Monica Johnson

GodHeartStruggleLookingSaidHim

If you're too disciplined, it can mess up your mind. You need to have that treat for yourself.

Jason Momoa

YourselfMindTreatYouNeedMess

My mum was very conscious about fashion and my dad was born into the tailoring tradition, so fashion has always been my life, although now, really, I wear the same thing - just in different weights - light and heavy cashmere in winter and cotton in summer.

Domenico Dolce

LifeWinterLightFashionMy Life

I had an obsession with underarm shields - pointy ones, round ones, full ones, half ones.

Dawn Steel

ObsessionHalfRoundFullHad

I believe the wedding vows are sacred and precious, and it's been one of my goals as a writer to portray the kind of marriages I've seen modeled in my family - my parents and grandparents, who all celebrated fifty-year anniversaries and well-beyond.

Deborah Raney

FamilyGoalsParentsBelieveWedding

When you do one movie at a time, if one goes crazy and becomes successful, your life changes. But you can step back and catch your breath.

Chris Evans

LifeTimeStepCrazyYouBack

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