Remarkable Quotes

Why, then, if expensive things cannot bring us remarkable joy, are we so powerfully drawn to them?

Isn't it remarkable how everyone who knew [D.H.] Lawrence has felt compelled to write about him? Why, he's had more books written about him than any writer since Byron!

You can be creative and not addictive, or addictive and not creative. Most addicted people do not produce anything of remarkable note.

And to get that much talent in the show—and to keep it constant and consistent—I think is a remarkable feat.

…my life has been a remarkable one. Maybe one day someone will write a book about me . . .” "I’ve never much cared for horror stories.

We human beings have a remarkable way of growing accustomed to things.

People everywhere look to the United States to use its remarkable power to help lift humanity up and to work for the common good.

Hillary Clinton possesses an extraordinary intelligence and a remarkable work ethic. I am proud that she will be our next secretary of state.

If someone lies down and invites you to trample upon him, you are a remarkable individual if you decline the invitation.

Rome had Caesar, a man of remarkable governing talents, although it must be said that a ruler who arouses opponents to resort to assassination is probably not as smart as he ought to be.

A very remarkable people the Zulus: they defeat our generals, they convert our bishops, they have settled the fate of a great European dynasty.

It is remarkable that when great discoveries are effected, their simplicity always seems to detract from their originality: on these occasions we are reminded of the egg of Columbus!

If you look at a shape like a straight line, what's remarkable is that if you look at a straight line from close by, from far away, it is the same; it is a straight line.

There's something so remarkable in the intensity of taking care of somebody who can't take care of him or herself. And then watching that little person bloom into adolescence.

Events in a single human lifetime are remarkable. Events from all human lifetimes are inconceivable.

That something so obvious as the vanity of the world should be so little recognized that people find it odd and surprising to be told that it is foolish to seek greatness; that is most remarkable.

When it comes to soul, Dennis Marcellino redefines the term. His remarkable tone and feel are full of passion and soulful expression.

I am proud to be in the Senate. I have always been proud to be a part of our political system. It is a remarkable privilege to participate in this system of ours.

They examined all my organs. Some of them are quite remarkable and others are not so good. A lot of museums are bidding for them.

Yaron has elevated the way Australia perceives circus, both nationally and internationally ... I mean remarkable.

Comedy has been crossing the country with remarkable speed way before the Internet, social media, even cable TV.

I had not thought of this regular decrease of gravity, namely that it is as the inverse square of the distance; this is a new and highly remarkable property of gravity.

I have a kind of remarkable ability to, for want of a better phrase, get what I want. I kind of project. I guess it's called dreaming.

I have to admit, that's a remarkable bruise. You should be proud; it's quite a feat to get injured in the manner you did and in that...particular...place.

The human mind had a remarkable ability both to discount what it sees and make reality conform to expectation.

America is a remarkable place in that social attitudes change almost imperceptibly, and then you wake up the next day and they've changed. But they've been changing all the time.

One of the remarkable things about love is that, despite very irritating people writing poems and songs about how pleasant it is, it really is quite pleasant.

There is a very remarkable inclination in human nature to bestow on external objects the same emotions which it observes in itself, and to find every where those ideas which are most present to it.

Throughout our lives, we develop our character consciously or unconsciously. In your journey to a life beyond amazing, you'll learn to develop your character in ways that bring remarkable rewards.

...Had proven himself a leader of remarkable ability, a man not only of enterprising ideas, but with the staying power to carry them out.

I love 'The Stand;' I read it when I was a kid - it was one of my favorite books when I was growing up. I love Stephen King; I think he's a remarkable writer.

I think people need to see Prince live to really understand how remarkable he is.

Seriously, I think what all the puzzling over parenthood I had to do to write [a novel] ROOM taught me is that children can thrive in a remarkable range of situations.

Give a wise man an honest brief to plead and his eloquence is no remarkable achievement.

Remarkable only the very best arrangers can get a sound like that from four horns

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

[The story of Adam and Eve] it's poetry. One must interpret it as poetry. The first 11 chapters of Genesis [the Primeval History] are absolutely remarkable.

I practice selfless giving not because I'm remarkable but just because I find that its terrifically fun!

I too have experienced the extreme pain of living, but I have also experienced some of its remarkable ecstasy.

Sometimes their immediate reaction is to want to run away because they realize inwardly that the transpositions their life will go through will be remarkable, change everything.

Say what you will about Gypsy women, but they are remarkable assessors of blues guitar talent.

I am reading "The Yellow Birds" by Kevin Powers and "Redeployment" by Phil Klay . Both Powers and Klay are Iraq War vets. Klay's stories are remarkable.

When Donald Trump in one speech said I love the poorly educated - which was a remarkable thing to say - he was saying those are my people.

If clearness about things produces a fundamental despair, a fundamental despair in turn produces a remarkable clearness or even playfulness about ordinary matters.

The big corporation is not in the least remarkable for efficiency; it is only too big to be blamed for its inefficiency.

Cat lovers know that every cat is remarkable.

It is remarkable to me that both parties are so out of touch with the American people, both Democrats, Republicans and Independents, we all feel the same way.

Simple honesty is so remarkable a quality. It is of the very essence of Integrity.

People are inspired to do remarkable things to find and be with the one they love.

Our literature, despite several false starts that promised much, is chiefly remarkable, now as always, for its respectable mediocrity.