Home / Quotes / Quote by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Quote by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

“There's nothing sexier in a man than intelligence.”

Author

Susan Elizabeth Phillips is a renowned American author, born on December 11, 1948. Her works are known for their humor, warmth, and emotional depth, which have won her a large following among readers. more

“When you call yourself an Indian or a Muslim or a Christian or a European, or anything else, you are being violent. Do you see why it is violent? Because you are separating yourself from the rest of mankind. When you separate yourself by belief, by nationality, by tradition, it breeds violence. So a man who is seeking to understand violence does not belong to any country, to any religion, to any political party or partial system; he is concerned with the total understanding of mankind.”

Source: Krishnamurti: Reflections on the Self

“He looked haggard and careworn, like a Borgia who has suddenly remembered that he has forgotten to shove cyanide in the consommé, and the dinner-gong due any moment.”

Moments Forgotten Dinner Dues Remembered Gongs Haggard Cyanide

Author:P. G. Wodehouse

“To read is to withdraw.To make oneself unavailable. One would feel easier about it if the pursuit inself were less...selfish.”

Ifs Feels Easier Oneself Selfish Pursuit

Author:Alan Bennett

“When you have been just told that the girl you love is definitely betrothed to another, you begin to understand how Anarchists must feel when the bomb goes off too soon.”

Love Feels Has Beens Girl Love Is Bombs Anarchist Girl You Love

Author:P. G. Wodehouse

“[To] know oneself is, above all, to know what one lacks. It is to measure oneself against Truth, and not the other way around. The first product of self-knowledge is humility . . .”

Knows Way Firsts Self Humility Products Oneself Self Knowledge Knowing Oneself

Book:Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose

Source: Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose

“Gussie, a glutton for punishment, stared at himself in the mirror.”

Mirrors Appearance Punishment Glutton For Punishment

Book:Right Ho, Jeeves (Volume 1 of 2) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)

Source: Right Ho, Jeeves (Volume 1 of 2) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)

“Preventive war was an invention of Hitler. I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked about such a thing.”

War Peace Invention Anti War Antiwar Peace War Great War Make Peace Not War Peace Not War Preventive War Preventing War

Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower

“Each of us deserves the freedom to pursue our own version of happiness. No one deserves to be bullied.”

Kids Students Deserve Versions Pursue Bullying Bullied Anti Bullying Bullying Inspirational Inspirational Bullying

Author:Barack Obama

Quote by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Author

You May Also Like