A Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with A. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“A genius! For 37 years I've practised fourteen hours a day, and now they call me a genius!”
“A genius. A criminal mastermind. A millionaire. And he is only twelve years old.”
Source: Artemis Fowl
“A genocide in Africa has not received the same attention that genocide in Europe or genocide in Turkey or genocide in other part of the world. There is still this kind of basic discrimination against the African people and the African problems.”
“A gente ama alguém que desconhecemos, casa com quem conhece e vive com uma pessoa irreconhecível.”
Source: O Outro Pé da Sereia
“A gente deve ir ao cinema como vai a um bordel ou a um templo.”
“a gente nasce sem pedir e morre sem ter licença.”
Source: Venenos de Deus, Remédios do Diabo
“A gente nunca sabe se o que lhe sucede é, em definitivo, bom ou mau”
“A gente não deixa ninguém partir levando a gente de nós”
Source: Posta-Restante
“A gente não vive sem criar expectativas. Sem expectativas não há motivos para sair de casa, não escovamos nem os dentes, nem sequer abrimos os olhos. É disso que se faz a vida, de expectativas – um nome para a fantasia, talvez! A gente vive porque espera algo da vida. Ama porque espera algo do ser amado. Trabalha porque espera algo do nosso esforço. Expectativa e esperança têm uma relação etimológica com espera, que é bem o que se aprende a fazer nos caminhos do que chamamos de desejo, em psicanálise.”
Source: A Gente Mira no Amor e Acerta na Solidão
“A gente olhava Mãe, imaginava saudade. Miguilim não sabia muitas coisas. ― "Mãe, a gente então nunca vai poder ver o mar, nunca?" Ela glosava que quem-sabe não, iam não, sempre, por pobreza de longe. ― "A gente não vai, Miguilim." O Dito afirmou: ― "Acho que nunca! A gente é no sertão. Então por que é que você indaga" ― "Nada não, Dito. Mas às vezes eu queria avistar o mar, só para não ter uma tristeza...”
Source: Campo Geral
“A gente pensa que domina a memória, e ela é um rio em curso.”
Source: Cara Marfiza,
“A gente sabe direitinho o que ainda gostaria de fazer na vida.”
Source: Doidas e santas
“A gente sofre, acha que a vida acabou, e depois vê que não é nada disso e segue em frente. (Referindo-se aos período dos 19-25 anos)”
Source: Bela Adormecida
“A gente vive para a frente, mas compreende para trás, ninguém na época disse “Oba, começou a Renascença!”
Source: Verissimas: Frases, reflexões e sacadas sobre quase tudo
“A gentileza é universal,
os recipientes podem variar.
Alguns chamam de 'água',
outros chamam de 'water'.”
Source: Monge Cientista
“A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”
“A gentle breeze catches in the branches then and I hear it, soft and low, a murmured prayer--Gem-ma, Gem-ma--and then the leaves bend down and trail delicate fingers across my cold cheeks.”
Source: The Sweet Far Thing
“A gentle breeze rustled through the leaves, bringing with it the scent of fresh-turned earth and lavender blossoms. Amanda drew to the side of the balcony, where she was completely concealed from view. As she leaned against the wall of the house, the rough texture of the red brick gently abraded her bare shoulders.
She had worn a pale blue, corded-silk gown with a low-cut back, and draperies of gauze that crossed over the bodice in an X pattern. The long sleeves of the gown were made of more transparent gauze, while her hands were encased in white gloves. The flash of her bare arms beneath the filmy blue silk made Amanda feel sophisticated and daring.”
Source: Suddenly You
“A gentle focus of attention is all it takes to free the body of minor imbalances.”
“A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.”
Source: The remains of ... George Herbert
“A Gentle Knight was pricking on the plaine.”
“A Gentle Man and a Gentleman.”
“A gentle mixture of furniture expresses life and continuity but it must be a judicious mixture that flows and mixes well. It is a bit like mixing a salade. (I am better at room than salads).”
“A gentle sense of humor will be alert to detect anything that savors of a pious 'act' on the part of the penitent.”
Source: Spiritual Direction and Meditation
“A gentle smile tugged at the reigh’s lips, and he whispered as his fingers grazed her cheek, “My beautiful…if you only knew what it does to me to hear you say my name. I am not sure how much more of this torture I can handle. I wish you would remember.””
Source: The Queen of Aessarion
“A gentle story to help children understand loss”
Source: Grandpa's Star
“A gentle, warm, sweet pain spreads through my chest at those words.”
Source: Skybound
“A Gentle Warrior asks hard questions, shares difficult truths, and is never afraid to reveal her deepest fears.”
Source: Name, Claim & Reframe: Your Path to a Well-Lived Life
“A gentle word can sway the hardest heart.”
“A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.”
“A gentleman ... sleeps at his work. That's what work's for. Why do you think they have the SILENCE notices in the library? So as not to disturb me in my little nook behind the biography shelves.”
Source: The Norman Conquests: A Trilogy of Plays
“A gentleman accepts the responsibility of his actions and bears the burden of their consequences.”
Source: Novels, 1957-1962
“A gentleman by definition is a man who makes everyone around him feel comfortable. Arrogance who only thinks of himself without considering the needs of others is the opposite of a gentleman. They can both be wealthy, they don't have to be, but they cannot both be gentlemen.”
Source: The Fruit of the Knowledge of Good & Evil
“A gentleman can always be told by the way he speaks to those that he thinks are his inferiors in some respect. His equals he does not wish to offend, his superiors he does not dare to offend, and of those whom he considers his inferiors he would be all the more considerate.”
Source: Reminiscences of School Life, and Hints on Teaching
“A gentleman can hardly continue to sit,' he explained, in his serenest and most level voice, 'when he asks a very remarkable young lady to do him the honor of marrying him. And - 'he somehow contrived to grin at me wickedly, 'I usually get what I want, Miss Grahame,' he added, and pitched over in a tangled heap on the floor.”
“A gentleman can live through anything.”
Source: Novels, 1957-1962
“A gentleman can never have too many bow ties.”
“A gentleman can see a question from all sides without bias.
The small man is biased and can see a question only from one side.”
Source: The Analects
“A gentleman can withstand hardships; it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet.”
Source: The Analects of Confucius
“A gentleman considers justice to be essential in everything. He practices it according to the principles of propriety. He brings it forth in modesty and faithfully completes it. This is indeed a gentleman.”
“A gentleman considers what is right; the vulgar consider what will pay.”
Source: THE SAYINGS OF CONFUCIUS
“A gentleman does not appear to know more or to be more than those with whom he is thrown into company.”
Source: Aphorisms and Reflections: Conduct, Culture and Religion
“A gentleman does not boast about his junk.”
“A gentleman does not promote a man on account of what he says; nor does he reject sayings, because the speaker is what he is.”
“A gentleman doesn't have one set of manners for the house of a poor man and another for the house of someone with an income incomparable to his own.”
“A gentleman doesn't pounce he glides. If a woman sits on a piece of furniture which permits your sitting beside her, you are free to regard this as an invitation, though not an unequivocal one.”
“A gentleman has ease without familiarity, is respectful without meanness; genteel without affectation, insinuating without seeming art.”
“A gentleman has his eyes on all those present; he is tender toward the bashful, gentle toward the distant, and merciful toward the absent.”
Source: The Hidden Power of Kindness: A Practical Handbook for Souls who Dare to Transform the World, One Deed at a Time
“A gentleman holds my hand.
A man pulls my hair.
A soulmate will do both.”
“A gentleman, I hope it will become clear, is not simply a man who stands apart. He is a man who stands up for others—sometimes even for his enemies—often when those others have no clue that he is there for them.”
Source: Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man's Guide to Chivalry