A Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with A. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“A lack of narrative structure, as you know, will cause anxiety.”
Source: No Regrets, Coyote
“A lack of patience in trifling matters might lead to the disruption of great project.”
“A lack of planning leads to failure.”
“A lack of public use of the name of the metallurgic deities is well known and relates to the initiatory dimension of the cults related to metallurgy. [...] Even though the Israelite cult of Yahweh was public, it seems that the 'use' of his name was submitted to severe restrictions (see, e.g., Exod. 20.7 and Deut. 5.11). (p. 392n23”
“A lack of realism in the vision today costs credibility tomorrow.”
“A lack of restful sleep disrupts the body's innate balance, weakens our immune system, and speeds up the aging process.”
“A lack of seriousness has led to all sorts of wonderful insights.”
“A lack of the historical sense is the hereditary fault of all philosophers.”
Source: Human, All-Too-Human: Parts One and Two
“A lack of transparency may come to haunt Florida in the future.”
“A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity.”
“A lack of transparency that fuels the idea that she is either hiding something or simply not someone to be trusted.”
“A lack of understanding of the theory leaves you unable to differentiate between a necessary aspect of a method and an arbitrary one.”
“A lackadaisical approach will produce lackadaisical results.”
Source: Life Is Simply A Game
“A laconic and highly entertaining" novel. "The characters are strong, each showing major evidence of being a product of their respective cultures. Overall, the story is a strong one, with a couple of well-executed twists that succeed in surprising the reader."
- Publishers Weekly judge for the 2014 ABNA Contest, Two Brides for Ewan de Buchan
"I love historical romance novels and this one right off the bat based on the plot/hook made me want to read more. I devoured this...and re-read it twice. It seems like the author has a very good handle on the time period in which this novel is set."
- 2014 ABNA Contest judge, Two Brides for Ewan de Buchan
"I think this is really well crafted and interesting. The plot/hook caught me from the first paragraph. The characters are well done and I really loved the novelist's attention to historical detail...It's a really great romance novel, and is of publication quality. This novelist has a real future in writing romance (or even general fiction) books."
- 2014 ABNA Contest judge, Two Brides for Ewan de Buchan”
“A laconic Texas lawmaker declined to use his considerable influence to intervene in a loud dispute between his colleagues. When asked why not, he said, "They're not voting. If they're not voting, they're not passing any laws. If they're not passing any laws, they're not hurting anybody.”
Source: Means of Ascent
“A lady asked Dr. Franklin Well Doctor what have we got a republic or a monarchy - "A republic," replied the Doctor, "if you can keep it."”
“A lady came up to me on the street and pointed at my suede jacket. 'You know a cow was murdered for that jacket?' she sneered. I replied in a psychotic tone, 'I didn't know there were any witnesses. Now I'll have kill you too.”
“A lady came up to me one day and said 'Sir! You are drunk', to which I replied 'I am drunk today madam, and tomorrow I shall be sober but you will still be ugly.”
“A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.”
“A lady cannot propose to herself, William, and she cannot tell you she loves you if you do not state your intentions.”
Source: Clockwork Princess
“a lady could do, so I was told, just about nothing that she might want to do except attend all parties.”
Source: Father Struck It Rich
“A lady could not boast of her chastity who was never tempted.”
Source: Montaigne's Essays: Top Essays
“A lady doesn't insist on having her own way. Then, next thing you know, it all works out somehow, without one's even trying. I thought I'd never learn, though it's really quite easy once you get the knack.”
Source: The High King
“A lady getting a missing belt back from the cleaner couldn't have been more surprised and pleased.”
Source: ...Some of My Best Friends are Soldiers: A Kind of Novel
“A lady has every right to defend herself against unsought advances. And creatures of the night.”
Source: The Vampire Who Loved Me
“A lady I will be, but a man's accessory, his handbag, no thank you. I will not be someone's ornament. I will not just be someone's honey, baby, sweetheart.”
Source: Honey, Baby, Sweetheart
“A lady in Eaton Square, as coarse and honest as an Aston whore.”
“A lady is a female person who has the grace to consider the feelings of others before her own, at all times, and in all places. It has nothing to do with fine clothes or posh accent, or how much money her father's got. A lady is naturally born and cannot be moulded or trained to be anything else. She just is.”
Source: Bobby's Girl
“A lady is a female person who has the grace to consider the feelings of others before her own, at all times, and in all places. It has nothing to do with fine clothes or posh accent, or how much money her father's got. And it don't even matter if she smokes, drinks, or never observes the finer points of unnecessary etiquette. None of these things have anything to do with it unless they conflict with the first rule. In other words, it depends who she's with. A lady is naturally born and cannot be moulded or trained to be anything else. She just is.”
Source: Bobby's Girl
“A lady is a woman who makes a man behave like a gentleman.”
“A lady is as young as the gentleman she feels," said Roy and cackled happily.”
Source: The Quiche of Death: An Agatha Raisin Mystery
“A lady is known by the product she endorses.”
Source: The face is familiar: the selected verse of Ogden Nash
“A lady is nothing very specific. One man's lady is another man's woman; sometimes, one man's lady is another man's wife. Definitions overlap but they almost never coincide.”
“A lady is smarter than a gentleman, maybe, she can sew a fine seam, she can have a baby, she can use her intuition instead of her brain, but she can't fold a paper in a crowded train.”
Source: On the contrary
“A lady knows whether she has the figure to wear tight clothing. She knows that just because an item of clothing comes in her size does not mean she should wear it.”
Source: How to Be a Lady: A Contemporary Guide to Common Courtesy
“A lady likes to be complimented on her looks, her eyes, her figure. But the personality comments are much appreciated.”
“A lady must attend her own engagement ball."
Penny sat up straight. "Gabriel Duke. I know you did not just propose to me in the mews, without so much as going down on one knee, while my hair is a bird's nest and we both smell like goat."
"I didn't propose to you." He swung his arms into his coat. Before disappearing, he gave her a slight, mischievous grin and a single syllable that had her heart cartwheeling in her chest.
"Yet.”
Source: The Wallflower Wager
“A lady must retain always her composure. Even in a rainstorm, she must appear joyous and dry. When she loses her composure, then the respect of her peers and her staff will follow in short order.”
“A lady never asks a gentleman to dance, or to go to supper with her.”
Source: Etiquette: In Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home
“A lady never shows her soul outside the boudoir.”
“A lady of 47 who has been married 27 years and has six children knows what love really is and once described it for me like this: 'Love is what you've been through with somebody'.”
“A lady of fashion will sooner excuse a freedom flowing from admiration than a slight resulting from indifference.”
“A lady of honor may be raped once, but it strengthens her virtue.”
Source: The Portable Voltaire
“A lady once expressed herself in society - the very words show that they were uttered with fervour and under the pressure of a great many secret emotions: "Yes, a woman must be pretty if she is to please the men. A man is much better off. As long as he has five straight limbs, he needs no more!"”
Source: The Collected Works of Sigmund Freud: Psychoanalytic Studies, Theoretical Essays & Articles: The Interpretation of Dreams, Psychopathology of Everyday Life, Dream Psychology, Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex, The History of the Psychoanalytic Movement, Leonardo da Vinci…
“A lady recently said to me, “Lebo, the passion you have for women is so deep. I don’t think I have half the passion you have for my own self and I’m a woman.” Truth is, every man inherently has this drive whether they aware of it or not. We, as men, whether gay or straight, live to unravel the sensual mystery/beauty of the feminine energy.
Not to sound like a male chauvinist, but I believe this is one of the biggest reasons why as Tom Ford said, “Men are often better designers for women than other women.” It is this approach of “mining” and wanting to “unravel” the sensual feminine mystery/beauty that serves as our biggest drive or motivation.
Male designers (i.e. David tlale, Gert Johan Coetzee, Christian Louboutin, Tomford, ME, etc.) are very exceptional at their craft because I believe they have this deep acknowledgement that they were first and foremost “CALLED” TO PUT WOMEN ON A PEDESTAL, and that means understanding that women want to feel overwhelmingly desired rather than rationally considered. By the way, women are not given the luxury to unravel their own sensual feminine mystery/beauty as men are.
Women in general tend to have a very limited perspective of themselves which prevents them from reaching their fullest sensual feminine potential. Blame it on the society. Their biggest challenge is seeing themselves beyond their insecurities; they’re trapped by their own views of themselves particularly as women in a patriarchal society.
But men (NOT patriarchal men), on the other hand, are able to see beyond women’s insecurities; they can see women’s potential than most women can see themselves. AND AWAKENED MODERN MEN WANT TO FULLY MAXIMIZE THAT POTENTIAL. This is why I strongly believe that a man’s ultimate role in the 21st century is to help carve the definition of what it means to be a woman. I know most feminists are pissed to hear me say that.
The legendary photographer Peter Lindbergh said, “The most important part of fashion photography, for me, is not the models; it is not the clothes. It’s that you are responsible for defining what a woman today is. That, I think, is my job.” If women are diamonds/gold, then men got to be jewelry designers.”
“A Lady's Guide to Beauty and Etiquette was starting to feel less like her saving grace and more like a nuisance. A grim reminder that because she couldn't master the rules - because they exhausted her so - she would never be good enough, or perfect enough, or deserving enough. It was silly, she thought, for a book to make her feel such loathing for herself. She was better than that, more than that.”
Source: Belladonna
“A lady should be allowed to choose her comp'ny, an' should be treated like a lady until she shows she prefers different.”
“A lady, unless she wishes to be eccentric, must follow the fashions, at least in a modified degree. The first requisite to dressing well yourself, is to know what is going to be worn. You may then adapt the style to suit your complexion, etc. But you cannot entirely ignore it.
- Peterson's Magazine, October 1875”
“A lady wants to be dressed exactly like everybody else but she gets pretty up- set if she sees anybody else dressed exactly like her.”
“A lady was punished (with Hell fire) because of a cat which she had imprisoned till it died”