C Quotes
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“CUNNING, n. The faculty that distinguishes a weak animal or person from a strong one. It brings its possessor much mental satisfaction and great material adversity. An Italian proverb says: "The furrier gets the skins of more foxes than asses."”
Source: The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World
“Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.”
“Cunoaştem un lucru, zice el, numai când avem prilejul să-l întâlnim a
doua oară. Moartea, însă, o întâlneşti o singură dată. Poate de aceea nu
ştim nimic despre ea. Pe de altă parte, e clar că numai ceea ce e prea
bine explicat devine neinteresant.”
Source: Aventuri solitare: două jurnale și un contrajurnal
“Cunoștințele sunt cele care se adună în capul nostru fără să ne fie întotdeauna de vreun folos. Cunoașterea e transformarea unor cunoștințe într-o experiență de viață.”
Source: Nu sperați că veți scăpa de cărți
“Cunt again? It was odd how men like Suggs used that word to demean women when it was the only part of a woman they valued.”
“Cunt-lapping, mother-fucking, and cock-sucking are words to provoke a sense of outrage. Being forced to play the role of a woman in sexual intercourse is the deepest imaginable humiliation, which is only worsened if the victim finds to his horror that he enjoys it.”
Source: the female eunuch
“Cup is just crockery, till there is coffee. Head is just a skull, till there is mind.”
Source: World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets
“Cup of Coffee (The Sonnet)
A cup is just crockery
till there is coffee in it.
A head is just a skull
till there's a mind in it.
Clothes are just fabric
till there's a character in 'em.
Shoes are just footwear
till there's a journey in 'em.
Chest is just a bunch of bones
till there's a heart in it.
A body is just a bag of flesh
till there's a being in it.”
Source: World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets
“Cup of Dawn
Empty the cup of yesterday.
Let the morning pour in
until silence overflows.”
Source: Lovemance: A Manifesto of Transformative Love and Spiritual Feminist Literature
“Cupcake , you've been breaking my heart for as long as I've known you”
Source: Eleven on Top
“Cupcake, your middle name is trouble.”
Source: Four to Score
“Cupcakes - when you want to watch your weight, but still feel the pride that comes with eating an entire cake.”
“Cupid "the little greatest enemy."”
“Cupid "the little greatest god."”
Source: Southey's Common-place Book
“Cupid and Bacchus my saints are,
May drink and love still reign,
With wine I wash away my cares,
And then to cunt again.”
Source: Poems by John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester
“Cupid and my Campaspe play'd
At cards for kisses - Cupid paid:
He stakes his quiver, bow, and arrows,
His mother's doves, and team of sparrows;
Loses them too; then down he throws
The coral of his lips, the rose
Growing one's cheek (but none knows how);
With these, the crystal of his brow,
And then the dimple of his chin:
All these did my Campaspe win.
At last he set her both his eyes -
She won, and Cupid blind did rise.
O Love! has she done this for thee?
What shall, alas! become of me?”
“Cupid had struck his heart to the core but had forgotten to put even a mere scratch on his beloved's.”
Source: Ruby
“Cupid, if you’re watching, you are going to love this next part.”
Source: Running from Cupid
“Cupid in these latter times has probably laid aside his bow and arrow, and uses fire-arms -- a pistol -- perhaps a revolver.”
Source: Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne: Letters, Diaries, Reminiscences and Extensive Biographies: Autobiographical Writings of the Renowned American Novelist, Author of
“Cupid is a casuist, a mystic, and a cabalist,-- Can your lurking thought surprise, And interpret your device, . . . . All things wait for and divine him,-- How shall I dare to malign him?”
Source: Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Major Poetry
“Cupid is a knavish lad, Thus to make poor females mad.”
“Cupid is anything but cute. As for handing our hearts, he’s more likely to rip them out. (Julian) But he can make people fall in love. (Selena) No. What he offers is an illusion. No power from above can make one human love another. Love comes from within the heart. (Julian)”
“Cupid is naked and does not like artifices contrived by beauty.”
“Cupid makes it his sport to pull the warrior's plum.”
“Cupid's bloody bow is strung with a million hearts, wisdom bought at a terrible price, and love laid to rest on the river of Time.”
Source: New York Minute: An Actor's Memoir
“Cupid's not the only one with an arrow," I scowled”
“Cupidity...takes created things for ends in themselves, which they are not. The will that seeks rest in creatures for their own sake stops on the way to its true end, terminates in a value which does not exist, and thus frustrates all its deepest capacities for happiness and peace.”
“Cupping a cheek in each hand, he lifted her back up to his desk and pressed his hips hard into hers.
Her eyes were worried. "But people keep coming---"
"The next person to come is going to be you," he said.”
Source: My Kind of Wonderful
“Cupping her chin, he said, "Sexiest female I've ever seen."
One side of her mouth turned up with a smile while her eyes twinkled. "Even gray and leathery?"
"Ever so bonny.”
Source: Knights of Stone: Bryce
“Cupping her face, I brushed her lips with my thumb. “You’re medicine for my soul, Bailey. Never forget that.”
Her naughty gaze shifted into something softer. “Thank you for being brave enough to love me.”
Despite her earnest expression, I laughed. “Like I had a choice.”
Source: Damaged and the Dragon
“Cupping her face, I reclaim her lips and gently guide her body next to mine on the bed. Rachel’s tank rides up and my fingers explore the satin skin of her belly. There are so many places I long to go, so many places I crave to take her.
“I want to go further,” she whispers. When I skim the waistband of her pants, her breathing hitches.
Further. Damn, my entire body responds. I don’t miss the way her hand fidgets with the hem of her shirt. Scared I’ll spook her, I don’t push her too far, but I’m all for reading body language. I place my hand over hers and her smile appears.
“You sure?” I ask. I kiss each and every centimeter of her exposed skin as I move up her tank. I linger over the material of her bra and Rachel fists the sheet with both hands. She’s so damn hot I’m about to forget slow and go for fast.
But I ignore those urges and guide the material up and over her head. I don’t know what the hell I did to have such a beautiful creature in my bed, but she’s here and I’m going to spend tonight worshipping this gift in front of me.”
Source: Crash into You
“Cupping his face, Ísa kissed him with wild affection. "Thank you for caring."
He rolled his eyes. "That's like thanking me for breathing." She was his; of course he'd care for her and those who were important to her.”
Source: Cherish Hard
“Cupping my cheeks, he exhaled a soft groan, and his lips scorched mine as he deepened the kiss until we both were breathless from its intensity. Daemon moved as close as he could with the chair between us. Gripping his arms, I held onto him, wanting him closer. The chair prevented all but our lips and hands from touching. Frustrating.
Move, I ordered restlessly.
It trembled under my foot, and then the heavy oak chair slid out from under me, dodging our leaning bodies. Unprepared for the sudden void, Daemon lurched forward, and I was unable to carry the unexpected weight. I collapsed backward, bringing Daemon along with me.
The full contact of his body, flush against mine, sent my senses into chaotic overdrive. His tongue swept over mine as his fingers splayed across my cheeks. His hand slid down my side, gripping my hip as he urged me closer. The kisses slowed and his chest rose as he drank me in.
With one last lingering exploration, he lifted his head and smiled down at me.
My heart skipped a beat as he hovered over me with an expression that tugged deep in my chest. He moved his finger back up, along my cheek, trailing an invisible path to my chin.
"I didn't move that chair, Kitten."
"I know."
"I'm assuming you didn't like where it was?"
"It was in your way," I said. My hands were still curled around his arms.
"I can see that." Daemon smoothed a fingertip over the curve of my bottom lip before taking my hand, pulling me up.”
Source: Onyx
“Cupping one of her cheeks, he swiped at the wetness. “Would you want to live without me?”
Tears flowing freely, she shook her head.
“Then don’t expect me to live without you. You’re mine, Fiona. Have been from the moment I laid eyes on you, from the moment you tried to warn me off fighting your brother because you were worried I’d get hurt. Don’t you dare expect me to live a life without you! You go into the afterlife? So do I. Simple as that. If we have a day left, I want to enjoy every second of it with you.”
Source: Saved by Darkness
“Cups hold more than just life.”
“Cuquis can read. She pores over a Bible the missionaries have given her.
"Listen to this," she says. "'Let the rich man glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away. For the sun rises with a scorching wind and withers the grass. And its flower falls off. And the beauty of its appearance is destroyed. So too the rich man in his pursuits will fade away.'"
Several of the women mutter, "Amen."
"Good old Jesus Christ," Cuca says. "He'll kick the shit out of those rich bastards.”
Source: Six Kinds of Sky: A Collection of Short Fiction
“Curate a lean life that allows you to move flexibly through your universe to experience greater joy at speed.”
“Curation comes up when people realize that it isn’t just about information seeking, it’s also about synchronizing a community.”
“Curation comes up when search stops working.”
“Curation is a form of pattern recognition - pieces of information or insight which over time amount to an implicit point of view.”
“Curation is more than packaging-it is to help readers [discern] what is important in the world.”
“Curators are great, but they're inherently biased. Curators are always making an editorial decision. Those biases have really big implications.”
“Curb Your Enthusiasm comedian Larry David, who was officiating at the wedding, was at Musk's table, and when they sat down, David seemed to be fuming. "Do you just want to murder kids in schools?" he asked Musk.
"No, no," Musk stuttered, both baffled and annoyed. "I'm anti-kid murder."
"Then how could you vote Republican?" David asked.”
“Curb Your Enthusiasm set me up so perfectly. That was one of my favorite shows before I got on it. That started a whole different level of a story for me. I didn't know how to process it until after I got on the show and realized what the purpose of it was.”
“Curb Your Enthusiasm, is not so much about Hollywood. It's more about Larry's weaknesses.”
“Curb your fretting, tadpole, or the frog of your future will fail to croak.'
-Thaddeus”
Source: Dragonsight
“Curb your senses and your mind and see the Lord within your heart.”
“Curb your talent lest it speed where virtue does not guide.”
“Curbing negativity is also about owning up to one’s responsibilities, and not passing the buck. It is a usual tendency to look at the source of failure and negativity outside of ourselves typically in the team members we work with. I can say one thing that failure has taught me is to look inward, and even if it is a team member who has failed, try and see the best in them and encourage them out of that failure.”
“Cure cancer—get three years.
Cure heart disease—get three years.
Fund biotech—get more than three years.”
Source: sciVive