V Quotes
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“Vanity's contribution to Fiction in general was an abundance of cheap labour and the occasional blockbuster, which was accepted into Fiction with an apologetic 'gosh, don't know how that happened'.”
Source: One of Our Thursdays Is Missing
“Vanity seemed meaningless, in this outpost in the back of the beyond, when the only person looking back at her was the reflection in the mirror.”
Source: Missing, Presumed Dead
“Vanity should never tempt a player to engage in a combat at the risk of loss of health. It is bad enough to lose without the additional annoyance of paying doctors' bills.”
“Vanity, thy name is crow. Which is funny because c-r-o-w is also how you spell kleptomaniac.”
Source: Amber Gambler
“Vanity, vanity.”
“Vanity was stronger than love at sixteen and there was no room in her hot heart now for anything but hate.”
Source: Gone with the wind
“Vanity was the beginning and the end of Sir Walter Elliot's character; vanity of person and of situation. He had been remarkably handsome in his youth; and, at fifty-four, was still a very fine man. Few women could think more of their personal appearance than he did; nor could the valet of any new-made lord be more delighted with the place he held in society. He considered the blessing of beauty as inferior only to the blessing of a baronetcy; and the Sir Walter Elliot, who united these gifts, was the constant object of his warmest respect and devotion.”
Source: Persuasion
“Vanity was the beginning and the end of Sir Walter Elliot's character; vanity of person and of situation.”
“Vanity was the beginning and the end of Sir Walter Elliot's character; vanity of person and of situation. He had been remarkably handsome in his youth; and, at fifty-four, was still a very fine man. Few women could think more of their personal appearance than he did, nor could the valet of any new made lord be more delighted with the place he held in society. He considered the blessing of beauty as inferior only to the blessing of a baronetcy; and the Sir Walter Elliott, who united these gifts, was the constant object of his warmest respect and devotion.”
“Vanity well fed is benevolent. Vanity hungry is spiteful.”
“Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.”
Source: Jane Austen's Emma. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
“Vanity's really overrated. When I was 20, teenage girls had my picture on the wall... I don't need to be pretty anymore. I just am who I am.”
“Vanity's ridiculous, but we all fall prey to it from time to time.”
“Vanity, fear, desire, competition - all such distortions within our own egos - condition our vision of those in relation to us. Add to those distortions to our own egos the corresponding distortions in the egos of others, and you see how cloudy the glass must become through which we look at each other.”
Source: The Selected Letters of Tennessee Williams Volume II: 1945-1957
“Vanity, I am sensible, is my cardinal vice and cardinal folly; and I am in continual danger, when in company, of being led an ignis fatuus chase by it.”
Source: The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations
“Vanity, in a fairy tale, will make you evil. Vanity in the real world will drive you nuts. Vanity makes you say things like “I deserved a better life than this.”
“Vanity, indeed, is the very antidote to conceit; for while the former makes us all nerve to the opinion of others, the latter is perfectly satisfied with its opinion of itself.”
“VANITY, n. The tribute of a fool to the worth of the nearest ass.”
Source: The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World
“Vanity, not love, has been my folly.”
Source: Pride and Prejudice: A Novel
“Vanity, or to call it by a gentler name, the desire of admiration and applause, is, perhaps, the most universal principle of humanactions.... Where that desire is wanting, we are apt to be indifferent, listless, indolent, and inert.... I will own to you, under the secrecy of confession, that my vanity has very often made me take great pains to make many a woman in love with me, if I could, for whose person I would not have given a pinch of snuff.”
“Vanity, revenge, loneliness, boredom, all apply: lust is one of the least of the reasons for promiscuity.”
Source: Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin
“Vanity, right?" Nash reappeared in the living room with an open bag of potato chips. "I nominate my venerable brother. He likes to play hero, and one look at him should establish the vanity angle." "Nash!" I really shouldn't have been surprised by the dig. But I was. "What?" He raised one brow at me in challenge. "It's okay to call me jealous, but not to call him vain?" "Awareness of one's obvious advantages doesn't imply vanity," Tod insisted calmly. Nash turned on him. "Does it imply narcissism?" Tod huffed. "This coming from the guy who owns more hair products than his girlfriend.”
Source: Soul Screamers: Volume 4
“Vanity, shame, and above all disposition, often make men brave and women chaste.”
“Vanity, showing off, is an attitude that reduces spirituality to a worldly thing, which is the worst sin that could be committed in the church.”
“Vanity, thy name is vampire.”
Source: Proven Guilty: A Novel Of the Dresden Files
“Vanity: my favorite sin.”
“Vannevar Bush has said that there is no more thrilling experience for a man than to be able to state that he has learned something no other person in the world has ever known before him. … I have been lucky enough to be included in such an event.”
“Vans are the vehicles of murderers. Serial Killers. Rapists. Thieves. Nothing good ever happens in a van. Police should be allowed to arrest van drivers without cause. The van is the cause, asshole.”
Source: Hope: A Tragedy: A Novel
“Vansina citeert een deel van een Harvard-studie over de Belgische kolonie Congo, gesticht in 1908. Het rapport citeert een eerder rapport over Belgisch Congo van 1919 waarin werd beweerd dat de bevolking “met de helft verminderd was”. Het citeert deze bewering om aan te geven dat het vrijwel zeker onjuist is. Dat komt omdat de bevolkingsschattingen voor Belgisch Congo sterk uiteenliepen en puur giswerk bleven. Ze waren van ‘weinig waarde bij het trekken van precieze conclusies’. De enige harde conclusie die het bereikte was dat de bevolking niet toenam. De oorzaken waren talrijk, waaronder slaapziekte, oorlog tussen stammen, slechte voeding, vrouwenhandel, polygamie en de arbeidsomstandigheden voor mannen in Europese industriële en commerciële ondernemingen.”
Source: The Case for Colonialism: A Response to My Critics
“Vanua is the land and you and your clan belong to, but it's more than that. It's the people who live there now and those who have lived there before. It's the traditions they've had and the songs they've sung. What they believed in and what they loved, the togetherness and the memories. The joy over babies who are born and the grief over those who have died.”
Source: Pieces of Happiness
“Vanwaar toch die hunkering naar vervlogen tijden? Let wel, tijden die passé zijn omdat de leefomgeving onomkeerbaar is veranderd.”
Source: Kerken van goud, dominees van hout
“Vanwege, niet wegens, het potentiële gebruik van enkele tijdschriften waar de interesse ligt, zal ik uitkijken naar andere betrekkingen, die mijn voorkeur hebben.”
“Vanye: You're asking me to kill you.
Luthiel: I'm asking you to save her.”
“Vanyusha regarded Olenin as no more than his master. Olenin regarded Vanyusha as no more than his servant. They would have been greatly surprised had anyone told them they were friends. And yet they were friends, without either of them knowing it.”
Source: The Cossacks
“Vanz can't dance, but he'll steal your money.”
“Vapenstillestånd skjuter upp kriget, nedrustning ingjuter fred.”
Source: Världsviking: Gudomlig Poesi
“Vapers are cunt wands,' Donna snaps.”
Source: Kala
“Vapini nadi and the Sanjivani chakra are the two key energy systems in the body that boost immunity, healing and longevity. Regulates T-Cells, B-Cells and telomerase activities.”
Source: 72000 Nadis and 114 Chakras in Human Body for Healing and Meditation
“Vaporized by the sun! Wasn't that what the universe had in store for all of us? There would come a day when the sun exploded like a red balloon, and everyone on earth would be reduced in less than a camera flash to carbon. Didn't Genesis say as much? For dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. This was far more than dull old theology: It was precise scientific observation! Carbon was the Great Leveler--the Grim Reaper.
Diamonds were nothing more than carbon, but carbon in a crystal lattice that made it the hardest known mineral in nature. That was the way we all were headed. I was sure of it. We were destined to be diamonds!”
Source: The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
“Vaporizers are good for your lungs. Cigarette smoke will kill you. I never heard of anybody dying from marijuana smoke. Vaporizers I think are smarter.”
“Var det skjebnen som styrte alt dette? I så fall, hva er skjebnen? Er den Gud? Er skjebnen krefter i kosmos? Hvor er Gud og hvor er Djevelen i slike situasjoner?”
Source: Jeg ville ikke dø
“Var du uenig med noen i byen utenfor denne skolen, var konsekvensen ofte at du skulle bankes. På Foss var sånt helt ukjent. Uenigheter var interessante.”
Source: Min skyld - En historie om frigjøring
“Var en svan mitt bland svin,
Var vatten mitt i vinet.
När alla lever som grönsaker,
Släpp loss ryggraden upprätt.”
Source: Världsviking: Gudomlig Poesi
“Var olduğundan beri, her zaman ve her yerde "fikrinin peşine düşmek" insanın en değişmez uğraşlarından biri olmuştur. Bu alıştırma insana bir tatmin sağlar, bir yarar bulur onda; bu arayışın nereye götüreceğini sormaz kendine.
Şu bir vaıkadır: Fantastik görünümlü fikirlerin; gerçek dünyanın uzun süre gizli kalmış hangi düzeyinin yansıması olduğunun keşfedilmesi yüzyıllar, hatta binyıllar alsa bile zihne ait güçlerin olanaklarının araştırılması daima bir yere varır - bilimsel düşüncenin, özellikle de matematiğin tarihi bunu ispatlar.”
Source: We Are All Cannibals: And Other Essays
“Var olmak bir ayrıcalıktır, yaşamak bir ayrıcalıktır ve bütün bunlar dünyamız tarafından, bu soğuk evrendeki güzel sıcak evimiz tarafından mümkün kılınmıştır! Eğer yüksek ahlaki değerleri olan bir adamsan dünyayı bütün kalbinle korursun! Dünya, dünyadaki tek gerçek kutsal tapınaktır! Onu daha çok sevdikçe onun tarafından daha çok sevileceksin!”
“Vara era veselă pe morminte ca o fetiță care nu știe că-i orfană.”
Source: Lorelei
“Varanasi is God's own creation, where life and death are both subjects of celebration.”
“Varanasi is where the mundane dissolves into the divine, and the living seek the eternal.”
“vardığın hükümler, okuduğun kitaplarla paraleldir mutlaka.”
Source: Martin Eden / The Sea Wolf
“Vari består då detta under? Helt enkelt i den plötsliga upptäckten att ingen, varken makter eller människor, har rätt att ställa sådana krav på mig att min lust till liv förtvinar. Ty om lusten icke finns – vad kan då finnas?
Eftersom jag står vid havet kan jag lära av havet. Ingen har rätt att begära av havet att det skall bära alla båtar eller av vinden att den ständigt skall fylla alla segel. Lika litet har någon rätt att begära av mig, att mitt liv skall bli en fångenskap under funktioner. Inte plikten framför allt utan livet! Jag, liksom varje människa, måste ha rätt till ögonblick då jag får ta ett steg åt sidan och känna, att jag inte bara är en del i den massa, som kallas jordens befolkning, utan en självständig verkande enhet.”
Source: Notre besoin de consolation est impossible à rassasier