Qualities Quotes

Printed books usually outlive bookstores and the publishers who brought them out. They sit around, demanding nothing, for decades. That's one of their nicest qualities - their brute persistence.

Happy the man when he has not the defects of his qualities.

Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.

One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.

Precision is not one of the qualities that comes out in my work.

Physical qualities don't really matter much.

A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions.

We never love a person, but only qualities.

To be a preacher requires two apparently contradictory qualities: confidence and humility.

The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier.

Nothing endures but personal qualities.

You can be revered for all sorts of qualities, but to be truly charismatic is rare. Elizabeth Taylor was, for me, one of those rarities.

I don't much enjoy Back and Forth. I mean, I think it has its own particular qualities, but I think it's inferior to any of the half-hour ones we did.

Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony.

There were two qualities about the mutual funds of the 1920s that made them extremely speculative. One was that they were heavily leveraged. Two, mutual funds were allowed to invest in other mutual funds.

The qualities I am looking for in Miss Right are intelligence and humour.

It is better to believe that a man does possess good qualities than to assert that he does not.

These code authorities could regulate production, quantities, qualities, prices, distribution methods, etc., under the supervision of the NRA. This was fascism.

We want to promote the great qualities of athletics - and maintain its integrity - all over the world.

Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.

I am certain that most Germans have instinctive liking for Italy, just as Italians admire Germans for their many qualities.