Quotes by category:Half

We ought not to extract pernicious honey from poison blossoms of misrepresentation and mendacious half-truth, to pamper the course appetite of bigotry and self-love.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

poison half self

Many leave the labours of half their life to their executors and to chance, because they will not send them abroad unfinished, and are unable to finish them, having prescribed to themselves such a degree of exactness as human diligence can scarcely ontain.

degrees half writing

What I recommend is this: after you've talked to everybody, go take a nap! Take a nap. Your body really needs to sleep. It's like washing your face. If you can't afford a three-hour nap, do a one-hour nap. If you can't afford a one-hour nap, do half an hour. If you can't afford half an hour, do fifteen minutes.

Sandra Cisneros

half naps sleep

Mr. Lyell's system of geology is just half the truth, and no more. He affirms a great deal that is true, and he denies a great deal which is equally true; which is the general characteristic of all systems not embracing the whole truth.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

deny half science

There's nothing half so real in life as the things you've done...... by Sara Teasdale

There's nothing half so real in life as the things you've done... inexorably, unalterably done.

Half-truths are the devil's IOUs. by Sarah Ban Breathnach

Half-truths are the devil's IOUs.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

devil half truth

Social sorrow loses half its pain. by Samuel Johnson

Social sorrow loses half its pain.

pain sorrow half

No one needs to know that you've shut the world out and are meditating as you stroll down the street. Twenty minutes to a half-hour every day is a good amount of time to restore a sense of serenity.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

serenity half needs

. . . I believe one half of the world is born for the convenience... by Sarah Siddons

. . . I believe one half of the world is born for the convenience of the other half . . .

half believe world

I expected something a little more castle-shaped," said Jamie. Nothing lasts forever," Nick said. "Except demons, of course." Has anyone ever told you that you're a charming conversationalist?" Jamie asked. No," Nick replied honestly. I cannot tell you how much that surprises me," Jamie told him, and Nick gave him a half smile.

Sarah Rees Brennan

castles half forever

In two words," said Alan quietly, "there is nothing I love half a... by Sarah Rees Brennan

In two words," said Alan quietly, "there is nothing I love half as much as you.

Sarah Rees Brennan

I do accept at least half of what society in general holds to be... by Satoshi Kon

I do accept at least half of what society in general holds to be right.

I don't think half my stuff would be funny if the audience didn't feel at least a little bit safe that it's not how I truly feel.

Sarah Silverman

half would-be thinking

You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from... by Saul Bellow

You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half.

half mistake inspirational

There is a ban on Indian films in Pakistan, so that's half of our... by Satyajit Ray

There is a ban on Indian films in Pakistan, so that's half of our market gone.

pakistan half gone

Every class of society has its cant of lamentation, which is understood or regarded by none but themselves; and every part of life has its uneasiness, which those who do not feel them will not commiserate. An event which spreads distraction over half the commercial world, assembles the trading companies in councils and committees, and shakes the nerves of a thousand stockjobbers, is read by the landlord and the farmer with frigid indifference.

half humanity class

Half of the popcorn sh-t that's out there, we know it's popcorn. But we're like, "It's my guilty pleasure." I feel like we have more guilty pleasure than actual f - kin' pleasure.

popcorn guilty half

Islam cannot accept or agree to a situation which is half-Islam and half-Jahiliyya [separated from God].

islam accepting half

I knew I had to keep him to myself, as I'd slowly begun to keep everything. We had secrets now, truths and half-truths, that kept her always at arm's length, behind a closed door, miles away.

half secret doors

Wake up, Caitlin, Mr. Lensing had said. But what he didn't understand was that this dreamland was preferable, walking through this life half-sleeping, everything at arm's length or farther away.

wake-up half sleep