Sculptor Henry Quotes

Without her glasses Vivian did look a little frightening. She had tight sinewy strappy muscles and a face that was hardened and almost brutal - a face that might have been chiseled by a sculptor who had fallen out of love with the idea of beauty. ~ Brian Morton

Henry VIII, for example, who was king of England from 1509 to 1547, ended his days surrounded by a great many young people for the simple reason that he'd had most of his old courtiers exiled or executed. Between the years 1532 and 1540 alone, Henry ordered 330 political executions, probably more than any other ruler in British history. If you worked for Henry VIII, then you really didn't need to worry about putting money into your pension fund as you probably wouldn't live long enough to spend it. ~ John Connolly

The history of things that didn't happen has never been written. ~ Henry A. Kissinger

Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims. ~ George Henry Lewes

Always remember that however good you may be, the game is your master. ~ John Henry Taylor

Bright pledge of peace and sunshine! the sure tie Of thy Lord's hand, the object of His eye! When I behold thee, though my light be dim, Distinct, and low, I can in thine see Him Who looks upon thee from His glorious throne, And minds the covenant between all and One. ~ Henry Vaughan

gloomy, pensive, discontented temper This melancholy flatters, but unmans you; What is it else but penury of soul, A lazy frost, a numbness of the mind? - JOHN DRYDEN AT ~ Henry Hitchings

We grant evil freewill (or freewill to evil) is remaining in all natural men: we believe that freewill to good, is from grace and regeneration. ~ Henry Ainsworth

It is a sin against God not to pray for the Israel of God, especially for those of them that are under our charge. Good men are afraid of the guilt of omissions ( I Samuel 12). ~ Matthew Henry

A happy disposition is largely a disposition to make others happy. One life permeates all things, and there is no corner of the cosmos too remote to feel its heart throb. ~ Henry Wood

[ ... ] the success of Egyptian surgery in setting broken bones is very fully demonstrated in the large number of well-joined fractures found in the ancient skeletons. ~ James Henry Breasted

A broken heart, too much cold beer, ocean waves and a willing man were never a good combination, no matter what the country songs said. ~ Patti Callahan Henry

The noblest works of human art and pride show that their makers were not satisfied. ~ Henry Abbey

You speak into it and everything is recorded, voice, tone, intonation, everything. You turn a little wheel, and forth it comes, and can be repeated ten thousand times. Only fancy what this suggests. ~ Henry Irving

I believe that today more than ever a book should be sought after even if it has only one great page in it. We must search for fragments, splinters, toenails, anything that has ore in it, anything that is capable of resuscitating the body and the soul. ~ Henry Miller

The fundamental love that a man needs in his life, if he is to have steady spiritual ease is the love of place where he was a child, and first became aware of the light, and the objects which the light illumined ... It is the hurt child become man that seeks the wilderness, wherein to rebuild himself. ~ Henry Williamson

A man is a great bundle of tools. He is born into this life without the knowledge of how to use them. Education is the process of learning their use. ~ Henry Ward Beecher

Life is real, life is earnest, and the grave is not its goal. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

A large amount of constant activity will get things going. For example, training in the morning will have everything, all the juices flowing by the time you actually get to work. So, when you're at work, you've been already up for an hour or so or two hours, and you're raring to go where everyone else is still wiping sleep out of their eyes. ~ Henry Cavill

The poor monkey, quietly seated on the ground, seemed to be in sore trouble at this display of anger. ~ Henry Walter Bates

The startings and arrivals of the cars are now the epochs in the village day. ~ Henry David Thoreau

Affliction comes to the believer not to make him sad, but sober; not to make him sorry, but wise. Even as the plow enriches the field so that the seed is multiplied a thousandfold, so affliction should magnify our joy and increase our spiritual harvest. ~ Henry Ward Beecher

I am not now, and never have been, a girlfriend of Henry Kissinger. ~ Gloria Steinem

There is just as much beauty visible to us in the landscape as we are prepared to appreciate, and not a grain more ... A man sees only what concerns him. ~ Henry David Thoreau

The riches we impart are the only wealth we shall always retain. ~ Matthew Henry

Reason is not time only interpreter of life. The fountain of action is in time feelings. ~ Henry Theodore Tuckerman

Refinement is the lifting of one's self upwards from the merely sensual; the effort of the soul to etherealize the common wants and uses of life. ~ Henry Ward Beecher

The sun rarely shines in history, what with the dust and confusion; and when we meet with any cheering fact which implies the presence of this luminary, we excerpt and modernize it. ~ Henry David Thoreau

I have heard of many going astray even in the village streets, when the darkness was so thick you could cut it with a knife, as the saying is ... ~ Henry David Thoreau

Like water spilt upon the ground
alas, Our little lives flow swiftly on and pass; Yet may they bring rich harvests and green grass! ~ Henry Van Dyke

Good men do the most harm. ~ Henry Adams

Vision without execution is just hallucination. ~ Henry Ford

Apparently, I am a bit of an exaggerator when I tell stories. But I don't call them lies; I say they are better, funnier truths. ~ Henry Zebrowski

I suddenly recalled that it was here in the squalor and gloom of this sunken street, terrorized perhaps by a premonition of the future, that Mona clung to me and with a quivering voice begged me to promise that I would never leave her, never, no matter what happened. And, only a few days later, I stood on the platform of the Gare St. Lazare and I watched the train pull out, the train that was bearing her away; she was leaning out of the window, just as she had leaned out of the window when I left her in New York, and there was that same, sad, inscrutable smile on her face, that last-minute look which is intended to convey so much, but which is only a mask that is twisted by a vacant smile. ~ Henry Miller

I've always expected the worst, and it's always worse than I expected. ~ Henry James

But my estimates, for instance, based upon book information, were simply ridiculous, fanciful images of African attractions were soon dissipated, anticipated pleasures vanished, and all crude ideas began to resolve themselves into shape. ~ Henry Morton Stanley

We under no circumstances know the appreciate of your parent till we develop into dad and mom ourselves. ~ Henry Ward Beecher

She only modelled for him once,' Max said stubbornly, leaning the canvases back against the wall and replacing the sheet.
'Once, twice or umpteen times, it's proof she knew Spataro ... how shall we put it? ... on terms a man who loved her might resent.'
'There are lots of artists in Montparnasse, Appelby, and lots of artists' models.'
'I wouldn't like it. And I bet Sir Henry didn't like it either.'
'There was nothing between Corinne and Spataro.'
'That's the problem, isn't it?' Appelby pointed with the stem of his pipe at the shrouded paintings. 'There may have been *literally* nothing between them. ~ Robert Goddard

Heart and Brain are the two lords of life. In the metaphors of ordinary speech and in the stricter language of science, we use these terms to indicate two central powers, from which all motives radiate, to which all influences converge. ~ George Henry Lewes

Contempt of others is the truest symptom of a base and bad heart,
while it suggests itself to the mean and the vile, and tickles there little fancy on every occasion, it never enters the great and good mind but on the strongest motives; nor is it then a welcome guest,
affording only an uneasy sensation, and bringing always with it a mixture of concern and compassion. ~ Henry Fielding

Only the defeated and deserters go to war. ~ Henry David Thoreau

My opponent left a glass of whisky 'en prise' and I took it 'en passant'. ~ Joseph Henry Blackburne

Beauty loses its relish; the graces never. ~ Henry Home, Lord Kames

Music keeps you young. Having music in your life keeps you open to things. ~ Henry Rollins

Oh, sure," Gansey said, still cold and annoyed. "God forbid young men display their principles with futile but public protests when they could be skipping school and judging other students from the backseat of a motor vehicle."

"Principles? Henry Cheng's principles are all about getting larger font in the school newsletter," Ronan said. He did a vaguely offensive version of Henry's voice: "Serif? Sans serif? More bold, less italics. ~ Maggie Stiefvater