Miss Quotes - page 6

It was the same with the whole Russian machine. Fear was the impulse. For them it was always safer to advance than retreat. Advance against the enemy and the bullet might miss you. Retreat, evade, betray and the bullet would never miss. (Ian Fleming)
We aimed far and high, but we did not miss the mark. View quote
Pierre Trudeau
For legislators make the citizens good by forming habits in them, and this is the wish of every legislator, and those who do not effect it miss their mark, and it is in this that a good constitution differs from a bad one. View quote
Aristotle
Again, it is possible to fail in many ways (for evil belongs to the class of the unlimited and good to that of the limited), while to succeed is possible only in one way (for which reason also one is easy and the other difficult-to miss the mark easy, to hit it difficult); for these reasons also, then, excess and defect are characteristic of vice, and the mean of virtue; For men are good in but one way, but bad in many. View quote
Aristotle
Think about yourself at least once in your life otherwise you may miss the best comedy in this world. View quote
Charlie Chaplin
Do you ever wait for the longest day of the year and then miss it? I always wait for the longest day of the year and then miss it! View quote
F. Scott Fitzgerald
We should fight to preserve a country where people such as Michael Moore get to miss the point as badly as he misses it. Michael Moore represents everything I detest in a human being. View quote
Dennis Miller
It's strange that those we miss the most Are those we take for granted. View quote
John Betjeman
I think Miss Moore was right to cut "The Steeple-Jack” - the poem seems plainer and clearer in its shortened state - but she has cut too much... The reader may feel like saying, "Let her do as she pleases with the poem; it's hers, isn't it?” No; it's much too good a poem for that, it long ago became everybody's, and we can protest just as we could if Donatello cut off David's left leg. View quote
Randall Jarrell
The ways we miss our lives are life. View quote
Randall Jarrell
When I turn around, he cups my face in his hands and he kisses me so deeply that I don't know who is breathing for who, but his mouth and tongue taste like warm honey. I don't know how long it lasts, but when I let go of him, I miss it already. (Melina Marchetta)
Stars should not be seen alone. That's why there are so many. Two people should stand together and look at them. One person alone will surely miss the good ones. View quote
Augusten Burroughs
I equate ego with trying to figure everything out instead of going with the flow. That closes your heart and your mind to the person or situation that's right in front of you, and you miss so much. View quote
Pema Chodron
We can go through our whole lives worrying about our future happiness, and totally miss where true peace lives-right here, right now. View quote
Peter Russell
You learn eventually that, while there are no villains, there are no heroes either. And until you make the final discovery that there are only human beings, who are therefore all the more fascinating, you are liable to miss something. View quote
Paul Gallico
I miss her all the time. I know in my head that she has gone. the only difference is that I am getting used to the pain. It's like discovering a great hole in the ground. To begin with, you forget it's there and keep falling in. After a while, it's still there, but you learn to walk round it. View quote
Rachel Joyce
I couldn't miss Percy's fifteenth birthday,” Poseidon said. "Why, if this were Sparta, Percy would be a man today!” "That's true,” Paul said. "I used to teach ancient history.” Poseidon's eyes twinkled. "That's me. Ancient history. View quote
Rick Riordan
The thing I miss the most about Scotland is the football. View quote
Robert Carlyle
Sometimes I miss coaching, but often things are not how they appear in football. View quote
Ruud Gullit
The truth is, when it gets really quiet, when the silence gets too loud, i really start to miss everyone. View quote
Stephen Chbosky
I wish I knew. It might make me miss him more clearly. It might have made sad sense. (Stephen Chbosky)
I miss my family, and I like being a tourist when I go back. View quote
Tim Roth
I would miss months of school and then return with bright blond hair. Needless to say, there was bullying. I wasn't beaten up daily, but there was name-calling and jealousy. You have to bear in mind that 'Harry Potter' wasn't cool. I wasn't part of the 'Terminator' franchise. View quote
Tom Felton
In order to be Miss Anybody you had to have excellent grades, and I had terrible grades because of my dyslexia. View quote
Fannie Flagg
Miss Hayes, have you stopped to consider that you might have this all backward? That in fact you are my fantasy? View quote
Shannon Hale