Quotes about charm
James Dean -
My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
Israelmore Ayivor - Daily Drive 365
Your failure may put smiles on people’s faces while your success squeezes tears from their eyes. Don’t be deceived it’s just a charm to entice you to fall in love with mediocrity!
Israelmore Ayivor - Daily Drive 365
Don’t embrace mediocrity its main charm is to make you fall in love with failure. Speed off… Excellence awaits you at the end of your journey!
Victor Hugo -
Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.
Debasish Mridha -
If we had the chance to live forever, life would lose its charm for something better.
Stephanie Kuehn - Charm & Strange
Because blood is blood, and every family has its own force.Its own flavor.Its own charm and strange.
F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Short Stories
When a girl feels that she’s perfectly groomed and dressed she can forget that part of her. That’s charm
Michael Bassey Johnson -
Don't give people the chance to possess you with their negativity; their gibberish can look so charming, but it can't make you a better person.
Kaitlin Bevis - Persephone
Charm me into giving you the red M&Ms. They’re my favorite.'I looked Hades in the eyes. 'Give me the red M&Ms.''Still not good enough.''Give me the damn M&Ms,"'I snapped.He snickered. 'That wasn’t very charming.
Christopher Hitchens - and the Left
The President is also captured in a well-worn TV news clip, making a boilerplate response to a question on terrorism and then asking the reporters to watch his drive. Well, that's what you get if you catch the President on a golf course. If Eisenhower had done this, as he often did, it would have been presented as calm statesmanship. If Clinton had done it, as he often did, it would have shown his charm.
Ramana Pemmaraju -
Most of them are remembered for their works, few are remembered in spite of them...for their finesse!
Georgette Heyer - Sylvester
The charm of your society, my Sparrow, lies in not knowing what you will say next – though one rapidly learns to expect the worst!
Amit Kalantri -
A charming girl gets more proposals than a beautiful girl.
Filippo Bologna - The Parrots
It doesn't matter, the important thing is to fall asleep caressing the charm of an image. Because the last thing you think of before falling asleep must always be the most beautiful.
Jodi Picoult - Keeping Faith
She's not classically beautiful, but somehow that only makes her more interesting.
Robin Hobb - City of Dragons
I'll never miss a chance to remind you of what a brat you were. A gloriously beautiful and very spoiled brat. I was utterly charmed by your complete self-absorption. It was rather like courting a cat.
Giacomo Casanova - The Complete Memoirs of Casanova (Unexpurgated Edition)
They [his readers, whom he asks to be his friends] will find that I have always loved truth so passionately that I have often resorted to lying as a way of first introducing it into minds which were ignorant of its charms” (Casanova, p.34, Vol 1 Preface).
A.J. Darkholme - Rise of the Morningstar
What separates us into engineers and robots, puppeteers and puppets, kings and pawns, is not the status we hold at any given time among others - status is irrelevant; it is the level of ever-present awareness we have of a grey-matter tailor's tools [of flattery, persuasion, and cunning.]
Colleen Chen -
Somehow, it bothered her watching Garth’s charm directed so effectively at another. Could he convince her so easily of an untruth?
Viola Shipman - The Charm Bracelet
The Snowflake CharmBe As Unique As A Snowflake: Embrace All Your Dimensions
Dean Koontz - Deeply Odd
He would never need a knife to spread a pat of butter on his toast. That smile would quickly melt it.
Marc Fitten -
The mayor was the most dangerous of individuals. He possessed, in equal amounts, unhealthy doses of charm and ambition. He was a driven opportunist.
Donna Tartt - The Goldfinch
And though it's a bleak thing to admit all these years later, still I've never met anyone who made me feel loved the way she did. Everything came alive in her company; she cast a charmed theatrical light about her so that to see anything through her eyes was to see it in brighter colors than ordinary.
Debasish Mridha -
See the light of beauty and love,See the magnificence of life,Enjoy the charm and mystery of creation,Enjoy the little beauty around you,Appreciate every little thing, every little love and the blue sky above you.
Guillaume Apollinaire - Calligrammes: Poems of Peace and War
Horse[Man you will find herea new representation of the universeat its most poetic and most modernMan man man man man manGive yourself up to this art where the sublimedoes not exclude charmand brilliancy does not blur the nuanceit is now or never the momentto be sensitive to poetry for it dominatesall dreadfullyGuillaume Apollinaire]
Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure
He's charmed by her as if she were some fairy!" continued Arabella. "See how he looks round at her, and lets his eyes rest on her. I am inclined to think that she don't care for him quite so much as he does for her. She's not a particular warm-hearted creature to my thinking, though she cares for him pretty middling much-- as much as she's able to; and he could make her heart ache a bit if he liked to try--which he's too simple to do.
Mason Cooley -
Innocence is thought charming because it offers delightful possibilities for exploitation.
Keith Ferrazzi -
Charm is simply a matter of being yourself. Your uniqueness is your power.
Heenashree Khandelwal - By Chance
Goddamnit, in your Love FeverI am suffering from Heart TumorYou must be adept …you Pretty CharmerI am falling for you…in this Indian Summer
Stephanie Kuehn - Charm & Strange
She must have seen more of my charm than my strangeness tonight.
Robert Rossen -
Toni, you bring me luck. I'm gonna wear you like a charm.
Marissa Meyer - Scarlet
He asked what she was in for and complimented the find workmanship of her metal extremities, but she ignored him, making him briefly question if he'd been separated from the female population for so long that he could be losing his charm. But that seemed unlikely.
Wilkie Collins - The Woman in White
It was cold and barren. It was no longer the view that I remembered. The sunshine of her presence was far from me. The charm of her voice no longer murmured in my ear.
John Buchan -
The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.
Lucy Larcom -
No one can feel more gratefully the charm of noble scenery, or the refreshment of escape into the unspoiled solitudes of nature, than the laborer at some close in-door employment.
Michael Dorris - A Yellow Raft in Blue Water
She'd have the two of them eating out of her shoe. I've watched her in action, but I could never get away with it. And, I console myself, being cute hasn't made her all that happy.
Oscar Wilde - The Picture of Dorian Gray
But youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.
Oscar Wilde - Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories
If a woman cannot make her mistakes charming, she is only a female.
Julia Suzuki - Yoshiko and the Gift of Charms
Writing is the voice of the heart' Julia Suzuki
F. Scott Fitzgerald -
Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.
Michael Bassey Johnson -
Its really hard to recall the day you became friends with special people.
Ryan Lilly -
Capitalize on charm by continually captivating your customer.
Ramana Pemmaraju -
Ah! That glance of yours did some magic on me, you were not aware of. For once I died and was reborn. To put it simple you did (CRL+ALT+DELETE) to my mind!
Ramana Pemmaraju -
Ah! That glance of yours did some magic on me, you were not aware of. For once I died and was reborn.
Salman Rushdie - The Enchantress of Florence
...that witchcraft requires no potions, familiar spirits, or magic wands. Language upon a silver tongue affords enchantment enough.
Jody Shields - The Fig Eater
She once told him about the mysterious trampled-down places found in fields, which the peasants superstitiously called werewolves' nests. Coming across one of these sites, she fell to her knees and buried her face in the flattened yellow grasses, hoping to inhale the odor of a werewolf, a csordásfarkas. As if his scent was a charm. She smelled nothing but hay burned by the afternoon sun.
Michael Bassey Johnson -
A homely face does not guarantee a homely character. Appearance is the body, character is the spirit, and the soul bears the most vital qualities.
Suzanne Collins - The Hunger Games
Peeta actually is charming and then utterly winning as the boy in love. And there I am, blushing and confused, made beautiful by Cinna’s hands, desirable by Peeta’s confession, tragic by circumstance, and by all accounts, unforgettable.
John Fowles - The Magus
He had the charm of all people who believe implicitly in themselves, that of integration.
Henry Van Dyke -
There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament.
Marcus Tullius Cicero -
Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.
Tippi Hedren -
Hitchcock had a charm about him. He was very funny at times. He was incredibly brilliant in his field of suspense.
E. M. Forster -
Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.
Jean Paul -
Only actions give life strength only moderation gives it charm.
Aldous Huxley -
The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -
Nevertheless the passions, whether violent or not, should never be so expressed as to reach the point of causing disgust; and music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music.
Blaise Pascal -
The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death.
Larry Hogan -
No state can match the beauty of the Chesapeake Bay, our beaches and farms, or the mountains of Western Maryland, the Port of Baltimore, or the historic charm of every corner of our state.
Oscar Wilde -
The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.
Alain de Botton -
To a shameful extent, the charm of marriage boils down to how unpleasant it is to be alone.
Oscar Wilde - The Picture of Dorian Gray
She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness. It is the feet of clay that make the gold of the image precious.
John Keats 1795-1821 -
Do not all charms fly / At the mere touch of cold philosophy?
R.A.Delmonico -
The power of a young woman is in her beauty and charm. The power of a woman in her later years is her social position and her ability to convince.
Sandeep N. Tripathi -
From sunrise to sunset to sunrise, there is a lifetime of beauty, charm and elegance.
Ramana Pemmaraju -
Believe me, men never stare at women, its they who steal our attention - Ramana Pemmaraju
Leo Tolstoy - Anna Karenina
All the diversity, all the charm, and all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.
Jalaluddin Rumi - The Love Poems of Rumi
Looking for Your FaceFrom the beginning of my lifeI have been looking for your facebut today I have seen itToday I have seenthe charm, the beauty,the unfathomable graceof the facethat I was looking forToday I have found youand those who laughedand scorned me yesterdayare sorry that they were not lookingas I didI am bewildered by the magnificenceof your beautyand wish to see youwith a hundred eyesMy heart has burned with passionand has searched foreverfor this wondrous beautythat I now beholdI am
Beatrice Fairfax - Ladies now and then
There used to be a canny politician in the Hyde Park area in Chicago in which I at one time lived for several years. His slogan was "I am for harmony if I have to use an axe." As "Secretary of Charm," if and when my merits and ambitions are recognized by my appointment to that office, I will take a page out of old "Doc" Jamieson's book. My motto will be "I will have charm, even if I have to use a club.
P.D. James - The Children of Men
Charm is often despised but I can never see why. No one has it who isn't capable of genuinely liking others, at least at the actual moment of meeting and speaking. Charm is always genuine; it may be superficial but it isn't false.
Guy de Maupassant -
It is man who has introduced a little grace, beauty, unknown charm and mystery into creation by singing about it, interpreting it, by admiring it as a poet, idealizing it as an artist and by explaining it through science, doubtless making mistakes, but finding ingenious reasons, hidden grace and beauty, unknown charm and mystery in the various phenomena of Nature. God created only coarse beings, full of the germs of disease, who, after a few years of bestial enjoyment, grow old and infirm, with
Israelmore Ayivor - Become a Better You
To become a better you, be diligent and never let the charms of procrastination and excuses seduce you to fall for mediocrity.
Kamand Kojouri -
Seduce yourself first.
Fernando A. Torres -
To what do I attribute our decline? It's far easier to be shocking than charming.
Michael Bassey Johnson -
A beautiful woman should always have at the back of her mind that her ravishing appearance is only an ephemeral quality. When she wakes up in the morning, looks into the mirror, and notices that something is fading away, she knows that the time is ripe for marriage. She should be careful of who she takes into her life because the union is gonna be everlasting.
Ana Claudia Antunes - Precious Princess
He does not need to be an emperor, but a prince.If he has enough charm or elegance to convince.
John Fowles - The Collector
Look, Miranda, he said, those twenty long years that lie between you and me. I've more knowledge of life than you, I've lived more and betrayed more and seen more betrayed. At your age one is bursting with ideals. You think that because I can sometimes see what's trivial and what's important in art that I ought to be more virtuous. But I don't want to be virtuous. My charm (if there is any) for you is simply frankness. And experience. Not goodness. I'm not a good man. Perhaps morally I'm younger
Robin Hobb - Fool's Assassin
I once knew of a minstrel who bragged of having had a thousand women, one time each. He would never know what I knew, that to have one woman a thousand times, and each time find in her a different delight, is far better. I knew now what gleamed in the eyes of old couples when they stared at each other across a room...My familiarity with her was a more potent love elixir than any potion sold by a hedge-witch in the market.
Lailah Gifty Akita -
Beauty is charm.
Coco J. Ginger -
He’s an indulgent sort of man……With a quick lip and a fierce tongue, the sort of tongue that draws you in with charm and words of praise, awkward silences and desperate worships.
Lalah Delia -
I honor you for every timethis year you:got back upvibrated highershined your lightand loved and elevatedbeyond—the call of duty.
Richelle E. Goodrich - Smile Anyway
I'm not saying that I think one man is better than the other. I'm not saying that either is kinder or wiser or more ambitious, more thoughtful, confident, or able. But the fact is that when I'm with the one, comfort settles into my bones. I feel calm around him, as if the sun is smiling down on me and the world has suddenly become a sweet, safe place to be. I feel good about life―about myself. And it's hard not to want to be near someone who, just by their very nature, makes you feel that way.
Mr. Depravity -
The vampire could woo any woman with his charisma and his charm, but he only wishes to romance her.. for eternity.
Ralph Waldo Emerson - The Conduct of Life: A Philosophical Reading
The alleged power to charm down insanity, or ferocity in beasts, is a power behind the eye.
Abhijit Naskar -
A cricketer who hits a century in one match may score zero in the next, if he does not have the same outfit, shoes and bat that he used in the first match. In fact, many sportsmen keep some kind of talisman in their pocket that acts as a lucky charm for their game. Here the talisman or the outfit doesn’t possess any magical power that helps the player to perform better. But it is their own subconscious reliance on the charm, that makes them give their best.
Debasish Mridha -
Love is the giving from the heartWithout expecting any return.Love is the sharing the beauty of lifeWithout expecting any charm or joyLove is the caring with kindnessWithout knowing caring is the joy.
Debasish Mridha -
The universe created us for and with love, joy, charm and beauty; but we are always running behind what is dirty.
Andrew Wilson - Ζωή στο σκοτάδι
[Patricia Highsmith] was an extremely unbalanced person, extremely hostile and misanthropic and totally incapable of any kind of relationship, not just intimate ones. I felt sorry for her, because it wasn't her fault. There was something in her early days or whatever that made her incapable. She drove everybody away and people who really wanted to be friends ended up putting the phone down on her.It seemed to me as if she had to ape feelings and behaviour, like Ripley. Of course sometimes having
Ashly Lorenzana -
The easiest way to gain someone's trust is to deserve it. This should be pretty easy, assuming you're just being you and being real. Minimal effort too.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
I miss you,” is how she entices you.“I want you,” is how she charms you.“I need you,” is how she entraps you.“I love you,” is how she imprisons you.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
When a woman wants your attention, she uses her smile. When she wants your wallet, she uses her charm. When she wants your heart, she uses her touch. When she wants your soul, she uses her kiss.
Avijeet Das -
She was like a mermaid enrapturing me the sailor with all her charms!
Avijeet Das -
Your mind, your words, your charm and your style are all the sexiness that I need in my life!
Avijeet Das -
She has this amazing aura around her which catches you off-guard. A girl’s innocence combined with a woman’s sensitivity. A charm that is alluring and attractive at the same time.
Avijeet Das -
She has a charm that is incomparable. She has a beautiful heart that flows with love. And she has a sensitive soul that enthralls with magic. She was the spark I had been waiting for all my life.
Ana Claudia Antunes - ACross Tic
Shamrocks And roses In an ever green flock Now Up to your noses Turning into a high stock! People nice and seen All around you green! These lucky streams Realizing major dreams. In strives, when in pain Call oh call up my name, Know it isn't in vain...
Dean Koontz - Odd Thomas
You can con God and get away with it, Granny said, if you do so with charm and wit. If you live your life with imagination and verve, God will play along just to see what outrageously entertaining thing you'll do next.
Criss Jami - Killosophy
Ultimate prosperity is one's value within. It takes a man of depth, morality, and charm to be envied yet without a sign of wealth or romance. A passion to prove such inner worth is his permission to achieve whatever he desires.
Gail Carson Levine - Ella Enchanted
He put his hand on my waist, and my heart began to pound, a rougher rhythm than the music. I held my skirt. Our free hands met. His felt warm and comforting and unsettling and bewildering--all at once.
Gail Carson Levine - Ella Enchanted
Would you favor me with a dance?" Over all the others I was his choice! I curtsied, and he took my hand. Our hands knew each other. Char looked at me, startled. "Have we met before, Lady?