#appear

He had the appeal of a very young dog of a very large breed -- a kind of amiable absurdity. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#puppies #young-men #men

A decent moustache can intimidate a man, while a great moustache can frighten an army. ↗

— Anya Wylde

#intimidate #men-s-appearance #moustache #men

The young man went to India, where he was drowned. As there is no mystery in this matter, it may as well be stated here that young Heaton ultimately returned to England, as drowned men have ever been in the habit of doing, when their return will mightily inconvenience innocent persons who have taken their places. It is a disputed question whether the sudden disappearance of a man, or his reappearance after a lapse of years, is the more annoying. ("The Vengeance Of The Dead") ↗

— Robert Barr

#reappearance #replacement #men

In the general American population, 3.9 percent of adult men are six foot two or taller. Among my CEO sample, almost a third were six foot two or taller. ↗

— Malcolm Gladwell

#assumptions #prejudice #men

Being afraid you'll look like a coward is the worst reason for doing anything. ↗

— John Irving

#cowardice #cowardice

The Creator has – I say it in all reverence - drawn a myriad red herrings across the track, but the true scientist refuses to be baffled by superficial appearances in detecting the secrets of Nature. The vulgar herd catches at the gross apparent fact, but the man of insight knows what lies on the surfaces does lie. ↗

— Israel Zangwill

#god #lies #nature #science #scientists

Only when man cornered, potential forced to appear. ↗

— Toba Beta

#cornered #forced #human #natural #potential

It may be said that poems are in one way like icebergs: only about a third of their bulk appears above the surface of the page. ↗

— Howard Nemerov

#above #appears #bulk #icebergs #like

The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to certainty; the new therefore always appears in the guise of a miracle. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

#always #appears #certainty #everyday #guise

It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. ↗

— Aristotle

#ideas #make #nor #number #once