#eyes

The French want no-one to be their superior. The English want inferiors. The Frenchman constantly raises his eyes above him with anxiety. The Englishman lowers his beneath him with satisfaction. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#anxiety #beneath #constantly #english #englishman

By the time I got home at night, my eyes were so chlorinated I saw rings around every light. ↗

— Esther Williams

#by the time #every #eyes #got #home

Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision. ↗

— Stevie Wonder

#eyes #his #just #just because #lacks

It is difficult to talk about fashion in the abstract, without a human body before my eyes, without drawings, without a choice of fabric - without a practical or visual reality. ↗

— Giorgio Armani

#abstract #before #body #choice #difficult

When you are listening to music it is better to cover your eyes than your ears. ↗

— Jose Bergaman

#cover #ears #eyes #listening #music

She gave up beauty in her tender youth, gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways; she covered up her eyes lest they should gaze on vanity, and chose the bitter truth. ↗

— Christina Rossetti

#bitter #bitter truth #chose #covered #eyes

The prophet and the martyr do not see the hooting throng. Their eyes are fixed on the eternities. ↗

— Benjamin Cardozo

#fixed #martyr #prophet #see #their

I would watch Gonzalez play and he mesmerized you. It would be like looking into the flame of a fire. You know you couldn't take your eyes off him because you never knew what he would do next. ↗

— Jimmy Connors

#eyes #fire #flame #him #i

I often shoot with scissors in my eyes. ↗

— Allan Dwan

#i #often #scissors #shoot

I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#amazed #basically #contempt #convinced #dogs