#hint

It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done. ↗

— John Greenleaf Whittier

#entirely #exactly #follow #hints #must

Traveling to swimming meets took me beyond my small-town existence, gave me a hint of the exciting world outside of my own home. ↗

— Esther Williams

#exciting #existence #gave #hint #home

I gave the couple a hint of a design that would work great with the bones of their home. They weren't ready for it, and they embarrassed themselves and that's too bad. ↗

— Douglas Wilson

#bones #couple #design #embarrassed #gave

I have often felt a motion of love to leave some hints in writing of my experience of the goodness of God, and now, in the thirty-sixth year of my age, I begin this work. ↗

— John Woolman

#begin #experience #felt #god #goodness

Yet, if the most frequent sex and apparently the best sex is that between married partners who are faithful to one another, is there not a hint that affection might be an important aspect of sex? Even love? ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#another #apparently #aspect #best #between

Something about her eyes or voice has always suggested the hint of a free spirit, trapped in a Peck and Peck cage, dreaming of making rude noises at public gatherings of Republicans. ↗

— Jeff Greenfield

#always #cage #dreaming #eyes #free

Poetry operates by hints and dark suggestions. It is full of secrets and hidden formulae, like a witch's brew. ↗

— Anthony Hecht

#dark #formulae #full #hidden #hints

All roads indeed lead to Rome, but theirs also is a more mystical destination, some bourne of which no traveller knows the name, some city, they all seem to hint, even more eternal. ↗

— Richard Le Gallienne

#bourne #city #destination #eternal #even

I am perfectly conscious that this contempt and hatred underlies the general tone of the community towards us, and yet when I even remotely hint at the fact that we are not a favorite people I am accused of stirring up strife and setting barriers between the two sects. ↗

— Emma Lazarus

#am #barriers #between #community #conscious

If I could offer but one helpful hint to young Hoosiers hoping to better their odds for success in life, I would simply note the importance of thoughtful reading. ↗

— Richard Lugar

#could #helpful #hint #hoosiers #hoping