#magnificent

I pointed out on the floor last year, after Hurricane Katrina, we were very proud that one of our National Guard engineering battalions was called to Louisiana. And they did a magnificent job. ↗

— Kit Bond

#battalions #called #did #engineering #floor

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature. ↗

— Paul Cezanne

#color #i #lack #magnificent #nature

This magnificent butterfly finds a little heap of dirt and sits still on it; but man will never on his heap of mud keep still. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#dirt #finds #heap #his #keep

There are three things we cry about in life, things that are lost, things that are found, and things that are magnificent. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#cry #found #life #lost #magnificent

I thought Cheever was magnificent and that if I could write like him that would be the best I could do. And then I realized that what I really wanted to write had nothing to do with what he was doing. ↗

— Harry Mathews

#could #doing #had #him #i

The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. ↗

— Henry Miller

#attention #awesome #becomes #blade #close

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood. ↗

— George S. Patton

#base #battle #being #best #brings

And yet there are some magnificent things from Freud, profound insights into the nature of man. ↗

— Chaim Potok

#insights #into #magnificent #man #nature

There are Mafia families that have bought magnificent houses on the North Shore, although not yet the great estates because they don't want that kind of high profile. ↗

— Nelson DeMille

#because #bought #estates #families #great

'Secretariat' was such a magnificent animal, unbelievably beautiful and powerful. It's always nice to see something that close to perfection, a reason to celebrate. ↗

— John Malkovich

#animal #beautiful #celebrate #close #magnificent