You searched for shields did you mean:
- Brooke Shields: American actress and model
- Carol Shields: American-born Canadian novelist
Quotes 1 till 20 of 68.
-
I've never been naturally fashion conscious. I'm the kind of person who sees a whole outfit in a magazine, runs out and buys it but looks like a clown.
-
A childhood is what anyone wants to remember of it. It leaves behind no fossils, except perhaps in fiction.
-
A man who publishes his letters becomes a nudist - nothing shields him from the world's gaze except his bare skin. A writer, writing away, can always fix himself up to make himself more presentable, but a man who has written a letter is stuck with it for all time.
-
A woman's life isn't worth a plateful of cabbage if she hasn't felt life stir under her heart. Taking a little one to nurse, watching him grow to manhood, that's what love is.
-
At Princeton I gained a great deal of pleasure from success in my classes. knowing that I could accomplish those things, and I realized that my success was directly proportionate to the work I put in.
-
Being nice to everybody, saying hello to everyone in the room, signing every autograph; it was instilled in me at a very young age that this was what I was suppose to do. But I don't think it helps at all. I see more people who are rude or arrogant being rewarded - but, this way, I can put my head on the pillow at night.
-
Depression is like a bruise that never goes away. A bruise in your mind. You just got to be careful not to touch it where it hurts. It's always there, though.
-
Don't waste a minute not being happy. If one window closes, run to the next window- or break down a door.
-
Don't waste your time on life.
Source: De zelfmoord van de meisjes (2008) 168 -
Eight shows a week is daunting, and it can be terrifying. But it just instills such a sense of confidence and growth.
-
Everybody says, 'When you have kids, you really get away from yourself.' But really, it's the most selfish thing I've ever done. It's like, Okay, I'm going to create unconditional love for myself, and I'm going to need it and want it and ask for it every day, and I'm going to get it.
-
Everyone struggles against despair, but it always wins in the end. It has to. It's the thing that lets us say goodbye.
Source: Middlesex (2003) 524 -
From the time I could speak, I knew I wanted to have children. It was just an innate desire.
-
Heartbreak is funny to everyone but the heartbroken.
Source: The Marriage Plot (2011) 82 -
Honesty is the quality I value most in a friend. Not bluntness, but honesty with compassion.
-
I always feel like the odd mom out, because trust me when I tell you I'm on my girls. And every time I am, I know from the outside it looks like I'm an overbearing, controlling parent. But I don't think we have any responsibility to anybody else but our kids and ourselves.
-
I don't like to leave my children for long periods of time. It's made me more picky about roles that are close, especially on television.
-
I don’t know what you’re feeling, I won’t even pretend.
Source: De zelfmoord van de meisjes (2008) 46 -
I have a group of friends in my life, and we all give each other something different. I've known my two closest friends for many years. One is a friend from high school, and the other I met right after college. My deep, deep friends remind me every day of the good parts of my personality.
All shields famous quotes and sayings you will always find on greatest-quotations.com
