Top 100 Chestnut Quotes
#1. Girls, sometimes I feel as if those exams mean everything, but when I look at the big buds swelling on those chestnut trees and the misty blue air at the end of the streets they don't seem half so important.
L.M. Montgomery
#2. What had to move - a leaf of the chestnut tree, for instance - moved.
Marcel Proust
#3. I had no portrait, now, but am small, like the wren; and my hair is bold, like the chestnut bur; and my eyes, like the sherry in the glass, that the guest leaves.
Emily Dickinson
#4. If you dry the chestnut, both the barks being taken away, beat them into powder and make the powder up into an electuary with honey, it is a first-rate remedy for cough and spitting of blood.
Nicholas Culpeper
#5. I am shrunken and shriveled inside, a rotten chestnut hidden beneath a deceptively smooth shell
Laura Wiess
#6. Another tug and a yank at my chestnut curls and she snarls at me, "You are so much like her."
This is something my mother often says and never explains. Though it is a great mystery to me it is also a blessing, for she always hurries from the room after saying it.
Gwenn Wright
#7. A waft of wind came sweeping down the laurel-walk, and trembled through the boughs of the chestnut: it wandered away-away-to an indefinite distance-it died. The nightingale's song was then the only voice of the hour: in listening to it, I again wept.
Charlotte Bronte
#8. She was a tall woman with unfashionable hips and a long chestnut braid singing down her back.
Toni Morrison
#9. The ordinary chestnut can beget a sickly and reluctant laugh, but it takes a horse chestnut to fetch the gorgeous big horse-laugh.
Mark Twain
#11. There's an old chestnut that asks whether an entrepreneur is born or made and I think it's a combination of both. You need the talent; without the talent you can't do it.
Theo Paphitis
#12. You know I don't know a chestnut from a conker.'
[ ... ] 'A Chestnut is a conker
Eloisa James
#13. At the beginning Earth was a hell; then it became a heaven! Hell is the road leading to heaven! Chestnut tastes good after roasted! When the sand lives through hell, it becomes a beautiful glass!
Mehmet Murat Ildan
#14. Strikingly tall, broad, a thick head of silky chestnut hair, olive skin and beautiful almond shaped eyes. His was a strong face, masculine, powerful. I disliked it greatly.
Samantha Young
#15. Chestnut brown canary, ruby throated sparrow, sing a song, don't be long, thrill me to the marrow.
Sidney Crosby
#16. This is the weather the cuckoo likes,
And so do I;
When showers betumble the chestnut spikes,
And nestlings fly
Thomas Hardy
#17. If the day comes when our descendants can venture with wonder into chestnut forests, we will have gained back more than a perfect tree. We will have gained a new reason for hope.
Susan Freinkel
#18. In Chestnut Hill money didn't talk, but it drank, and played a lot of golf.
Alistair McHarg
#19. Chick forced himself to turn his head away, to walk in view of that window, to take the ten exposed steps down to the chestnut's stall.
Dick Francis
#20. Fire is no laughing matter. In a drunken attempt to appear womanly, my neighbor tried to burn her pubes off when she was fifteen, but it hurt too much to get it completely smooth. My friend had sex with her two years later and said her clit looked like a chestnut. I've been pro-bush ever since.
Brian Celio
#21. He was a handsome man, several inches over six feet, green-eyed, with dark chestnut hair and features that bore the patrician stamp of aristocratic breeding. She put his age at just past thirty but had formed no opinion of him as a person.
Grace Burrowes
#22. Where is he? Bridgerton!" he bellowed.
Three chestnut heads swiveled in his direction. Simon stomped across the grass, murder in his eyes.
"I meant the idiot Bridgerton."
"That, I believe," Anthony said mildly, tilting his chin toward Colin, "would refer to you.
Julia Quinn
#23. And occasionally a sweet chestnut. Miss Honey, wishing to change the subject for the moment, gave the names of all these to Matilda and taught her how to recognize them by the shape of their leaves and the pattern of the bark on their trunks. Matilda took all this
Roald Dahl
#24. I could not help reflecting that the bullet which had struck the chestnut [horse] had certainly passed within a foot of my head. So at any rate I had been 'under fire.' That was something.
Winston Churchill
#25. Weave for the mighty chestnut
A tributary crown
Of autumn leaves, the brightest then
When autumn leaves are brown
Hang up his bridle on the wall,
His saddle on the tree,
Till time shall bring some racing king
Worthy to wear as he!
William Nack
#26. I'm a huge fan of Morris Chestnut. I grew up with Morris, and I know him personally.
Tia Mowry
#27. One of those was occupied by a dwarf. Clean-shaved and pink-cheeked, with a mop of chestnut hair, a heavy brow, and a squashed nose, he perched on a high stool with a wooden spoon in hand, contemplating a bowl of purplish gruel with red-rimmed eyes. Ugly little bastard, Tyrion thought. The
George R R Martin
#28. When the striped pole slips by I slide low in the saddle and give Kali room to go. One moment she's bottled up, and the next she's a stream of copper, her chestnut mane smacking me hard in the face while her strides lengthen and everything becomes a droning rumble of hooves and wind.
Mara Dabrishus
#29. I once painted a concert singer and on the chestnut frame I carved the opening bars of Mendelssohn's Rest in the Lord. It was ornamental unobtrusive and to musicians I think it emphasized the expression of the face and pose of the figure.
Thomas Eakins
#30. Under the spreading chestnut tree I sold you and you sold me:
There lie they, and here lie we
Under the spreading chestnut tree.
George Orwell
#31. Late one brilliant April afternoon Professor Lucius Wilson stood at the head of Chestnut Street, looking about him with the pleased air of a man of taste who does not very often get to Boston.
Willa Cather
#32. The chestnut's proud, and the lilac's pretty, The poplar's gentle and tall, But the plane tree's kind to the poor dull city - I love him best of all.
E. Nesbit
#33. Gawd, he thought furiously, he hadn't expected it to be like this. Just a lousy walk down the yard to give a carrot to the gangly chestnut. Guilt and fear and treachery. They bypassed his sneering mind and erupted through his nerves instead.
Dick Francis
#34. The Arcadians were chestnut-eaters.
Alcaeus
#35. Ravenwood ran a hand through his wavy chestnut hair, upsetting the careful work of his valet.
Or not. Given the popularity of the "frightened owl" hairstyle today, Amelia couldn't fathom much effort being involved at all.
Erica Ridley
#36. Sometimes I feel as if those exams meant everything, but when I look at the big buds swelling on those chestnut trees and the misty blue air ... They don't seem half so important
L.M. Montgomery
#37. Under a spreading chestnut-tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
#38. I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.
Nikos Kazantzakis
#39. A chestnut-haired child
Cheering up, went
and stood in his stall.
And took the whole incident
like a young colt -
and to live seemed worthwhile,
and to labor,
worthy.
Vladimir Mayakovsky
#40. You are like a chestnut burr, prickly outside, but silky-soft within, and a sweet kernel, if one can only get at it. Love will make you show your heart some day, and then the rough burr will fall off.
Louisa May Alcott
#41. Dark blue, heavy with emotion, gazed up unblinkingly into wide chestnut. Every movement, every yearning was reflected between the couple's eyes.
Sylvain Reynard
#42. If a professional musician in a symphony orchestra is playing Beethoven. But this particular orchestra have played this particular chestnut so many times, they can play it in their sleep. Does the genius remain present in the music or not?
Robert Fripp
#43. My grown man crush is Morris Chestnut. He's just timeless!
Zendaya
#44. How simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea ... All that is required to feel that here and now is happiness is a simple, frugal heart.
Nikos Kazantzakis
#45. For luck you carried a horse chestnut and a rabbit's foot in your right pocket. The fur had been worn off the rabbit's foot long ago and the bones and the sinews were polished by the wear. The claws scratched in the lining of your pocket and you knew your luck was still there.
Ernest Hemingway,
#46. out of each pain which we dont mention
a chestnut tree grows up and remains mysterious behind us
out of each hope which we cherish astar arises
and move unattainable in front of us
Vasko Popa
#47. In a good mood I call my hair Chestnut with Gold Glints. In a bad mood, I call it mousy brown
Mary Ann Shaffer
#48. 99% of the people in the world would say there's something that they'd like to change about their lives, because nothing's perfect, and nobody's perfect. I suppose I could look at the glass half-empty instead of as half-full.
Morris Chestnut
#49. Showtime has given new, young filmmakers - black, white, across the board - an opportunity to make films, as well as actors who want to cross over into directing.
Morris Chestnut
#50. I'm kind of a private person, and sometimes it's like pulling teeth to get me to talk.
Morris Chestnut
#51. I've been scuffed up a little, but I just hope and pray that I keep my youthful looks for as long as possible. I grew up in a musical family
my mom sings and my father plays the piano. They were both very active in the church.
Cyrus Chestnut
#52. I'm an R&B and Hip-Hop type guy. When I work out, which I do at least four or five times a week, I love to get the latest Hip-Hop because it really pumps me up and inspires me to get that workout on.
Morris Chestnut
#53. A lot of people come to quote-unquote Hollywood thinking that all they just have to be different or do something outlandish or have a huge personality to become a star. But I think that if you just focus on the craft, you'll have a better chance at longevity.
Morris Chestnut
#54. I do feel that movies and music do have the power to slightly influence a person's decision. I believe that if violence is not in a person, then the film is not going to encourage them [people].
Morris Chestnut
#55. And I think from a male perspective, we have men talking about their feelings and it being okay.
Morris Chestnut
#56. I would like more challenging roles. I definitely would like to something that's more challenging.
Morris Chestnut
#57. There are a lot of people in this business that don't work consistently.
Morris Chestnut
#58. People want what's best for them, and they can switch on a dime, because there's always a new disruptor disrupting the last disruptor. So companies should just strive to keep changing and adapting to their customers' needs.
Ben Chestnut
#59. I would never want any of my kids to go into this industry; not until they are old enough to understand and if this is something that they really want to do.
Morris Chestnut
#60. I think you just have to work hard for about 10 years before you know what you're doing
Ben Chestnut
#61. If I can send one person home after a performance feeling better than when they arrived, then I've done my job, and I sleep good at night.
Cyrus Chestnut
#62. I want viewers to relate to me on a different level, not just a sexual level.
Morris Chestnut
#63. I think the best type of action movie combines a love story with the action.
Morris Chestnut
#64. I try to keep in shape and I always have to check myself. Whenever I binge eat, sweets are the one temptation.
Morris Chestnut
#65. To me the work is so much more interesting, the parts that don't require you just to take your shirt off.
Morris Chestnut
#66. Unless you are really grounded and have a true sense of reality, you can get lost in that and a lot of people do and that's why you see so many people with successful careers but with destructive lives.
Morris Chestnut
#67. Action films are emotionally and physically draining, and you're dirty and sweaty. In a romantic comedy, you have to have your fingernails perfect, you're in air-conditioned rooms the whole time.
Morris Chestnut
#70. Sometimes the stereotypes that a lot of people have are of black men in jail or who don't take care of their kids, so I think it's always important to have that.
Morris Chestnut
#72. When you are the lead in a romantic comedy, you have to worry about people really liking you.
Morris Chestnut
#73. You go from movies where you are wearing nice clothes and you're trying to smell good to a movie where you are in water and you are wet all day, and you are dealing with that elements, it gets rough, but it was definitely something I wanted to try.
Morris Chestnut
#74. When people are courting, many of them think that when they get married, that's it, and everything will be on Easy Street. But you really have to work even harder once you're married, because the challenges are that much greater.
Morris Chestnut
#75. Producing is easier, I can just be at the set overseeing the story.
Morris Chestnut
#76. At one point, people thought that Eddie Murphy would only reach one sector of the audience, but now everyone sees everything Eddie Murphy does.
Morris Chestnut
#77. I like to eat sweets. When I go to a restaurant, I'll read the dessert menu before I even look at the entrees.
Morris Chestnut
#78. Nah, I'm not a prima donna, but I just don't like being cold and wet.
Morris Chestnut
#79. One thing I love about making an ensemble film is that you can have ten people come away from it with ten different messages.
Morris Chestnut
#81. I enjoy what I do, but it's more challenging than people think.
Morris Chestnut
#83. I'm getting to the point where they see me as a good actor, rather than just a good guy who can act.
Morris Chestnut
#84. I hate being cold and I hate being wet and around 80% percent of this film I was cold and another 60% I was cold and wet, so it wasn't the best shoot for me.
Morris Chestnut
#85. This industry is very make-believe and you caught in a false sense of what reality is.
Morris Chestnut
#86. I think that Mos Def is the best actor, but when you talk about rappers in films, I don't really think the quality of the acting is most important because most rappers are put in movies because of the personality and people want to see that.
Morris Chestnut
#87. I did a film which was considered an independent movie with Dustin Hoffman and Andy Garcia called Confidence, and that's the type of film I was willing to take a chance on that because of the caliber of people involved with the film.
Morris Chestnut
#89. Humans want to create lots of cool stuff, then they want to see other people using that stuff. A lot.
Ben Chestnut
#90. Instead of focusing on the work, you focus on the entropy and the chaos and you get a byproduct.
Ben Chestnut
#91. Oh yeah, I'm a huge romance fan. And some women like action.
Morris Chestnut
#92. My idea of a perfect holiday is spending time with the family, waking up on Christmas morning or Thanksgiving morning, watching football all day, having the family come over, people you haven't seen.
Morris Chestnut
#93. An editorial in the Los Angeles Times [1923] wistfully asked, 'Will eating chestnuts by crackling log fires become one of the lost arts preserved by a devoted people only in poetry and romance?
Susan Freinkel
#94. Some people make a career out of doing one thing, but I wanted to diversify my body of work.
Morris Chestnut
#95. I am just another fireman because the story focuses on Joaquin Phoenix's character, but I play Joaquin's close friend and I get burned up a little bit, but I don't die.
Morris Chestnut
#97. A lot of times, women don't get the male perspective in regards to a relationship, what men go through when they're not really dealing well.
Morris Chestnut
#98. Knowledge about the process being modeled starts fairly low, then increases as understanding is obtained and tapers off to a high value at the end.
Harold Chestnut
#99. It's all about the writing, and of course, the ghosts.
Debi Chestnut
#100. This film is what it is. It's a campy thriller horror movie where you go and have fun. With these types of films, you can't take it too seriously. They are what they are.
Morris Chestnut
