Curtness Quotes

#1. Adams's proclivity for truculence and curtness probably emerged early. Uncertain of his abilities and laboring under an exaggerated sense of inadequacy, he probably fashioned such an aggressive manner as a defense mechanism.

John Ferling

#2. The monster is never just there where we think he is. What is truly monstrous is our cowardice and sloth.

Henry David Thoreau

#3. The U.K. has been very progressive about on-demand, and the iPlayer has been a great invention. It has trained a generation of viewers to expect on-demand - unfortunately, it trains them to expect free!

Ted Sarandos

#4. It's no coincidence that I began writing the day my daughter started school. I knew everything I knew before I began to write, but I was raising two children and didn't have the time to get to the typewriter.

Susan Isaacs

#5. Charm is a product of the unexpected.

Jose Marti

#6. WikiLeaks exposed the most dangerous lies of all, which are those that are told to us by elected governments.

Jemima Khan

#7. I think it will be fun to not only play new music, but to get to play different instruments on-stage.

Bethany Cosentino

#8. How can you expect a man who's warm to understand a man who's cold?

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

#9. The question is not, "Do you want to go to heaven?" The question is, "Do you want God?"

Paul Washer

#10. The reason you study with a teacher is primarily for the empowerments, for someone who is enlightened to transfer power to you. What is most important is that the student uses that power intelligently and wisely.

Frederick Lenz