Quotes About The Grand Gesture

#1. Pay attention, he thinks. Not to the grand gesture, but to the passing breath.

Lauren Groff

#2. But I also know that sometimes Adam needs to do things the dramatic way. He is fond of the Grand Gesture

Gayle Forman

#3. Even the hooligan was probably invented in China centuries before we thought of him.

Saki

#4. Maybe it is only a quiet, day-to-day loyalty that is worth having; maybe the grand love or the great gesture is always doomed.

Natasha Walter

#5. The Boomers have modeled a set of bad habits, and one grand gesture is not going to unwind all those bad habits.

Eric Liu

#6. If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.

Red Green

#7. Only as a grand gesture of defeat will men creep into the arms of the state and seek refuge in its power rather than their own courage.

Henry Wriston

#8. Varro to Brian: You always think there has to be some grand gesture, but really, there doesn't even have to be words. Just knowing something should be all the truth you need.

Mary Calmes

#9. Instinctively it is the small things that make the biggest of differences.Men of a certain type are about showing off and the grand gestures.The gesture tends to overwhelm the meaning behind it.

K.J. Kilton

#10. The first contraceptive was crocodile dung," she whispered. "The Egyptians used it in 2000 BC.

Jill Shalvis

#11. Princess, the whole idea of one grand gesture is bull shit. If
you're with someone who never shows you they care in the little
ways and then they do one huge drastic thing, that's not love,
that's desperation." -Connor Wright

Devon Herrera

#12. When surprised and excited and innocent Gus emerged from Grand Gesture Metaphorically Inclined Augustus, I literally could not resist.

John Green

#13. Well, yeah," he said. "But before that, my grand romantic gesture would have totally gotten me laid."
I laughed pretty hard, hard enough that I felt where the chest tube had been.
"You laugh because it's true," he said.
I laughed again.
"It's true, isn't it!

John Green

#14. Begin claimed that Sadat's visit to Jerusalem was merely a grand gesture, and that what Sadat really wanted was a Palestinian state and

Lawrence Wright

#15. King of grand gesture.

Rainbow Rowell

#16. Toph kicks over the microphone stand in a grand, asshole gesture, and the three of them jump off the stage. It's a little less dramatic when they have to come right back to take apart their stuff before the next band comes on.

Stephanie Perkins

#17. And then my mom called, "Have fun on your date, Hayden!"
Another step down and I thought, Good.Mom is mistaken and has led Nick to believe I'm going on a date.
One more step down and I thought,Oh no,Mom has led Nick believe I'm going on a date!"

Jennifer Echols

#18. No matter what the results, it is my choices that define me. And I will fight for them, even when it seems that failure is inevitable. Perhaps most especially then.

Cat Hellisen