Sloughed Off Quotes

#1. But a new thing, a great hitch, had happened yesterday in the gliding and noiseless current of his life, and he felt as a snake must feel who has sloughed off its winter skin, and cannot understand the brightness and sensitiveness of its new one.

Thomas Hardy

#2. Memory and sadness were John's real clothes, and Lance knew from wearing his own outfit of misery that they were unyielding burdens that refused to be sloughed off, no matter how hard one tried. "Have

Joe Hart

#3. Youth wasn't like the skin of a snake that you sloughed off and never saw again but rather a feeling that you tuck away because you think you don't need it any more and it's only when you come across it by accident that you realise just how much fun it really is

Mike Gayle

#4. I don't consider myself a great actress. I'm just trying to stay alive, actually. I think I'm good, and I've learned a lot, certainly, mostly in the theater. I've been sloughed off movies for years. But what can you do? That's life.

Lauren Bacall

#5. The eye that directs a needle in the delicate meshes of embroidery will equally well bisect a star with the spiderweb of the micrometer.

Maria Mitchell

#6. All great acts are ruled by intention. What you mean is what you get.

Brenna Yovanoff

#7. I think it took me a long time to realize that you can't really score unless someone passes you the ball. The older you get as a woman, it's fewer and far between. The material isn't there.

Amanda Peet

#8. There is nothing more practical than a good theory.

Leonid Brezhnev

#9. To consider the degree of concord which ultimately prevailed as less than a miracle.

James Madison

#10. If a public groundswell occurs without altering people's attitudes or shifting the cultural dialogue at least slightly, then it's not a movement - it's just a fad.

Scott Goodson

#11. Nobody has said to men, 'It is OK if you want to be a full-time dad; find a woman who will support you.'

Warren Farrell

#12. I write to breath life back into memory to remind African-Americans of our rich and textured history. I also see myself as a "root," and for me the "fierce winds" include the marginalization-the downright segregation-of literature written by people of color.

Bernice L. McFadden

#13. Rules should always be bent, if not broken. It's the only way to have any fun.

Alyson Noel

#14. Adjusted for inflation, the median income is now less than it was when President Obama took office, and less than it was when President Bush took office before him.

Anonymous

#15. Rejection was like sandpaper. His skin sloughed away under its constant onslaught. After a while, Samuel wasn't sure which would last long: himself or his dreams.

Nicola Yoon

#16. We don't need someone to show us the ropes. We are the ones we've been waiting for. Deep inside us we know the feelings we need to guide us. Our task is to learn to trust our inner knowing.

Sonia Johnson

#17. I have to live with my decisions, whether you like them or not.

Maria Irene Fornes

#18. The custom of my grandfather's day is still going strong in Latin America. American girls do not seem to understand it.

Desi Arnaz

#19. Finally there was a moment when it just hit me. John wouldn't want me to sit on my butt for the rest of my life feeling sorry for myself or sorry for him. As cheesy as it sounds, he would have wanted us to go on.

Kaley Cuoco