I was quite unable to make any white metal alloy hard enough to be made into powder by my machinery.

I would like to think I'm a good secret-keeper, when it comes to friends. I'm quite loyal like that.

Rita got the best of us. We took quite a beating. It's going to take a while to come back from this.

I'm quite a disciplinarian: I can be a shouter. But I can be a very demonstrative kisser and hugger.

I am quite a positive person. I always try to see the good in every situation, the good in everybody.

It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.

I like my body when it is with your body. It is so quite new a thing. Muscles better and nerves more.

Yet consider now, whether women are not quite past sense and reason, when they want to rule over men.

The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are dead.

She said, and I'm not kidding, 'Is this a speaking role?' I wasn't quite sure how to answer that one.

For the artist, drawing is discovery. And that is not just a slick phrase; it is quite literally true.

When I look back at the time that's passed, it makes me think that I'm actually quite a strong person.

Memory is quite central for me. Part of it is that I like the actual texture of writing through memory.

I hope we're not barred from Argentina - I'd quite like to go back for another ham and cheese sandwich.

The first few years I was in Vermont quite a bit, but I don't think I ever spent years and years there.

I haven't made a political statement in quite a long time because, frankly, they get repeated, changed.

I'm really quite simple. I plant flowers and watch them grow... I stay at home and watch the river flow.

It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly.

Quite honestly, I treat myself with cars I really want to drive, and I have some flexibility to do that.

Chess only appeals to quite a small minority. It does not have the cachet of a mainstream popular sport.

I sort of know my role with the ball but with the bat I've been up and down the order quite a few times.

It's very important to like the people you work with. Otherwise, your job is going to be quite miserable.

I prize being just a normal dude that wakes up, goes to work, comes home to his wife - like, quite boring.

I think, quite frankly, I have been on TV too much, but part of it is necessity, and part of it's ability.

There's something about the water - that solitary kind of peaceful feeling. You're on Earth but not quite.

Swords appear strong, but they're actually quite weak. Jesus appears weak, but he's actually quite strong.

The Korean War has also show quite clearly that in a major conflict manpower is as important as horsepower.

No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people.

When you reach for the stars you may not quite get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either.

Well, I'm a huge fan of Ryan Adams, who's from North Carolina. And he's beginning to break really quite big.

I guess I'm just quite observant and I pay attention to a lot of things. Human behavior really fascinates me.

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.

Anyone can watch 'The Worst Witch' - it's quite a versatile programme, even though most of the cast are female.

I learned quite early on in life that we are all two people. And one of those people none of us will ever know.

I have written a book. This will come as quite a shock to some. They didn't think I could read, much less write.

I did quite a lot of research for 'Phobia' because it's a very sensitive topic, so I couldn't have just faked it.

Breasts and bottoms look boringly alike. Faces, though, can be quite different and a damn sight more interesting!

There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.

Although I behave in a quite reserved way in my personal life, give me a stage and I'll be as flamboyant as I can.

We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.

I've always been fascinated by the human body, but you can become quite morbid and paranoid if you think too much.

Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes.

I think my life is quite boring, but apparently people like watching me eat takeout, and crying about my love life.

No matter how great we get with digital formats of instrumentation, nothing really quite duplicates the real thing.

After the events of the 20th century, God, quite reasonably, left Europe. But He's still here in the United States.

If I'm going to dress up, I like things that are quite long and classic. I like feeling dressed up and like a lady.

I like to say that I practice militant mysticism. I'm really absolutely sure of some things that I don't quite know.

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized.

I am not an academic who happens to have written a novel. I am a novelist who happens to be quite good academically.

I have discovered the virtue of patience and I don't quite believe that taking a break for good reason can be a risk.

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