A Quote by Conrad Veidt

No, I was not born with a monocle in my eye. — © Conrad Veidt
No, I was not born with a monocle in my eye.

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A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye.
I would like to see a president with a monocle.
We're born to shimmer, we're born to shine We're born to radiate We're born to live, we're born to love We're born to never hate.
One of my favorite products at Warby Parker also happens to be our worst-selling item: the monocle.
There was a time that I would have carried a briefcase and worn a monocle were it to even border on socially acceptable.
Ahab cast a covetous eye at Naboth's vineyard, David a lustful eye at Bathsheba. The eye is the pulse of the soul; as physicians judge of the heart by the pulse, so we by the eye; a rolling eye, a roving heart. The good eye keeps minute time, and strikes when it should; the lustful, crochet-time, and so puts all out of tune.
Bill Gates is just a monocle and a Persian Cat away from being one of the bad guys in a James Bond movie.
How great is the position of the man who is born of God, born of purity, born of faith, born of life, born of power!
I can act with either eye, but you've got to be twice as good as an actor to act with one eye. You need to put all your emotions just through one eye and really punch it out of that eye. I found it quite difficult to do at first, and then I found a technique that allowed me to act with one eye, which I patented.
We are born, so to speak, twice over; born into existence, and born into life; born a human being, and born a man.
Everyone was talking about the gap between my teeth, my monocle, the fancy waistcoats I wore and the seven-inch cigarette holders I used
On the other hand, I'm drawn to top hats, and spats, and mustaches. I haven't read a Missed Connection yet with someone wearing a monocle, but rest assured I'll snap it up if I do.
The great and secret message of the experiential mystics the world over is that, with the eye of contemplation, Spirit can be seen. With the eye of contemplation, the great Within radiantly unfolds. And in all cases, the eye with which you see God is the same eye with which God sees you: the eye of contemplation.
Wisdom views with an indifferent eye all finite joys, all blessings born to die.
Serving people we don't see eye to eye with is the essence of Christianity. Jesus died for a world with which he didn't see eye to eye. If a bakery doesn't want to sell its products to a gay couple, it's their business. Literally. But leave Jesus out of it.
Congratulations," he said, his voice dry. "You finally managed to find a woman as tragically noble as yourself. I didn't think one existed." "I'm not tragic." Kaldar held up his hand. "Spare me. Some children are born wearing a silk shirt; you were born wrapped in melancholy. When they slapped you to make you cry, you just sighed heavily and a single tear rolled from your eye." He dragged his finger from the corner of his left eye to his cheek. " Your first words were probably 'woe is me.'" "My first words were 'Kaldar, shut up!' because you talked too much. Still do.
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