A Quote by Samuel Johnson

A blaze first pleases and then tires the sight.

Samuel Johnson

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Blaze First Pleases Sight Then Tires

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Samuel Johnson
English - Writer
September 18, 1709 - December 13, 1784

Venice astonishes more than it pleases at first sight.

Madame de Stael

Love at first sight'some say misnaming Discovery of twinned helplessness Against the huge tug of procreation. But friendship at first sight? This also Catches fiercely at the surprised heart So that the cheek blanches then blushes.

Robert Graves

Our first postulate is that because God is God, He does as He pleases, only as He pleases, always as He pleases; that His great concern is the accomplishment of His own pleasure and the promotion of His own glory that He is the Supreme Being, and therefore Sovereign of the universe.

Arthur W. Pink

I don't think there's anything like love at first sight. What happens is actually lust at first sight.

Abhay Deol

Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.

Herman Melville

Me and a few of my rowdy friends stole the wheels and tires off a brand-new limited-edition Lincoln Mark III that my manager, Merle Kilgore, had just bought. We left it up on blocks and then we sold his own wheels and tires back to him the next day.

Hank Williams Jr.

I'll go on making films until I make one that pleases me from the first to the last frame. Then I'll quit.

Michelangelo Antonioni

There is no such thing as love at first sight, Bryan. There's only sex at first sight.

Julian May

The spread of civilisation may be likened to a fire; first, a feeble spark, next a flickering flame, then a mighty blaze, ever increasing in speed and power.

Nikola Tesla

All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind which only pleases the sight, but does not captivate the affections.

Miguel de Cervantes

When [the saints] perform actions to God, then the soul says: 'Oh! that I could do what pleases God!' When they come to suffer any cross: 'Oh, that what God does might please me!' I labour to do what pleases God, and I labour that what God does shall please me: here is a Christian indeed, who shall endeavour both these. It is but one side of a Christian to endeavour to do what pleases God; you must as well endeavour to be pleased with what God does, and so you will come to be a complete Christian when you can do both, and that is the first thing in the excellence of this grace of contentment.

Jeremiah Burroughs

The fans in Lake Charles, La., were crazy. The Freebirds would get their tires cut, so they started driving to the police station and having the police bring them to the show. The fans then cut the tires on the police car that brought The Freebirds.

Jim Cornette

If you want to give a man something practical, consider tires. More than once, I would have gladly traded all the gifts I got for a new set of tires.

Dave Barry

I believe in love in hindsight, meaning attraction and connection can be remembered as love at first sight. But how could you possibly know at first sight? That's too much pressure to put on a relationship.