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Eye Quotes

"Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing."

"Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing."

Bill Cosby, American Comedian

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"Sometimes the things we have to do are objectionable in the eyes of others."

"Sometimes the things we have to do are objectionable in the eyes of others."

Richard Perle, American Public Servant

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"I don't know Laura Bush. But she seems to be calm, and she has a sparkle in her eye, which is good. But I don't know that she's ever had a real job - I mean, since she's been grown up."

"I don't know Laura Bush. But she seems to be calm, and she has a sparkle in her eye, which is good. But I don't know that she's ever had a real job - I mean, since she's been grown up."

Teresa Heinz, American Celebrity

10

"It's all fun and games 'till someone loses an eye, then it's just fun you can't see."

"It's all fun and games 'till someone loses an eye, then it's just fun you can't see."

James Hetfield, American Musician

Eye, Fun, Games

10

"I don't know what my appeal is. I can see I've got blue eyes and don't look like the Hunchback of Notre Dame but I can't understand the fuss."

"I don't know what my appeal is. I can see I've got blue eyes and don't look like the Hunchback of Notre Dame but I can't understand the fuss."

Rutger Hauer, Dutch Actor

10

"A Minor is one of my all-time favorite keys to play in. It's a very moody key, and also 'A' is the first letter of my name. It just represents the songs through my eyes."

"A Minor is one of my all-time favorite keys to play in. It's a very moody key, and also 'A' is the first letter of my name. It just represents the songs through my eyes."

Alicia Keys, American Musician

Eye, Eyes, Favorite, First, Key

10

"It's an ear job, not an eye job."

"It's an ear job, not an eye job."

Donald T. Regan, American Public Servant

10

"I think the eyes flirt most. There are so many ways to use them."

"I think the eyes flirt most. There are so many ways to use them."

Anna Held, Polish Entertainer

10

"It really costs me a lot emotionally to watch myself on screen. I think of myself, and feel like I'm quite young, and then I look at this old man with the baggy chins and the tired eyes and the receding hairline and all that."

"It really costs me a lot emotionally to watch myself on screen. I think of myself, and feel like I'm quite young, and then I look at this old man with the baggy chins and the tired eyes and the receding hairline and all that."

Gene Hackman, American Actor

Eye, Eyes, Man, Old

10

"There's a lot to do when you're a kid - spiders to catch, girls to poke in the eye - stuff to be getting on with."

"There's a lot to do when you're a kid - spiders to catch, girls to poke in the eye - stuff to be getting on with."

Alan Davies, British Actor

Eye, Girls, Spiders

9

"The plate at each point only sends back to the eye the simple colour imprinted. The other colours are destroyed by interference. The eye thus perceives at each point the constituent colour of the image."

"The plate at each point only sends back to the eye the simple colour imprinted. The other colours are destroyed by interference. The eye thus perceives at each point the constituent colour of the image."

Gabriel Lippmann, French Scientist

9

"On Eye of the Zombie, I had so-called studio musicians."

"On Eye of the Zombie, I had so-called studio musicians."

John Fogerty, American Musician

9

"Suddenly a mist fell from my eyes and I knew the way I had to take."

"Suddenly a mist fell from my eyes and I knew the way I had to take."

Edvard Grieg, Norwegian Composer

9

"Just because you want to be glamorous, don't be a sheep about your eye makeup."

"Just because you want to be glamorous, don't be a sheep about your eye makeup."

Loretta Young, American Actress

Eye, Makeup, Sheep, Want

9

"Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of liberty."

"Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of liberty."

Henry Martyn Robert, American Celebrity

Eye, Eyes, Law, Liberty, Man

9

"When we opened our eyes, we saw bedrock exposed in the walls of the crater."

"When we opened our eyes, we saw bedrock exposed in the walls of the crater."

Steven Squyres, American Scientist

9

"For myself, I am very small indeed in my own eyes."

"For myself, I am very small indeed in my own eyes."

Shmuel Y. Agnon, Israeli Writer

9

"Only a kind person is able to judge another justly and to make allowances for his weaknesses. A kind eye, while recognizing defects, sees beyond them."

"Only a kind person is able to judge another justly and to make allowances for his weaknesses. A kind eye, while recognizing defects, sees beyond them."

Lawrence G. Lovasik, American Clergyman

9

"My eye muscles hurt now when I read our MasterCard bill."

"My eye muscles hurt now when I read our MasterCard bill."

Geoffrey Rush, Australian Actor

9

"Stunted varieties were generally chosen, particularly if they had the side branches opposite or regular, for much depends upon this; a one-sided tree is of no value in the eyes of the Chinese."

"Stunted varieties were generally chosen, particularly if they had the side branches opposite or regular, for much depends upon this; a one-sided tree is of no value in the eyes of the Chinese."

Robert Fortune, Scottish Scientist

Eye, Eyes, Value

8

"I do like to hang out in the corner and keep my eye on the party, or be outside in a smaller group."

"I do like to hang out in the corner and keep my eye on the party, or be outside in a smaller group."

Sara Gilbert, American Actress

8

"That old black magic has me in its spell, That old black magic that you weave so well; Icy fingers up and down my spine, The same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine."

"That old black magic has me in its spell, That old black magic that you weave so well; Icy fingers up and down my spine, The same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine."

Johnny Mercer, American Musician

Eye, Eyes, Magic, Old, Witchcraft

8

"The stars are scattered all over the sky like shimmering tears, there must be great pain in the eye from which they trickled."

"The stars are scattered all over the sky like shimmering tears, there must be great pain in the eye from which they trickled."

Georg Buchner, German Dramatist

Eye, Pain, Sky, Stars

8

"I learned quickly at Columbia that the only eye that mattered was the one on the camera."

"I learned quickly at Columbia that the only eye that mattered was the one on the camera."

Gene Tierney, American Actress

8

"Bugsy Siegel. The mobster with the beautiful blue eyes."

"Bugsy Siegel. The mobster with the beautiful blue eyes."

Cesar Romero, American Actor

8

"I just close my eyes and think of Placido Domingo."

"I just close my eyes and think of Placido Domingo."

Birgit Nilsson, Swedish Musician

8

"They can't censor the gleam in my eye."

"They can't censor the gleam in my eye."

Charles Laughton, English Actor

8

"My kitchen's pink, like skin-tone pink, and I lowered my spice rack so it's eye level - it's true! - and my phone, so I can reach it when I fall, it's right there."

"My kitchen's pink, like skin-tone pink, and I lowered my spice rack so it's eye level - it's true! - and my phone, so I can reach it when I fall, it's right there."

Amy Sedaris, American Actress

Eye, Kitchen, Right, Skin

8

"Heavy pillars, carved from the rock, bear the roof. Slowly, one's eyes become accustomed to the dim light; then they can make out marvelous representations from Indian mythology carved on the walls."

"Heavy pillars, carved from the rock, bear the roof. Slowly, one's eyes become accustomed to the dim light; then they can make out marvelous representations from Indian mythology carved on the walls."

Rudolf Otto, German Theologian

Eye, Eyes, Light, Mythology

8

"When I'm not working I try to stay out of the public eye as much as possible."

"When I'm not working I try to stay out of the public eye as much as possible."

Donna Summer, American Musician

8

"Watching foreign affairs is sometimes like watching a magician; the eye is drawn to the hand performing the dramatic flourishes, leaving the other hand - the one doing the important job - unnoticed."

"Watching foreign affairs is sometimes like watching a magician; the eye is drawn to the hand performing the dramatic flourishes, leaving the other hand - the one doing the important job - unnoticed."

David K. Shipler, American Journalist

7

"You really need to be on the edge and you have to keep your eyes open."

"You really need to be on the edge and you have to keep your eyes open."

Jam Master Jay, American Musician

Eye, Eyes, Open

6

"When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me."

"When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me."

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

Eye, Eyes, Meaning, Now

4

"The heretic is always better dead. And mortal eyes cannot distinguish the saint from the heretic."

"The heretic is always better dead. And mortal eyes cannot distinguish the saint from the heretic."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

3

"He that has one eye is a prince among those that have none."

"He that has one eye is a prince among those that have none."

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

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