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Heart Quotes

"I don't have any illusion that The Creeper is as popular or will ever be as popular as any of the classic movie monsters, but I think in the heart of every young horror fan is his desire to create his own creature."

"I don't have any illusion that The Creeper is as popular or will ever be as popular as any of the classic movie monsters, but I think in the heart of every young horror fan is his desire to create his own creature."

Victor Salva, American Director

Heart, Desire, Horror, Illusion

4

"Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive nervousness on their behalf."

"Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive nervousness on their behalf."

William James, American Philosopher

Heart, Caution, Errors, Nervousness

4

"We see in the electroencephalogram a concomitant phenomenon of the continuous nerve processes which take place in the brain, exactly as the electrocardiogram represents a concomitant phenomenon of the contractions of the individual segments of the heart."

"We see in the electroencephalogram a concomitant phenomenon of the continuous nerve processes which take place in the brain, exactly as the electrocardiogram represents a concomitant phenomenon of the contractions of the individual segments of the heart."

Hans Berger, German Scientist

4

"When I get my heart rate up, I get good exercise and I think it's good for a lot of things, plus it's not hurting my hips right now."

"When I get my heart rate up, I get good exercise and I think it's good for a lot of things, plus it's not hurting my hips right now."

Mike Ditka, American Coach

Heart, Exercise, Now, Right

4

"If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart."

"If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart."

Jesse Jackson, American Activist

4

"Now, a recent study from cardiologists at the University of Maryland, has shown that laughter may have a beneficial effect on the heart."

"Now, a recent study from cardiologists at the University of Maryland, has shown that laughter may have a beneficial effect on the heart."

Allen Klein, American Businessman

Heart, Effect, Laughter, May

4

"He has your finger, but I have your heart."

"He has your finger, but I have your heart."

Brian Celio, American Novelist

4

"The Vatican is a dagger in the heart of Italy."

"The Vatican is a dagger in the heart of Italy."

Thomas Paine, English Writer

4

"The rat stops gnawing in the wood, the dungeon walls withdraw, the weight is lifted your pulse steadies and the sun has found your heart, the day was not bad, the season has not been bad, there is sense and even promise in going on."

"The rat stops gnawing in the wood, the dungeon walls withdraw, the weight is lifted your pulse steadies and the sun has found your heart, the day was not bad, the season has not been bad, there is sense and even promise in going on."

Bernard De Voto, American Writer

Heart, Day, Promise, Sense

3

"But the two of them together, broke my heart. Olympia and Peter, those scenes... When they're kissing in their 20s and then kissing in their 70s, that's what it is. And they had never met five minutes before they shot those scenes."

"But the two of them together, broke my heart. Olympia and Peter, those scenes... When they're kissing in their 20s and then kissing in their 70s, that's what it is. And they had never met five minutes before they shot those scenes."

Paul Reiser, American Comedian

3

"What I need to do to heal myself and to be assuring and allay the fears of others and to heal them if they had any heart wounds from something I may have said."

"What I need to do to heal myself and to be assuring and allay the fears of others and to heal them if they had any heart wounds from something I may have said."

Mel Gibson, American Actor

Heart, May, Wounds

3

"All grand thoughts come from the heart."

"All grand thoughts come from the heart."

Marquis De Vauvenargues, French Philosopher

Heart, Thoughts

3

"Heart of America is a movie I'm very proud of. The young actors are great and the story has impact."

"Heart of America is a movie I'm very proud of. The young actors are great and the story has impact."

Uwe Boll, German Director

Heart, Actors, America

3

"I have my warts. I sometimes say things that get me in trouble. In other words, I lead with my heart and not my head. That's the only chance we have against George Bush."

"I have my warts. I sometimes say things that get me in trouble. In other words, I lead with my heart and not my head. That's the only chance we have against George Bush."

Howard Dean, American Politician

Heart, Chance, Trouble, Words

3

"Knock on the heart's emotions and its gates will be widely opened, but nock on reason and doubt will come charging at you."

"Knock on the heart's emotions and its gates will be widely opened, but nock on reason and doubt will come charging at you."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Heart, Emotion, Reason, Doubt

3

"No one knows how it is that with one glance a boy can break through into a girl's heart."

"No one knows how it is that with one glance a boy can break through into a girl's heart."

Nancy Thayer, American Writer

3

"The greens are harder than a whore's heart."

"The greens are harder than a whore's heart."

Sam Snead, American Athlete

3

"I have the heart of a man, not a woman, and I am not afraid of anything."

"I have the heart of a man, not a woman, and I am not afraid of anything."

Elizabeth I, English Royalty

Heart, Man, Woman

3

"If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing."

"If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing."

Marc Chagall, French Artist

3

"The provocation with Holmes is the fact that he's described by Doyle as a man without a heart - all brain... and that's very difficult to play, or even indicate."

"The provocation with Holmes is the fact that he's described by Doyle as a man without a heart - all brain... and that's very difficult to play, or even indicate."

Jeremy Brett, British Actor

Heart, Fact, Man, Play

3

"Stress exacerbates any problem, whether it's diabetes, heart trouble, MS, or whatever."

"Stress exacerbates any problem, whether it's diabetes, heart trouble, MS, or whatever."

Mary Ann Mobley, American Actress

Heart, Stress, Trouble

3

"You cannot contribute anything to the ideal condition of mind and heart known as Brotherhood, however much you preach, posture, or agree, unless you live it."

"You cannot contribute anything to the ideal condition of mind and heart known as Brotherhood, however much you preach, posture, or agree, unless you live it."

Faith Baldwin, American Novelist

Heart, Brotherhood, Mind

3

"I get crazy in a bookstore. It makes my heart beat hard because I want to buy everything."

"I get crazy in a bookstore. It makes my heart beat hard because I want to buy everything."

Reese Witherspoon, American Actress

3

"Except for the occasional heart attack, I never felt better."

"Except for the occasional heart attack, I never felt better."

Dick Cheney, American Vice President

3

"It's not the heart that compels conclusions in cases, it's the law."

"It's not the heart that compels conclusions in cases, it's the law."

Sonia Sotomayor, American Judge

3

"The doctor who applied a stethoscope to my heart was not satisfied. I was told to get my papers with the clerk in the outer hall. I was medically rejected."

"The doctor who applied a stethoscope to my heart was not satisfied. I was told to get my papers with the clerk in the outer hall. I was medically rejected."

C. S. Forester, English Novelist

3

"When an actor asks you to read his script, your heart sinks. The number of scripts I've been given by actors that are so unbelievably terrible!"

"When an actor asks you to read his script, your heart sinks. The number of scripts I've been given by actors that are so unbelievably terrible!"

Richard Grant, American Author

Heart, Actor, Actors

3

"My heart burnt within me with indignation and grief; we could think of nothing else. All night long we had only snatches of sleep, waking up perpetually to the sense of a great shock and grief. Every one is feeling the same. I never knew so universal a feeling."

"My heart burnt within me with indignation and grief; we could think of nothing else. All night long we had only snatches of sleep, waking up perpetually to the sense of a great shock and grief. Every one is feeling the same. I never knew so universal a feeling."

Elizabeth Gaskell, British Novelist

Heart, Feeling, Grief, Night

3

"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."

"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French Novelist

3

"When I die India will be found engraved on my heart."

"When I die India will be found engraved on my heart."

Queen Mary, British Royalty

3

"The heart of the matter seems to me to be the direct interaction between one's making a poem in English and a poem in the language that one understands and values. I don't see how you can do it otherwise."

"The heart of the matter seems to me to be the direct interaction between one's making a poem in English and a poem in the language that one understands and values. I don't see how you can do it otherwise."

Robert Fitzgerald, American Author

Heart, Values, English, Language

3

"I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near your heart."

"I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near your heart."

Pope John XXIII, Italian Clergyman

3

"He who truly believes that which prompts him to an action has looked upon the action to lust after it, he has committed it already in his heart."

"He who truly believes that which prompts him to an action has looked upon the action to lust after it, he has committed it already in his heart."

William Kingdon Clifford, English Mathematician

Heart, Action, Lust

3

"O, popular applause! what heart of man is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?"

"O, popular applause! what heart of man is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?"

William Cowper, English Poet

Heart, Man, Popular, Proof

3

"Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks."

"Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks."

Joe Paterno, American Coach

Heart, Discipline, Confidence, Key

3

"Do not for a moment suppose that you must make yourself better, or prepare your heart for a worthy reception of Christ, but come at once - come as you are."

"Do not for a moment suppose that you must make yourself better, or prepare your heart for a worthy reception of Christ, but come at once - come as you are."

Archibald Alexander, American Clergyman

3

"It will never do to plead sin as an excuse for sin, or to attempt to justify sinful acts by pleading that we have an evil heart. This instead of being a valid apology, is the very ground of our condemnation."

"It will never do to plead sin as an excuse for sin, or to attempt to justify sinful acts by pleading that we have an evil heart. This instead of being a valid apology, is the very ground of our condemnation."

Archibald Alexander, American Clergyman

Heart, Apology, Being, Evil

3

"He's thinking more with his heart than with his brain."

"He's thinking more with his heart than with his brain."

David Smith, American Educator

Heart, Thinking

3

"I rode fire trucks, slid down fire poles, wore a lot of red, and made a lot of appearances. I've always had a special place in my heart for fire fighters."

"I rode fire trucks, slid down fire poles, wore a lot of red, and made a lot of appearances. I've always had a special place in my heart for fire fighters."

Delta Burke, American Actress

3

"I realize that I had always in my heart of hearts planned to write a biography of Marie Antoinette."

"I realize that I had always in my heart of hearts planned to write a biography of Marie Antoinette."

Antonia Fraser, British Author

Heart, Biography

3

"When you know something in your heart, you better not be quiet about it. You better speak out about it."

"When you know something in your heart, you better not be quiet about it. You better speak out about it."

Zach Wamp, American Politician

3

"That man never grows old who keeps a child in his heart."

"That man never grows old who keeps a child in his heart."

Richard Steele, British Dramatist

Heart, Man, Old

3

"The condition of the wounded touched my heart deeply."

"The condition of the wounded touched my heart deeply."

Christiaan Rudolf de Wet, South African Politician

Heart, Southafrican

3

"What we're dealt with hopefully is two arms, two eyes, two legs, a head, a heart. The variations, the extensions, the possibilities of the human body, what that can do."

"What we're dealt with hopefully is two arms, two eyes, two legs, a head, a heart. The variations, the extensions, the possibilities of the human body, what that can do."

John Guare, American Playwright

Heart, Body, Eyes, Possibilities

3

"And then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will yes."

"And then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will yes."

James Joyce, Irish Novelist

Heart, Eyes, Will

3

"The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion."

"The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion."

Everett Dirksen, American Politician

Heart, Compassion, Mind, Persuasion

3

"I think Hillary and Bill are really liberals at heart. I think that, in addition to being liberals, they are very practical. They have made some decisions about what it takes to win."

"I think Hillary and Bill are really liberals at heart. I think that, in addition to being liberals, they are very practical. They have made some decisions about what it takes to win."

Maxine Waters, American Politician

Heart, Being, Decisions, Liberals

3

"What I wish to show when I paint is the way I see things with my eyes and in my heart."

"What I wish to show when I paint is the way I see things with my eyes and in my heart."

Raoul Dufy, French Artist

3

"It is infinitely better to transplant a heart than to bury it to be devoured by worms."

"It is infinitely better to transplant a heart than to bury it to be devoured by worms."

Christiaan Barnard, South African Scientist

3

"Heart disease continues to be the number one killer; cancer, the number 2 killer, not far behind. The tragic aspect of these deadly diseases is that they could all be cured, I do believe, if we had sufficient funding."

"Heart disease continues to be the number one killer; cancer, the number 2 killer, not far behind. The tragic aspect of these deadly diseases is that they could all be cured, I do believe, if we had sufficient funding."

Arlen Specter, American Politician

Heart, Cancer, Disease

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