Charm Quotes

You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer 'yes' without having asked any clear question.

The name of Jesus, like a secret charm, awakened similar emotions in the hearts of all the converts, and called immediately into action every feeling of moral loveliness, and every desire of dutiful obedience, which constitute Christian purity.

Charm is the quality in others, that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.

I've worked with leading men so worried about losing their charm that they were always winking to the audience.

I'm thrilled to be asked to host the Academy Awards for the second time because, as they say, the third time's a charm.

There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.

The great charm and comfort of the system is, that its affects are palpable within a week of trial, which creates a natural stimulus to persevere for few weeks more, when the fact becomes established beyond question.

Charm is a glow within a woman that casts a most becoming light on others.

Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.

Surely these women won't lose any more of their beauty and charm by putting a ballot in a ballot box once a year than they are likely to lose standing in foundries or laundries all year round. There is no harder contest than the contest for bread, let me tell you that.

The land of literature is a fairy land to those who view it at a distance, but, like all other landscapes, the charm fades on a nearer approach, and the thorns and briars become visible.

I guess I am just not the marrying type. I have given it a few chances, and it just goes haywire after a month or two. I am on wife number five right now, maybe five's a charm?

As we celebrate President Reagan's remarkable career and historic legacy, we also celebrate a man of strong character, deep conviction, unforgettable charm, and wonderful wit.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

You will also allow me to thank the Academy for inviting me to lecture in Stockholm, for its hospitality, and for the opportunity afforded me for admiring the charm of your people and the beauty of your country.

No siren did ever so charm the ear of the listener as the listening ear has charmed the soul of the siren.

Charm them with your presence as soon as they look at you.

Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question.

Here is everything which can lay hold of the eye, ear and imagination - everything which can charm and bewitch the simple and ignorant. I wonder how Luther ever broke the spell.

The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts.

Early in the morning, I fell in love with the girl that later on became my wife. At that time, we were so naive. I wanted to charm her, so I read her Capital by Marx. I thought somehow she would be convinced by the strength of his criticism about capital.

Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.

Remote villages and communities have lost their identity, and their peace and charm have been sacrificed to that worst of abominations, the automobile.

A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar.

Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.

The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.

Charming people live up to the very edge of their charm, and behave as outrageously as the world lets them.

There's a difference between beauty and charm. A beautiful woman is one I notice. A charming woman is one who notices me.

A really plain woman is one who, however beautiful, neglects to charm.

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.