#fuss

I fell,” he repeated for the hundredth time. “But you didn’t fall very far,” Mary Sarojini now said. “No, I didn’t fall very far,” he agreed. “So what’s all the fuss about?” the child inquired. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#humor #inspirational #inspirational

City people make most of the fuss about the charms of country life. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#charms #city #city people #country #fuss

I've discovered that I value simplicity above all in dressing. I don't like anything I wear to be too complicated or fussy. ↗

— Ziyi Zhang

#anything #complicated #discovered #dressing #fussy

It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others matter more than you do, so 'don't fuss, dear; get on with it.' ↗

— Audrey Hepburn

#come #dear #ethic #first #fuss

There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man. ↗

— Patrick Rothfuss

#name-of-the-wind #patrick-rothfuss #wisdom #anger

Death? Why this fuss about death? Use your imagination, try to visualize a world without death! Death is the essential condition of life, not an evil. ↗

— Charlotte Perkins Gilman

#condition #death #essential #evil #fuss

Some people won't go the extra mile, and then on their birthday, when no one makes a fuss, they feel neglected and bitter. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#bitter #extra #extra mile #feel #fuss

I've worried more and more as the years have gone on. The more you're seen to be doing well, the more stress there is. You feel you ought to consider things more, and be more fussy - there's further to fall. All these little worries. ↗

— Matthew Macfadyen

#doing #fall #feel #further #fussy

I still get a lot of material but I find that as one gets older you get more fussy. You know you're going spend a year or a year and a half on this and you know there are only so many films in you so you get a little bit more selective. ↗

— Norman Jewison

#films #find #fussy #get #gets

I am quite fussy about clothes. ↗

— Jay Kay

#am #clothes #fussy #i #i am