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Sight Quotes - Page 52

It is good breeding alone that can prepossess people in your favor at first sight, more time being necessary to discover greater talents.

Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (1855). “The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author”, p.127

Sight is by much the noblest of the senses. We receive our notices from the other four, through the organs of sensation only. We hear, we feel, we smell, we taste, by touch. But sight rises infinitely higher. It is refined above matter, and equals the faculty of spirit.

Laurence Sterne (1805). “The Works of Laurence Sterne, A. M.: A sentimental journey through France and Italy. The Koran: or, The life, character and sentiments of Tria Juncta in Uno. A political romance”, p.356

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

Julian May (2013). “The Many-Coloured Land”, p.52, Pan Macmillan

Real teams are much more likely to flourish if leaders aim their sights on performance results that balance the needs of customers, employees, and shareholders.

Jon Katzenbach, Douglas Smith (2015). “The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performance Organization”, p.7, Harvard Business Review Press

But oh, she dances in such a way! No sun upon an Easter-day Is half so fine a sight.

Sir John Suckling (1766). “The Works of Sir John Suckling: Containing His Poems, Letters, and Plays”, p.37

I believe that the sight is a more important thing than the drawing.

John Ruskin (2012). “The Elements of Drawing”, p.13, Courier Corporation