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Eye Quotes

"A fool is wise in his eyes."

King Solomon, Hebrew Royalty

Eye, Eyes, Fool

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"Imitation is flattery, and The Hills Have Eyes is a classic."

Michael Berryman, American Actor

Eye, Eyes, Flattery, Imitation

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"One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human."

Loren Eiseley, American Scientist

Eye, Reflection

"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

"Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes."

Jim Carrey, Canadian Comedian

Eye, Eyes, Man, Woman

"I shut up and keep my ears and eyes open."

Kieran Culkin, American Actor

Eye, Eyes, Open

"I don't have feeling in my feet to my fingertips; I also have active lesions in my bone marrow and in my eyes."

Karen Duffy, American Actress

Eye, Eyes, Feeling, Feet

"Before I was ever in high school, I had dark circles under my eyes. The rumor was I was a junkie. I have dark circles under my eyes, deal with it."

Benicio Del Toro, American Actor

Eye, Eyes, Rumor, School

"Watch the mouth, it reveals what the eyes try to hide."

John Thaw, British Actor

"What goes down on film is different to what you see with the naked eye."

Christopher Eccleston, English Actor

"Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes."

Thomas W. Higginson, American Clergyman

Eye, Eyes, Originality

"You're the only one who's closing your eyes at night. There's no one else who can do it for you."

James Caan, American Actor

Eye, Eyes, Night

"Last tour my bass rig was breaking down every other night. That was a pain. We would get on stage and Trey would count off the song, and I'd play the first note and nothing would be there. Those guys would just roll their eyes."

Mike Gordon, American Musician

Eye, Eyes, First, Night, Nothing

"His eyes so dim, so wasted each limb, that, heedless of grammar, they all cried, that's him!"

Richard Harris Barham, English Comedian

Eye, Eyes, Grammar

"Justice should remove the bandage from her eyes long enough to distinguish between the vicious and the unfortunate."

Robert Green Ingersoll, American Lawyer

Eye, Eyes, Justice

"If I hurt someone, if I were to accidentally poke someone's eye out, I would laugh. And then I'd say, 'I'm sorry, I really do feel bad,' but then I'm on the floor rolling."

Rachel McAdams, Canadian Actress

"The most important thing in the face is the eyes, and if you can make the eyes talk, you're halfway there."

Ian Holm, English Actor

Eye, Eyes, Talk

"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

"When we go to play, you flip around and flash around and everything, and then they're not gonna see nothin' but what their eyes see. Forget about their ears."

Jimi Hendrix, American Musician

Eye, Eyes, Forget, Play

"Television is chewing gum for the eyes."

Frank Lloyd Wright, American Architect

Eye, Eyes, Television

"I like to browse in Cartier, Chanel and Gucci and if something special grabs my eye I splash out."

Lisa Snowdon, English Model

"You can tell a lot from someone's eyes."

Lorne Michaels, Canadian Producer

"I often close my eyes because I can't tolerate violence."

Christine Baranski, American Actress

Eye, Eyes, Violence

"I have glaucoma, so use eye drops both morning and night."

Malcolm Boyd, American Clergyman

"I have only one eye. Do you want me to look at the road or the at the speedometer."

Moshe Dayan, Israeli Soldier

Eye, Road, Want

"I remember watching Jodie Foster in Contact, and that kind of opened my eyes."

Joel Gretsch, American Actor

"Fathering makes a man, whatever his standing in the eyes of the world, feel strong and good and important, just as he makes his child feel loved and valued."

Frank Pittman, American Psychiatrist

Eye, Eyes, Man, World

"Although Darwin was able to persuade much of the world that a modern eye could be produced gradually from a much simpler structure, he did not even attempt to explain how the simple light sensitive spot that was his starting point actually worked."

Michael Behe, American Scientist

Eye, Light, World

"Wearing sunglasses at night hurts your eyes after a while."

Corey Hart, Canadian Musician

Eye, Eyes, Night

"No sight that human eyes can look upon is more provocative of awe than is the night sky scattered thick with stars."

Llewelyn Powys, British Author

Eye, Eyes, Night, Provocative, Sight

"I like to feel the burn of the audience's eyes when I'm whispering all my darkest secrets into the microphone."

Conor Oberst, American Musician

Eye, Eyes, Secrets

"There's always the new wrinkle. One must keep one's eyes always open."

George Peppard, American Actor

Eye, Eyes, Open

"The glory of my name increases my shame. Less known by mortals, I could better escape their eyes."

Jean Racine, French Dramatist

Eye, Eyes, Glory, Name, Shame

"If I could be granted a wish, I'd shine in your eye like a jewel."

Bette Midler, American Actress

"You'll never be disappointed if you always keep an eye on uncharted territory, where you'll be challenged and growing and having fun."

Kirstie Alley, American Actress

"The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light you shine on it, the more it will contract."

Oliver Holmes, Jr., American Judge

Eye, Light, Mind, Will

"I'd rather live on my own than live with a face that looks at me with the wrong eyes."

Jane Birkin, English Actress

Eye, Eyes, Wrong

"A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was."

Joseph Hall, English Clergyman

Eye, Eyes, May, Reputation, Will

"The eye condition that I have is Marfan's Syndrome."

Vincent Schiavelli, American Actor

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

John Fogerty, American Musician

"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

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

Edvard Grieg, Norwegian Composer

"There is less in this than meets the eye."

Tallulah Bankhead, American Actress

"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

"I can move both of my eyes separately in different directions."

Corbin Bleu, American Actor

"The master's eye is the best fertilizer."

Gaius Plinius Secondus, Roman Author

"There is no such thing as immaterial matter. All spirit is matter, but is more fine or pure, and can only be discerned by purer eyes. We cannot see it, but when our bodies are purified, we shall see that it is all matter."

Joseph Smith, Jr., American Clergyman

Eye, Eyes, Spirit, Joseph Smith, Jr.

"Watching television is like taking black spray paint to your third eye."

Bill Hicks, American Comedian

Eye, Television

"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

"As long as you smile, have sparkly eyes and stick your shoulders back, nobody's going to notice your bum or your waist or your feet, for that matter."

Cat Deeley, English Celebrity

Eye, Eyes, Feet, Smile

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