Mannerisms Quotes

“Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

“What you post online speaks VOLUME about who you really are. POST with intention. REPOST with caution.”
― Germany Kent

“Don't promote negativity online and expect people to treat you with positivity in person.”
― Germany Kent

“He spoke so effortlessly, as if his mouth were a musical instrument that just let sound out when touched, when opened.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus

“As proof that HOW we see things matters, Gen. Montgomery took a preprepared text that had been deemed an innocuous complement to his American troops and delivered it in such a way that his condescension prompted more division than unity.”
― Jean Edward Smith, Eisenhower in War and Peace

“But Winifred had insisted on these outfits. She said I'd need to dress the part, no matter what my deficiencies, which should never be admitted by me. "Say you have a headache," she told me. "It's always an acceptable excuse."
She told me many other things as well. "It's all right to show boredom," she said. "Just never show fear. They'll smell it on you, like sharks, and come in for the kill. You can look at the edge of the table - it lowers your eyelids - but never look at the floor, it makes your neck look weak. Don't stand up straight, you're not a soldier. Never cringe. If someone makes a remark that's insulting to you, say Excuse me? as if you haven't heard; nine times out of ten they won't have the face to repeat it. Never raise your voice to a waiter, its vulgar. Make them bend down, it's what they're for. Don't fidget with your gloves or your hair. Always look as if you have something better to do, but never show impatience. When in doubt, go to the powder room, but go slowly. Grace comes from indifference." Such were her sermons. I have to admit, despite my loathing of her, that they have proved to be of considerable value in my life.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin

“Human beings are bundles of emotion peppering muscles like a marionette. We emote not only with our bodies but with our very souls.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

“Both the boys noticed that Mr. Smith was twisting a crested gold ring on his finger. "Looks like a school emblem," Frank thought, then suddenly realized what the man was telling him. "He's from SKOOL!" Joe got the message at the same time and threw a quick glance at his brother. Dell smiled. "I felt sure you would understand. It is safer if some things are not said aloud. Mr. Smith and I work together." So Dell was also a member of SKOOL, working under the guise of security officer for Great Circle Airways!”
― Franklin W. Dixon, The Secret Agent on Flight 101