quotations about charm
Charm is the quality which makes one desire to linger upon one's pilgrimage, that cries to the soul to halt, to rest, to be content.
ARTHUR C. BENSON
"Charm,", The Century
How it was that what charmed so much, could at the same time so keenly pain?
CHARLOTTE BRONTË
Villete
Some women, the few, have charm for all; and most have charm for one. But some have charm for none.
J.M. BARRIE
What Every Woman Knows
Charm is a hidden ingredient. It is like that je ne sais quoi without which you are not a great chef even if you have committed the entire Larousse gastronomique to memory. It is an ease, poise, self-assurance: perhaps even a slight but unpremeditated eccentricity. It is the quality of pleasing without--at least noticeably--trying to.
JOHN SIMON
New York Magazine, Jul. 15, 1968
Charm is the mirror image of obnoxiousness, which consists of being boastful, clueless, ham-handedly insulting, and often hysterical.
NICK CASANOVA
The Machiavellian's Guide to Charm
Oh, he was all made up of love and charms!
Whatever maid could wish, or man admire:
Delight of every eye; when he appear'd,
A secret pleasure gladden'd all that saw him.
JOSEPH ADDISON
Cato
A woman is always ready to describe another woman as charming, but only if the other woman is not charming.
EVAN ESAR
20,000 Quips & Quotes
Rosina had the fierce charm of the rather nasty girl in the fairy-tale who fails to get the prince, but is more interesting than the girl who does, and has better lines too.
IRIS MURDOCH
The Sea, The Sea
There are charms made only for distant admiration.
SAMUEL JOHNSON
Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets
Charm is being so exquisitely buoyant and full of life, keeping the magnet within you so surcharged with the joy of life, that even poor features are lost sight of in the bewitching attraction of the whole.
ROBERT COLLIER
The God In You and the Law of the Higher Potential
Charm almost baffles definition, yet it is quickly recognized by the world.
GRENVILLE KLEISER
Inspiration and Ideals
When men give up saying what is charming, they give up thinking what is charming.
OSCAR WILDE
Lady Windermere's Fan
Charm is even less definable than dispensable.
JOHN SIMON
New York Magazine, Jul. 15, 1968
I was utterly charmed by your complete self-absorption. It was rather like courting a cat.
ROBIN HOBB
City of Dragons
All Objects lose by too familiar View,
When that great Charm is gone of being New.
JOHN DRYDEN
The Conquest of Granada
An ounce of charm is worth a pound of lure.
AMERICAN PROVERB
The deepest craving of human nature is the need to feel valued and valuable. The secret of charm is therefore simple: make others feel important.
BRIAN TRACY & RON ARDEN
The Power of Charm: How to Win Anyone Over in Any Situation
If you look up "charming" in the dictionary, you'll see that it not only has references to strong attraction, but to spells and magic. Then again, what are liars if not great magicians?
DEB CALETTI
The Secret Life of Prince Charming
Charming women can true converts make.
We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.
GEORGE FARQUHAR
The Constant Couple
Charm is the difference between a rote recitation of "God bless you" when someone sneezes, and a genuine interest in the person's health.
MICHAEL LEVINE
Charming Your Way to the Top