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Winking Quotes (page 3)

E. M. Forster quote: "Aziz winked at him slowly and said: “...There are many ways of..."
Aziz winked at him slowly and said: “...There are many ways of being a man; mine is to express what is deepest in my heart. E. M. Forster
Here, I could see, was choice matter on which the expert and art critic could exercise their knowledge and judgment. As I had neither, I made an experiment or two, and was able to inform the readers of the paper that if you walked briskly past the picture, winking both eyes as fast as possible, you really got a sort of impression of movement and activity, of ships and boats coming into the harbour and sailing out of it, of sails lowered and hoisted, of an uncertain background, now obscured,... Arthur Machen
In the half darkness I winked to my other self, my mad dictator, and congratulated him on his droll victory. I closed my eyes and felt the warmth flowing from Shosha's head to my face. What did I have to lose? Nothing more than what everyone loses anyway. Isaac Bashevis Singer
It was, however, striking—in the best sense of the word—that precisely those rules that corresponded exactly to their overseers’ economic interests enjoyed unconditional veneration, whereas rules for which said correspondence was less applicable were more likely to be winked at. Thomas Mann
The photograph is in my hand. It is the photograph of a man and a woman. They are at an amusement park, in 1959. [...] I'm tired of looking at the photograph now. I open my fingers. It falls to the sand at my feet. I am going to look at the stars. They are so far away, and their light takes so long to reach us... All we ever see of stars are their old photographs. [...] It's October, 1985. I'm basking in the two-million-year-old light of Andromeda. I can see the supernova that Ernst Hartwig... Alan Moore
If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl. H. L. Mencken
There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at transgression, in order to preserve the laws inviolate for the future. Herman Melville
I think anyone that grew up in the '70s and '80s grew up with Bob Barker and Wink Martindale and I think that was just always... when you were a game show host, you were the man of the hour. Guy Fieri
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio quote: "I've worked with leading men so worried about losing their..."
I've worked with leading men so worried about losing their charm that they were always winking to the audience. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
All these horror movies are slasher film now. I like them, they're fun, but they wink at the audience and you're really not terrified through the movie. Gina Philips
Reggie White quote: "The thing I'm having a hard time with are the Christians who..."
The thing I'm having a hard time with are the Christians who will stab you in the back in a wink. Reggie White
Once he became a series character, I made the conscious choice that he would never act like a series character, never wink at the reader, never pull his punches. Better for him, better for me. Donald E. Westlake
Don't write anything you can phone. Don't phone anything you can talk. Don't talk anything you can whisper. Don't whisper anything you can smile. Don't smile anything you can nod. Don't nod anything you can wink. Earl Long
Samuel Butler quote: "Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence..."
Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes. Samuel Butler
The quicker we get rid of the lobby system the better for all of us. I don't think in this day and age it is tenable to have these nods and winks, and on-the-record and off-the-record briefings. Charles Kennedy

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