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Tag Name "Commend" (58)

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Will you tell me my fault, frankly as to yourself, for I had rather wince, than die. Men do not call the surgeon to commend the bone, but to set it, Sir.
Emily Dickinson
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Commend while others are criticizing, persist while others are quitting
William Arthur Ward
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Victims of domestic violence need assistance and deserve justice, I commend the crime unit's efforts to put offenders behind bars and reach out to victims.
Bob Riley
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I commend my soul to any god that can find it.
Terry Pratchett
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Who is Silvia What is she, That all our swains commend her Holy, fair, and wise is she.
William Shakespeare
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Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favour.
Henry Fielding
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Education in the United States is a passion and a paradox. Millions want it, and commend it, and are busy about it. At the same time they degrade it by trying to get it free of charge and free of work.
Jacques Barzun
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I commend you, Postumus, for kissing me with only half your lip you may, however, if you please, withhold even the half of this half. Are you inclined to grant me a boon still greater, and even inexpressible? Keep this whole half entirely to yourself, Postumus.
Martial
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Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.
Walter Scott
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I do believe that half a dozen commonplace attorneys could so mystify and misconstrue the Ten Commandments, and so confuse Moses' surroundings on Mount Sinai, that the great law-giver, if he returned to this planet, would doubt his own identity, abjure every one of his deliverances, yea, even commend the very sins he so clearly forbade his people.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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Bright and illustrious illusions! Who can blame, who laugh at the boy, who not admire and commend him, for that desire of a fame outlasting the Pyramids by which he insensibly learns to live in a life beyond the present, and nourish dreams of a good unattainable by the senses?
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
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If one really believes that the metaphysic one adopts has much to commend it, then one should obviously try to persuade others of its truth or acceptability!
Alison Assiter
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O Lord have mercy on me, to God I commend my soul.
Anne Boleyn
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We commend the commission, under the leadership of Chairman Martin, for recognizing the reality of today's communications marketplace and for fostering an environment where there will be greater choice in communications services and providers.
Edward Whitacre, Jr.
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To rage, to lust, to write to, to commend, All is the purlieu of the god of love.
John Donne
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The vendors of flowers in the streets of London are wont to commend them to customers by crying: All a blowing and a growing. It would be no small praise to Christians if we could say as much for them.
Charles Spurgeon
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My dad always said to go for my hobby and used to commend me for my excellent judgement so i try to do the similar for my children.
Heather McDonald
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I commend you, however, for passing the time in as merry a manner as you possibly could it is assuredly better to go laughing than crying thro' the rough journey of life.
George Washington
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We censure others but as they disagree from that humor which we fancy laudable in ourselves, and commend others but for that wherein they seem to quadrate and consent with us.
Thomas Browne
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That one tickled. If electrocution is your way of flirting, I commend you on your originality.
Jeaniene Frost
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Take no repulse, whatever she doth say For 'get you gone,' she doth not mean 'away.' Flatter and praise, commend, extol their graces Though ne'er so black, say they have angels' faces
William Shakespeare
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I commend women who wake up 30, 40 minutes early to put on eyeliner. I think it's ­beautiful. I'm just not that person.
Mila Kunis
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But indifference would ultimately commend itself as a devastating weapon.
Lionel Shriver
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If you like my novels, I commend your good taste.
Rita Mae Brown
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