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  • I have not, in general, much belief in the ability of woman as a creative artist. Unwritten lyrics, as [Ralph Waldo] Emerson said once when we conversed on this subject, should be her forte.

  • A forte always makes a foible.

    Talent   Forte   Foibles  
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1978). “The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson: 1854-1861”, p.312, Harvard University Press
  • I'm definitely not a science nerd. That was not my forte at school.

    School   Nerd   Forte  
    Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 14, 2012.
  • The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]

  • I've never heard a man in a suit tell me what to wear; that's not their forte. You hire your stylist; whatever someone's image is as an artist is what they've chosen to portray.

    Artist   Men   Stylist  
    "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • I dare to be great. The man without imagination stands unhurt and hath no wings. This is my credo, this is my forte.

    Men   Wings   Boxing  
  • For me, I like to have explosive moments, whether it is a particular movement itself in the whole sequence. I like to have shocking moments; for audiences to feel, like, 'Whoa!' It's always been my forte.

  • Psychos and megalomaniacs are my forte, remember? They all wanna hang with me

    Psycho   Remember   Forte  
    Gini Koch (2011). “Alien in the Family”, p.185, Penguin
  • I started in music and that's my forte and that's what I've always done and where I'm heading.

    Done   Forte   Headings  
  • The young people who come to me in the hope of hearing me utter a few memorable maxims are quite disappointed. Aphorisms are not my forte, I say nothing but banalities.... I listen to them and they go away delighted.

  • Singing is definitely not my forte. I'll put that out there on the record.

    Singing   Records   Forte  
    "90210’s Shenae Grimes on Selling Eggs, Silencing Jasper, and Scream 4". Interview with Denise Martin, www.tvguide.com. October 18, 2010.
  • I'm not an upfront person. Being upfront is not my forte. I'm quite happy to stay in the back there with the drums, where I belong.

    Forte   Persons  
  • How many demons and people are enslaved here? (Jericho) Define slavery. (Asmodeus) Kept against their will. (Jericho) Good definition. Counting me? (Asmodeus) Why not? (Jericho) Probably a couple of million…you know it’s really hard to count to a million, plus they’re always dying and new ones are coming in. I tried to count once, but it got really depressing so I stopped. The constant adding and subtracting. Not my forte, really. (Asmodeus)

  • Many brave men lived before Agamemnon; but, all unwept and unknown, are lost in the distant night, since they are without a divine poet (to chronicle their deeds).

    Night   Men   Bravery  
    "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 82-83, Odes, Book IV, IX. 25, 1922.
  • Yeah, I just don't break. I don't. And there's only one person I know who's a better non-breaker than me, and that's Will Forte from 'SNL.' You can not make that guy break. I'll break eventually - Will Forte will never break.

    Guy   Snl   Break  
    "Exclusive: The Office's Oscar Nunez Kisses and Tells". Interview with Eric Goldman, www.ign.com. August 8, 2007.
  • My father was a master carpenter and builder. Architectural design, engineering design, mechanical design, three-dimensional views, that was my shtick, my forte.

  • I don't play accurately--any one can play accurately--but I play with wonderful expression. As far as the piano is concerned, sentiment is my forte. I keep science for Life.

    Expression   Play   Piano  
    Oscar Wilde (2014). “Wilde Complete Plays: Lady Windermere's Fan; An Ideal Husband; The Importance of Being Earnest; A Woman of No Importance; Salome; The Duchess of Padua; Vera, or the Nihilists; A Florentine Tragedy; La Sainte Courtisane”, p.217, Bloomsbury Publishing
  • My great forte in killing buffaloes was to get them circling by riding my horse at the head of the herd and shooting their leaders. Thus the brutes behind were crowded to the left, so that they were soon going round and round.

    Horse   Leader   Shooting  
    Buffalo Bill, W. F. Cody (2012). “Buffalo Bill's Life Story: An Autobiography”, p.71, Courier Corporation
  • Cinema’s characteristic forte is its ability to capture and communicate the intimacies of the human mind.

    Satyajit Ray (2007). “Satyajit Ray: Interviews”
  • Yes, anally retentive men are my forte!

    Men   Forte  
  • We all grew up in that era. I'm a little younger than these guys [Will Forte and John Solomon], but I would say all of us are huge fans of the original "MacGyver" series, and obviously we found that inspiration for the original pitch for MacGruber. We took his name and made it stupid. In terms of the inspiration for the movie, that really came from our love for late '80s/early '90s action movies - the whole "Lethal Weapon" series and "Rambo" and "Die Hard," every single [Arnold] Schwarzenegger and [Sylvester] Stallone film.

  • Who wishes to give himself an abundance of business let him equip these two things, a ship and a woman. For no two things involve more business, if you have begun to fit them out. Nor are these two things ever sufficiently adorned, nor is any excess of adornment enough for them.

    Business   Two   Giving  
    "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 85-87, Poenulus, I. 2. 1, 1922.
  • They make their fortune who are stout and wise, Wit rules the heavens, discretion guides the skies. [Lat., Che sovente addivien che'l saggio e'l forte. Fabro a se stesso e di beata sorte.]

    Wise   Sky   Heaven  
  • Action isn’t my forte. I’m an expert on contemplation and mild regret.

    Regret   Experts   Action  
    Robert Sheckley (2014). “Immortality Inc.”, p.8, Open Road Media
  • Cover versions, that's my forte, that's all I ever used to do. When you play your own songs, it's quite scary, 'cause I'm quite honest and open, they can be very revealing. But covers, I don't have to think about, just get me up there!

    Song   Thinking   Play  
    Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
  • I came from Long Island, so I had a lot of experience at the stick. I played in junior high school, then I played in high school. The technical aspect of the game was my forte. I had all that experience, then I had strength and I was in good condition.

    School   Games   Islands  
  • My forte is playing drunks down the ages. When my agent rings me about a role, I don't ask what the part is, but what century it's in.

    Age   Roles   Century  
  • She was always waiting, it seemed to be her forte.

    D.H. Lawrence (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)”, p.3793, Delphi Classics
  • I never planned on being a live performer. My whole forte was about being in the studio, producing, playing the piano on recording sessions. I was all about the studio.

    Source: thequietus.com
  • Kicks are my forte. I've got strong legs and high kicks. And I've got very good reach, obviously.

    Strong   Legs   Very Good  
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