Month: August 2009

Eliot, T. S.

Time past and time future what might have been and what has been point to one end, which is always present. Eliot, T. S. quotes

Shelley, Percy Bysshe

Death is the veil which those who live call life; They sleep, and it is lifted. Shelley, Percy Bysshe quotes

Rowland, Helen

In olden times, sacrifices were made at the altar, a practice which is still very much practiced. Rowland, Helen quotes

Bunyan, John

The more he cast away the more he had. Bunyan, John quotes

Douglas, Norman

How hard it is, sometimes, to trust the evidence of one’s senses! How reluctantly the mind consents to reality. Douglas, Norman quotes

Rice, Wallace

Hope, the patent medicine for disease, disaster, sin. Rice, Wallace quotes

Buscaglia, Leo

Don’t hold to anger, hurt or pain. They steal your energy and keep you from love. Buscaglia, Leo quotes

Vidal, Gore

The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of those who do well what is not worth doing at …

John Cassavettes

“It made me sick to watch those businessmen applaud Welles during the 1975 AFI tribute, when you know that the next day if he asked …

Research

If we knew what we were doing it wouldn’t be research. – Einstein, Albert

Freedom

None can love freedom heartily, but good men… the rest love not freedom, but license. – Milton, John

Vaclav Havel

“The truth is not simply what you think it is; it is also the circumstances in which it is said, and to whom, why and …

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

“Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself. Illness is one of those things which a man should …

Susan Glaspell

“I can’t think of any sorrow in the world that a hot bath wouldn’t help, just a little bit.” Susan Glaspell quotes

Robert Burton

“To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun.” Robert Burton quotes

Lionel Trilling

“Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.” Lionel Trilling quotes

Leigh Hunt

“Colors are the smiles of nature.” Leigh Hunt quotes

Ted Turner

“Sports is like a war without the killing.” Ted Turner quotes

Marcus Garvey

“With confidence, you have won before you have started.” Marcus Garvey quotes

More, Hannah

Luxury! more perilous to youth than storms or quicksand, poverty or chains. More, Hannah quotes

Rooney, Mickey

A lot of people have asked me how short I am. Since my last divorce, I think I’m about 0, 000 short. Rooney, Mickey quotes

Goncourt, Edmond and Jules De

The reason for the sadness of this modern age and the men who live in it is that it looks for the truth in everything …

Landesberg, Steve

Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a better defense. Landesberg, Steve quotes

Halifax, Edward F.

He who leaves nothing to chance will do few things poorly, but he will do few things. Halifax, Edward F. quotes

Lowell, James Russell

The question of common sense is what is it good for? A question which would abolish the rose and be answered triumphantly by the cabbage. …

Rossner, Judith

It takes far less courage to kill yourself than it takes to make yourself wake up one more time. It is harder to stay where …

Love Quote 0024

You may only be one person to the world but you may also be the world to one person. – Anonymous

W.J. Cameron

“Christmas is the gentlest, loveliest festival of the revolving year. And yet, for all that, when it speaks, its voice has strong authority.” W.J. Cameron …

Francis of Assisi

“Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.” Francis of Assisi quotes

Stanley Kubrick

“If it can be written, or thought, it can be filmed.” Stanley Kubrick quotes

Helen Hayes

“Age is not important unless you’re a cheese.” Helen Hayes quotes

Michael Korda

“The more you can dream, the more you can do.” Michael Korda quotes

Nietzsche, Friedrich

Most of the time in married life is taken up by talk. Nietzsche, Friedrich quotes