Barbottine Quotes & Sayings

With Cosette's garter, Homer would make the Iliad. He would put into his poem an old babbler like me, and he would call him Nestor. — Victor Hugo

No man can be explained by his personal history, least of all a poet. — Katherine Anne Porter

You can't memorize poetry and stay a fake. Sooner or later, you start to understand what these poets are saying, and it makes you feel life has something quite special, with certain layers of meaning to it. — Donald Miller

I just did in my early twenties what most did when they were teenagers, being free and exploring and making mistakes, but I did it in France. I did it privately. — Molly Ringwald

I've always said it: I don't want to be the only Columbian playing on the PGA Tour, so, guys, just play some good golf and come join me here. — Camilo Villegas

Bono met his wife in high school," Park says.
"So did Jerry Lee Lewis," Eleanor answers.
"I'm not kidding," he says.
"You should be," she says, "we're sixteen."
"What about Romeo and Juliet?"
"Shallow, confused," then dead.
"I love you, Park says.
"Wherefore art thou," Eleanor answers.
"I'm not kidding," he says.
"You should be. — Rainbow Rowell

Once the Champions Tour got in me and got a hold of me, I found out how great this Tour is and how much I enjoy it. — Kenny Perry

When you get a hankering to talk or complain about what you gave up for Lent, replace that hankering by speaking the word of God. For all the times you would have done the activity that you gave up for Lent, replace it by reading the word of God. Christians should always be drawing closer to God. — Monica Johnson

Mr. McIntyre, friend or enemy? — Gordon Korman

A platform is something a candidate stands for and the voters fall for. — Gracie Allen

Love itself describes its own perfection. Be speechless and listen. — Rumi

And altogether I paid pretty dear for my monthly fourpenny piece, in the shape of these abominable fancies. — Robert Louis Stevenson

Stop worrying about what everyone else thinks. Start living for you and what makes you happy, because that's what everyone else is gonna do. — Carl Weber

So 'The Last Airbender' 's philosophy and culture feels like a beautiful idea to me: That we inherently have connections to the elements and what they teach us, and to each other. — M. Night Shyamalan

A half-read book is a half-finished love affair. — David Mitchell