Compendious Dictionary Quotes & Sayings

It may be that poetry makes life's nebulous events tangible to me and restores their detail; or conversely, that poetry brings forth the intangible quality of incidents which are all too concrete and circumstantial. Or each on specific occasions, or both all the time. — Frank O'Hara

Coproporphyrin in particular is widespread; traces are present in normal urine and also in yeast. In special cultures, yeast can be made to produce considerable quantities of coproporphyrin. — Hans Fischer

[reading a work in translation] is like viewing a piece of Flemish tapestry on the wrong side. — Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own. — Aesop

Everybody needs a servant, excellent sir, whether they know it or not. — Michael Swanwick

Specifically, the part where in the early 19th century America reconstituted the U.S. Marine Corps to battle the Islamic Barbary Pirates, though I don't think that's what Obama meant. — Barack Obama

Fashion is not frivolous. — Donatella Versace

Little lumps of lead in copper jackets were crisscrossing the woods under the shellbursts, zipping along much faster than sound. — Kurt Vonnegut

Certain people who care about me a lot have said 'You don't play the game, and if you don't play the game, you don't get picked for the team all the time. — Rosie Perez

Defeat should not be the source of discouragement, but a stimulus to keep plotting. — Shirley Chisholm