Dithyrambic Quotes & Sayings

Is it a comb, a fan, a torn dress, a curtain, a bed, an empty rice-bin? It hardly seems to matter. The Chinese poet makes a heart-breaking poetry out of these quite as naturally as Keats did out of the song of a nightingale heard in a spring garden. It is rarely dithyrambic, rarely high-pitched: part of its charm is its tranquility, its self-control. And the humblest reads it with as much emotion as the most learned. — Conrad Aiken

You could probably go three or four months without the word 'God' coming from my dad's mouth; Mum would pray for a parking space. — Laurence Fox

If someone's life is not enriched by their time with you, then you're not doing something right. — Osayi Emokpae Lasisi

The first author of speech was God himself, that instructed Adam how to name such creatures as He presented to his sight ... — Thomas Hobbes

Morning, I soon discovered, was one o'clock for Auntie Mame. Early Morning was eleven, and the Middle of the Night was nine. — Patrick Dennis

Fine. Then I love you, my little Night Crawler. — Veronica Rossi

We have to be extremely vigilant and extremely careful when it comes to nuclear. Nuclear changes the whole ball game. — Donald Trump

We always looked forward to playing Aston Villa to hear him mangle Ugo Ehiogu's name. "Make sure you pick up Ehugu, Ehogy, whatever his name is." — Gary Neville

It wasn't just a kiss. It was a lesson - a fierce, burning imprint, so that my lips would always know the difference between being wanted and being craved. — Leylah Attar