Elegist Quotes & Sayings

They who have already enjoyed the crowds and noise of the great city, know their desire to return is little more than the restlessness of a vacant mind, that they are not so much led by hope as driven by disgust, and wish rather to leave the country than to see the town. — Samuel Johnson

God very seldom succeeds. He has very nearly everything against him, of course. — Rose Macaulay

If you don't try to create the future you want, you must endure the future you get. — John C. Maxwell

He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts ... for support rather than illumination. — Andrew Lang

I've been in perfect health and perfectly happy all my life. I don't take any pills; I just get up, clean up after my wife, and start typing every day. — T.C. Boyle

Oh, God. He's a sex whisperer." Gracie Gable — Mackenzie Crowne

I don't direct the plays of others. — Israel Horovitz

Voters don't have to love him, Romney advisers say, but they will respect him. — Ron Fournier

When death has you by the throat, you don't mince words. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

As traditions of mourning wane, women's role as designated mourners has also vanished. In consequence, the woman elegist must summon her own resources as an artist. — Susan Stewart

You sure telling me this won't cause a problem with your bird?" "Stop calling chicks birds. It's fucking weird." He rolled his eyes. "Isn't a chick a baby chicken?" I asked as he shot me the finger. — Teresa Mummert

My first memory as a child growing up is of playing in the gardens, the mosque is really a gigantic garden, probably the biggest in all of East Jerusalem. Our house was about 100 meters from the mosque. — Rula Jebreal

Life is a never-ending school, and the really important lessons all tend to teach humanity our proper relation to the environment where we must live. — Clarence Darrow