Intertropical Quotes & Sayings

Thirsty for being, the poet ceaselessly reaches out to reality, seeking with the indefatigable harpoon of the poem a reality that is always better hidden, more re(g)al. The poem's power is as an instrument of possession but at the same time, ineffably, it expresses the desire for possession, like a net that fishes by itself, a hook that is also the desire of the fish. To be a poet is to desire and, at the same time, to obtain, in the exact shape of the desire. — Julio Cortazar

One can legitimately accentuate certain things, like a caricaturist. — Antony Armstrong-Jones

The number of living creatures of all orders whose existence intimately depends on kelp is wonderful. A great volume might be written describing the inhabitants of one of these beds of seaweed ... . I can only compare these great aquatic forests ... with terrestrial ones in the intertropical regions. Yet, if in any other country a forest was destroyed, I do not believe so many species of animals would perish as would here, from the destruction of kelp — Charles Darwin

I've been lucky enough to travel widely. When you're based in Europe, it's very easy to go to Madrid or Budapest for the weekend. I also lived in Italy for ten years and now live in Ireland. — Laurie Graham

Knowledge keeps no better than fish. — Alfred North Whitehead

He would stab his best friend for the sake of writing an epigraph on his tombstone. — Oscar Wilde

Surrender to the deepest level within that you're aware of. — John De Ruiter

I have never belonged to a party. I don't have party affiliation. — William Odom

I have a theory that as nice and sweet as you can be equates to how dangerous you can be. — Channing Tatum

Monday is great if I can spend it in bed. I'm a man of simple pleasures, really. — Arthur Darvill

It shall greatly help ye to understand the Scriptures if thou mark not only what is spoken or written, but of whom and to whom, with what words, at what time, where, to what intent, with what circumstances, considering what goeth before and what followeth after. — Miles Coverdale

What I did not know was how longing could store itself away in the hollows of one's bones and then one day without warning flood out. — J.M. Coetzee

The pressure is always there ... I just have got to go out there and enjoy my moment and do my best. — Lyoto Machida

You have to go hunting to know the excitement of seeing someone get their first deer. It's a thrill for them. It is. — Patty Hearst