Kiplees Quotes & Sayings

In effort Happiness idleness life pleasure superstition support trouble work The superstition that all our hours of work are a minus quantity in the happiness of life, and all the hours of idleness are plus ones, is a most ludicrous and pernicious doctrine, and its greatest support comes from our not taking sufficient trouble, not making a real effort, to make work as near pleasure as it can be. — Arthur Balfour

Wouldn't it be good to forget everything even if it's just for tonight? Indulge in pleasure ... breathe a sweet poison deep into your lungs ... — SebastiAn

Life is a dream so dream big! — Debasish Mridha

Colored labor for the house, field, grove, or garden, while easy to control, is very far from satisfactory. It is always uncertain, indolent, and negligent, unless closely and incessantly watched. As a class, the colored servants are given to falsehood and petty theft, are liable to leave you without a word of warning just when badly needed, and are wasteful of your stores and provender. — Adam Wasserman

Oh yeah, I'd love to be a comedian. I've done a lot, but always in the confines of plays. — Michael Gambon

Prose is walking; poetry is flying — Galway Kinnell

Recognizing that there is more heartbreak in continuous disappointment than a void ... — Emily Giffin

I get an awful lot of fan mail, and I read all that I can. — John Denver

Are seeds of hope, yes. Of course." ... "The nocturni are the bearers of the hope seeds." ... "That's why it's such bad luck to cross them ... They carry the seeds Above, and plant them in souls where they're needed. — Lauren Oliver

There is but one game and that game is baseball. — John McGraw

I can neither return your love nor dismiss it. — Mason Cooley

Awareness of approach to death can be a beautiful thing, a frame into which we can put the work of art that is our life, our personal masterpiece. — June Singer

I know we planned to walk down to Schubert's for burgers, but can we go upstairs first?' She raised her eyebrows. 'What for?' 'Because I need to be inside you. Like ... now. — Lacey Alexander