Kiplings Poem If Quotes & Sayings

Visit your Aunt, but not every Day; and call at your Brother's, but not every night. — Benjamin Franklin

And then you have the classical ballerinas, they're like sopranos. Applied to the dance. — Ninette De Valois

Apollo was god of poetry as well as archery, and I'd heard him recite in person. I'd almost rather get shot by an arrow — Rick Riordan

I like real stories. — Tim Matheson

Pearl-colored light flowed over the far horizon and sparkled in the dewy drops beaded in spider webs. Everything was still - only the gulls and a turtle lazing on a rock observed their presence. — Kathleen Valentine

I asked her about life, and it was as if she rummaged around in a dusty chest to get me the answers. — Bernhard Schlink

Those who fail in everyday affairs show a tendency to reach out for the impossible. It is a device to camouflage their shortcomings. For when we fail in attempting the possible, the blame is solely ours; but when we fail in attempting the impossible, we are justified in attributing it to the magnitude of the task. There is less risk in being discredited when trying the impossible than when trying the possible. It is thus that failure in everyday affairs often breeds an extravagant audacity. One — Eric Hoffer

'Mad Men' is celebrating a time that no longer exists. — Jerry Della Femina