Mottokrosh Quotes & Sayings

Song in the Manner of Housman O woe, woe, People are born and die, We also shall be dead pretty soon Therefore let us act as if we were dead already. The bird sits on the hawthorn tree But he dies also, presently. Some lads get hung, and some get shot. Woeful is this human lot. Woe! woe, etcetera ... London is a woeful place, Shropshire is much pleasanter. Then let us smile a little space Upon fond nature's morbid grace. Oh, Woe, woe, woe, etcetera ... — Ezra Pound

Where but in the very asshole of comedown is redemption: as where but brought low, where but in the grief of failure, loss, error do we discern the savage afflictions that turn us around: where but in the arrangements love crawls us through — A.R. Ammons

The Girl Scout's motto is also mine. I fill my life with worthwhile deeds such as - well, never mind what. My duty is - to be useful. I am a friend to male animals. I am cheerful. I am thrifty and I am absolutely filthy in thought, word, and deed. — Vladimir Nabokov

Want and effective demand are not the same thing. If they were, the poorest nations would be the ones to display the most vigorous demand. — Joseph A. Schumpeter

A thousand candles can be lighted from the flame of one candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness can be spread without diminishing that of yourself. — Mahatma Gandhi

She gets a hundred for her body and a nickel for her soul. — Alice Cooper

Although I'm not from London originally: I moved down here when I was 16, so it's played a part in my life. It's where I've lived for all that time. — Daniel Craig

My grandfather lived to be late 90s on one side and on the other side, 70s or something. And my father died young, at 63. But he didn't take very good care of himself. — Clint Eastwood

To speak truth, I had not the least wish to go into company, for in company I was very rarely noticed; — Charlotte Bronte