Page 295 Quotes & Sayings

Poetry is not for profit. Poetry is for Posterity. — Michael P. Naughton

Oft on the dappled turf at ease I sit, and play with similes, Loose type of things through all degrees. — William Wordsworth

Father Dominic, however is a way better mediator than I am. Well, maybe not better. But different, certainly. See, he really feels that ghosts are best handled with gentle guidance and earnest advice-same as the living. I'm more in favor of a sort of get-to-the-point approach that tends to involve my fists. — Meg Cabot

He wanted to shout, telling her to stop. He wanted to tell her that he could stay, that he wanted to stay, that if leaving meant losing her, then going home wasn't worth it. But the words stayed trapped inside him ... — Nicholas Sparks

Turbulent, discontented men of quality, in proportion as they are puffed up with personal pride and arrogance, generally despise their own order. — Edmund Burke

The need to protect the environment has emerged as an undeniably important priority for me. — Lily Cole

Of course I took something from the [Glee set]. I took my entire shoe collection, that's all I would ever need. — Alex Newell

I remember that life in that room seemed to be occurring beneath the sea, time flowed past indifferently above us, hours and days had no meaning. In the beginning our life held a joy and amazement which was newborn every day. Beneath the joy, of course, was anguish and beneath the amazement was fear; but they did not work themselves to the beginning until our high beginning was aloes on our tongues. By then anguish and fear had become the surface on which we slipped and slid, losing balance, dignity, and pride. — James Baldwin

I mean why should somebody go steal and break the law to get all they can when there's always some law where you can be legal and get it all anyway! — William Gaddis

I want to avoid personal attacks, ... I promise not to make fun of your singing. — Dick Cheney

Classics aren't books that are read for pleasure. Classics are books that are imposed on unwilling students, books that are subjected to analyses of "levels of significance" and other blatt, books that are dead. — Alexei Panshin

Fire-lizard dance on wing
To the raucous song I sing.
Fire-lizrad wheel and turn,
Show me how the dragons learn. — Anne McCaffrey

I used to be scared of women. When I was very young they terrified me, but discovering the female universe was incredible and still is to this day, as you never stop learning about them. — Antonio Banderas