Thanatopsis Analysis Quotes & Sayings

Of course, fall isn't just about preparing for winter. It's also about sitting on the patio in a worn wool sweater and warming your hands over the swirl of steam rising from a coffee cup. It's about walking across a darkened yard and seeing a flight of geese cross the face of a full moon. It's about settling in, relishing sights and sensations of a world slowing down. — Brent Olson

Many people spend their lives trying to create a lasting legacy on earth. They want to be remembered when they're gone. Yet, what ultimately matters most will not be what others say about your life but what God says. — Rick Warren

We must get rid of the IRS. It's a bureaucracy fraught with totalitarianism. — Sonny Bono

Regret is a terrible thing to carry. Memories can be cherished, regret will destroy you. — Natalie Kiest

[David Riesman] had made a hobby of studying the American Civil War and he had always been disturbed by the passions which it had unleashed in the country, the tensions and angers just below the surface, the thin fabric of the society which held it all together, so easy to rend. — David Halberstam

Some people cannot see a good thing when it is right here, right now. Others can sense a good thing coming when it is days, months, or miles away. — Maya Angelou

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever. — Thomas Aquinas

Men are unwise and curiously planned. — Doris Lessing