Time Revels Quotes & Sayings

For the first time in ten years, the March family gathered to perform the Twelfth Night Revels for the village of Blessingstoke, just as they had done in Master Shakespeare's day. The dragon breathed fire while the Turkish Knight brandished his sword at St. George, and when it was finished, the resurrected saint and his sad dragon stood in tableau while the white-robed chorus, of which Portia and I made two, sang of the blood-berried holly and the sweetly clinging ivy. Rather like Brisbane and myself, I thought fancifully. Both evergreen and hardy, one sturdy, one tenacious, and forever undivided. But now there was a new little branch grafted to our union. — Deanna Raybourn

For a long time, I believed that a great piece of music on its own could do more to stir the soul than any other single art form. — Chris Milk

Falling in love happens many times in our lives. I'm looking on the bright side - I might be one heartbreak away from happily ever after! - Penelope Jones — Penelope Jones

I like when things happen organically and make sense. — Kristen Taekman

I got colored mechanics in the United States Navy Yard for the first time. — Hiram Rhodes Revels

Hark ye, friend; you have been a burgher of this great city. What matter whether you have lived in it but five years or three? If you have observed the laws of the corporation, the length or shortness of the time makes no difference. Where is the hardship, then, if Nature, that planted you here, orders your removal? You cannot say you are sent off by a tyrant or an unjust judge. No; you quit the stage as fairly as a player does that has his discharge from the master of the revels. But I have only gone through three acts, and not held out till the end of the fifth, you say. Well, but in life three acts make the play entire. He that ordered the first scene now gives the sign for shutting up the last. You are neither accountable for one nor the other. — Marcus Aurelius

Those wretches who never have experienced the sweets of wisdom and virtue, but spend all their time in revels and debauches, sink downward day after day, and make their whole life one continued series of errors. — Plato

We were in Venice at the time of the revels before Lent. I went into the plaza wearing a mask and hood. I saw a pretty girl, dark skin, dark eyes. She smelled strong of fish and capers and fried artichokes. I kissed her for Beauty's sake. For Lady's sake. Behind the veil of the mask, in the old Jewish Quarter, I kissed her, kissed her, and didn't cry, because I know one day I will die. And I will not rise again. — Alice Randall

Whenever the mind feels it has to surrender, it will raise doubts. It will say 'you are losing yourself. Be alert and control yourself. Otherwise you'll be lost. — Osho

The ignorant man marvels at the exceptional; the wise man marvels at the common; the greatest wonder of all is the regularity of nature. — George Dana Boardman Pepper

Emancipated' women found out that the honesty, generosity, and camaraderie of men was a lie. — Shulamith Firestone

He was a simple honest man. He never strayed,
He never drank, he never smoked, and he never kissed a maid.
And when he passed away his insurance was denied,
Because he never lived, they claimed he never died. — Ted Gup

Men prefer to believe that they are degenerated angels, rather than elevated apes. — William Winwood Reade

Claiming that solid rockets are necessary for a heavy-lift launcher is obvious nonsense. — Henry Spencer

A makeover is the rebranding of a human being. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I only photograph myself at poignant moments in my life as a check of where I am and how large my thighs are. — Sam Taylor-Johnson

A watch is a fashion statement, and it says something about the person wearing it. — Luke Evans