Verlaine Wiki Quotes & Sayings

One of the middle ones in the flock, I was born on July 24, 1857, in the small Jutland town of Fredericia. In 1863, my father was transferred to Randers, another Jutland town, where a year later, at the age of six, I experienced the invasion of the allied Prussian and Austrian armies. — Henrik Pontoppidan

Foxhunting ... the unspeakable pursuing the inedible. — Oscar Wilde

I am pleased beyond words you aren't lying dead in a ditch somewhere. — Lyndsay Faye

You can run, but what are you running from? Your life? You can't run away from your life. — Edna Ferber

I think each film I do has less and less dialogue. It really helps a lot for foreign sales, because when I go to Europe, there's very little problem with communication. All the gags are visual. The music they can understand, and it helps communicate a lot better. — Bill Plympton

An effort disbursed to become like a god takes us closer towards finding him. — Deepak Vidyarthi

Subject becoming less relevant, each painting having a life of its own, each stroke leading to the next. It is more about the connection of body and spirit to canvas, over mind to canvas. — Ken Gillespie

For someone who is supposed to be a knight in shining armor, you're acting like an ass in aluminum foil. — Lisa Logue

Much which is unworthy in human life might be avoided if people would only accustom themselves to talking in verse — Karen Blixen

I became a journalist because I did not want to rely on newspapers for information. — Christopher Hitchens

Traces of a crime need to be coaxed out, not rushed. — Henning Mankell

Nineteenth-century grass-roots populism made twentieth-century progressivism possible. — Jill Lepore

The air was full of sound, a defenning and confusing conflict of noises (...) — H.G.Wells

As a dad, it's kind of exciting to see that your son follows what you believe in so strongly. — Connie Mack IV