Quotes with sound--some-times

Quotes 561 till 580 of 2455.

  • Ben Jonson He cursed Petrarch for redacting verses to sonnets, which he said were like that tyrant's bed, where some who were too short were racked, others too long cut short.
    Conversations with William Drummond of Hawthornden
    Ben Jonson
    British Dramatist, Poet (1572 - 1637)
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  • Douglas Adams He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.
    Douglas Adams
    British science-fiction writer (1952 - 2001)
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  • Bram Stoker He may not enter anywhere at the first, unless there be some one of the household who bid him to come, though afterwards he can come as he please.
    Bram Stoker
    Irish author (1847 - 1912)
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  • Carole King He moved with some uncertainty, as if he didn't know
    Just what he was there for, or where he ought to go
    Once he reached for something golden hanging from a tree
    And his hand come down empty...
    Tapestry (1971)
    Carole King
    American singer-songwriter (1942 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde He rides in the row at ten o clock in the morning, goes to the Opera three times a week, changes his clothes at least five times a day, and dines out every night of the season. You don't call that leading an idle life, do you?
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Aneurin Bevan He seems determined to make a trumpet sound like a tin whistle.
    Aneurin Bevan
    British Labor politician (1897 - 1960)
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  • Cab Calloway He was a silly guy. Out - do the other guy. That was his effort at all times.
    Cab Calloway
    American jazz singer, dancer, bandleader and actor (1907 - 1994)
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  • Alexandre Dumas père He was thinking alone, and seriously racking his brain to find a direction for this single force four times multiplied, with which he did not doubt, as with the lever for which Archimedes sought, they should succeed in moving the world, when some one tapped gently at his door.
    Alexandre Dumas père
    French writer (1802 - 1870)
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  • John Bunyan He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.
    John Bunyan
    British writer (1628 - 1688)
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  • Friedrich von Schiller He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.
    Friedrich von Schiller
    German poet and playwright (1759 - 1805)
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  • Elbert Hubbard He who influences the thought of his times influences the times that follow.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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  • Abu Bakr He who prays five times a day is in the protection of God, and he who is protected by God cannot be harmed by anyone.
    Abu Bakr
    Companion and father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (573 - 634)
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  • Plautus He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
    Plautus
    Roman comic poet (250 - 184)
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  • Joseph Conrad He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense.
    Joseph Conrad
    In Poland born English writer (1857 - 1924)
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  • Plautus He whom the Gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.
    Plautus
    Roman comic poet (250 - 184)
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  • William Wordsworth Hearing often-times the still, sad music of humanity, nor harsh nor grating, though of ample power to chasten and subdue.
    William Wordsworth
    English poet (1770 - 1850)
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  • Barry Cornwall Her voice is soft; not shrill and like the lark's, but tenderer, graver, almost hoarse at times! As though the earnestness of love prevailed and quelled all shriller music.
    Barry Cornwall
    English poet (pen name of Bryan Procter) (1787 - 1874)
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  • Adriana Lima Here in the big city people spend their time thinking about work and about money; they don't give some value to friendships and it can be depressing.
    Adriana Lima
    Brazilian model and actress (1981 - )
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  • Beth Ditto Here is my prescription to heal all wounds. Watch the film 'Funny Girl' at least five times, eat at least 45 chocolate bars, and hang out with all those friends you blew off to hang out with your ex. I truly believe that, through a combination of Nutella, old pals and Barbra Streisand, we can achieve happiness and, very probably, world peace.
    Beth Ditto
    American singer-songwriter and actress (1981 - )
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  • Thomas Carlyle Heroism is the divine relation which, in all times, unites a great man to other men.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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