John Donne Famous Quotes
"Come live with me, and be my love, And we will some new pleasures prove Of golden sands, and crystal brooks, With silken lines, and silver hooks."
"No man is an island, entire of itself every man is a piece of the continent."
"Twice or thrice had I loved thee, Before I knew thy face or name."
"Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes."
"Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies."
"More than kisses, letters mingle souls."
"No man is an Island, entire of itself every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls It tolls for thee."
"Love all love of other sights controls, And makes one little room an everywhere."
"Our fear of death is like our fear that summer will be short, but when we have had our swing of pleasure, our fill of fruit, and our swelter of heat, we say we have had our day."
"Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadfull, for thou art not so, For, those, whom thou thinkst, thou dost overthrow, die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me."
John Donne Quotations
"Tommy Richard, who's your favorite little rascal Alfalfa or is it Spanky"
Tommy Boy
"But I have always liked bird dogs better than kennel-fed dogs myself--you know, one that will get out and hunt for food rather than sit on his fanny and yell."
Charles E Wilson
Perseverance alone does not assure success. No amount of stalking will lead to game in a field that has none.
I Ching
"Real seriousness in regard to writing is one of two absolute necessities. The other, unfortunately, is talent."
Ernest Hemingway
I say that a man must be certain of his morality for the simple reason that he has to suffer for it.
G K Chesterton
"When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that some things are much more nearly certain than others."
Bertrand Russell
"No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit."
Ansel Adams
"Faith is, at one and the same time, absolutely necessary and altogether impossible."
Stanislaw Lem
"I make the most of all that comes, And the least of all that goes."
Sara Teasdale
"He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches."
George Bernard Shaw