The day it all went wrong for me was 11 August 1989. That was the day I killed a man for the first time. — Simon Kernick Copy Share Image
I get all my ideas in Switzerland near the Forka Pass. There is a little town called Gletch, and two thousand feet… — Dr. Seuss Copy Share Image
In Moscow, dim and green under the summer rain, columns of armour were waiting in the side-roads off the long avenue from… — Neal Ascherson Copy Share Image
When summer opens, I see how fast it matures, and fear it will be short; but after the heats of July and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Caught in the doldrums of August we may have regretted the departing summer, having sighed over the vanished strawberries and all that… — Denis Mackail Copy Share Image
Do you suppose that it is within your power to insult me? You evidently are not aware to whom you are speaking?… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action; and bidding an Affectionate farewell to this… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Faulkner sat in our living room and read from Light in August. That was incredible. — Leslie Fiedler Copy Share Image
January cold and desolate; February dripping wet; March wind ranges; April changes; Birds sing in tune To flowers of May, And sunny… — Christina Rossetti Copy Share Image
There's no telling what might have happened to our defense budget if Saddam Hussein hadn't invaded Kuwait that August and set everyone… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The pleasure of jogging and running is rather like that of wearing a fur coat in Texas in August: the true joy… — Joseph Epstein Copy Share Image
The first indication of menopause is a broken thermostat. It's either that or your weight. In any case, if you don't do… — Dorothea Benton Frank Copy Share Image
From a marketing point of view, you don't introduce new products in August. — Andrew Card Copy Share Image
“The flavor that came to me was a luscious Suncrest peach that I once had in California. This heirloom variety needed time… — Judith Fertig Copy Share Image
The operation of the Church is entirely set up for the sinner; which creates much misunderstanding among the smug.” (August 9, 1955) — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
Some people do stage and film. Some people are film actors, and some people are stage actors. I'm quite sure that any… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
It must be the PGA Championship if it's August and you can sit down and talk to the heat or reach inside… — Dan Jenkins Copy Share Image
I have been involved with 'Spring Awakening' for six years. I am 20 now - I just turned 20 in August -… — Lea Michele Copy Share Image
“I just completed a long car trip on a Sunday in August with two small children, which believe me is enough to… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
I'm afraid there's nothing we can do about the journalists; we can only hope that they will die off as the deerflies… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
In defense of games, I want to point out that the writing in plays, including everything by August Strindberg and The Lion… — Erik Wolpaw Copy Share Image
Sorrento, August. For two weeks now I haven't heard a German word or understood an Italian one. This way one can manage… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
From the great trees the locusts cry In quavering ecstatic duo-a boy Shouts a wild call-a mourning dove In the blue distance… — Hamlin Garland Copy Share Image
I love borders. August is the border between summer and autumn; it is the most beautiful month I know. Twilight is the… — Tove Jansson Copy Share Image