Ted Hughes has been appointed poet laureate to succeed Sir John Betjeman, which is a bit like appointing a grim young crow… — Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel Copy Share Image
The dirty work at political conventions is almost always done in the grim hours between midnight and dawn. Hangmen and politicians work… — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
I consider myself to be first and foremost a comic writer. The way I entertain myself - especially in those long and… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
Decoration Day is the most beautiful of our national holidays… The grim cannon have turned into palm branches, and the shell and… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich Copy Share Image
But the place which you have selected for your camp, though never so rough and grim, begins at once to have its… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I've realised that nothing that happens is so grim that life can't go on. Life always goes on, no matter what. Even… — Neena Gupta Copy Share Image
“And then other days, well, you realise that life throws some pretty grim stuff at everyone at one time or another. You… — Joy Ellis Copy Share Image
Guilt is one side of a nasty triangle; the other two are shame and stigma. This grim coalition combines to inculpate women… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
An optimist is neither naive, nor blind to the facts, nor in denial of grim reality. An optimist believes in the optimal… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
All my life, to this day, the memory of my childhood remains grim and incoherent. If I close my eyes and think… — Burgess Meredith Copy Share Image
Restoring nature to its natural state is a cause beyond party and beyond factions. It has become a common cause of all… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
January. It was all things. And it was one thing, like a solid door. Its cold sealed the city in a gray… — Patricia Highsmith Copy Share Image
God expects you to have enough faith and determination and enough trust in Him to keep moving, keep living, keep rejoicing. In… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
STARING INTO THE ABYSS by Richard Thomas is an outstanding book, a grim tapestry of broken lives and shattered dreams, of dark… — Kealan Patrick Burke Copy Share Image
It is true that as people, we tend to remember only the positive. With time, the grim details fade away, and as… — Colman Domingo Copy Share Image
“Holy hell, the Grim Reaper was no makeup artist; that was for sure. Even Goths had better complexions. “Hey, don’t be harshing… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
The act of getting married, stripped of the necessity to have a secure setting to raise children, seems to me no less… — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
And, ah, who are you? What Horseman, I mean.” Thanatos swung around. “Death.” Cara swallowed. Audibly. “As in, the Grim Reaper?” He… — Larissa Ione Copy Share Image
The trees down the boulevard stand naked in thought, Their abundant summery wordage silenced, caught In the grim undertow; naked the trees… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
I was fascinated by the culture clash between England and America in the 1950s. My first memories are of being a girl… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
It is taken care of. Nothing will not break into my Pit or the Far Reaches! I cannot speak for the other… — Garth Nix Copy Share Image
The rarest of all things in American life is charm. We spend billions every year manufacturing fake charm that goes under the… — Anita Loos Copy Share Image
In the first book of my Discworld series, published more than 26 years ago, I introduced Death as a character; there was… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Grim-visaged war hath smoothed his wrinkled front; And now, instead of mounting barbed steeds To fright the souls of fearful adversaries, He… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
We came to the house, and it is an old house, full of great chimneys where wood is burnt on ancient dogs… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
All success is quite temporary if you don't work hard enough to maintain where you are. Talent can get you somewhere but… — Mehcad Brooks Copy Share Image
There is grim irony in speaking of the freedom of contract of those who, because of their economic necessities, give their service… — Harlan F. Stone Copy Share Image
I was about 16 when punk started to happen. It was so exciting. You had a social depression going on in the… — Boy George Copy Share Image
It's rather splendid to think of all those great men and women who appear to have presented symptoms that allow us to… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
What has sustained me even in the most grim moments is the knowledge that I am a member of a tried and… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
There's a great line by Joss Whedon: "Make it dark, make it grim, make it tough, but then, for the love of… — Declan Shalvey Copy Share Image
Still, there's that faint glimmer of hope we feel when we sense, in other people, the same kind of attentiveness to life… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
Public discourse has been polluted now for decades by corporate-funded disinformation - not just with climate change but with a host of… — Michael E. Mann Copy Share Image
No man knows where the Castle of King Death is. All men and women, boys and girls, and even little wee children… — Bram Stoker Copy Share Image
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Dreams are the bright creatures of poem and legend, who sport on earth in the night season, and melt away in the… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I see the beauty of people and the human soul in the pictures I take. And though the circumstances of some of… — G.M.B. Akash Copy Share Image
The editing process, to use a slightly grim analogy, is like the slow suffocation of lots of babies. It's like, which finger… — Edgar Wright Copy Share Image
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It's very interesting that most of the roles I've gotten are grim, when I'm actually a very well-adjusted man and had a… — Tony Todd Copy Share Image
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