“One cannot bring up boys to be eagles and then expect them to be sparrows.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
On Laurence Olivier as Hamlet in a 1948 film: Olivier's idea of introspection was to hood his eyes, dentalize his consonants and… — Robert Brustein Copy Share Image
In the heart of the God of the universe, each child of his is as necessary to him as the fingers are… — Toyohiko Kagawa Copy Share Image
I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth —… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Your love taught me to grieve and I have been needing, for centuries a woman to make me grieve for a woman,… — Nizar Qabbani Copy Share Image
Genius now and then produces a lucky trifle. We still read the Dove of Anacreon, and Sparrow of Catullus; and a writer… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
stop spying on the lawful citizenry. Democracy and dossiers go ill together. It is all right for God but all wrong for… — Martha Gellhorn Copy Share Image
The sparrows jumped before they knew how to fly, and they learned to fly only because they had jumped — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
Any day above ground is a good one. A woman's beauty is her inherent ability to better a man in every way.… — Donald E. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
I found earthquakes, even when I was in them, deeply satisfying, abruptly revealed evidence of the scheme in action. That the schemes… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
People don't use their eyes. They never see a bird, they see a sparrow. They never see a tree, they see a… — Joyce Cary Copy Share Image
I would sit in the back at church every Sunday trying to hide, and just when I thought I'd gotten through the… — Brooke Valentine Copy Share Image
When sparrows build and the leaves break forth My old sorrow wakes and cries. — Jean Ingelow Copy Share Image
One, I have a wonderful publisher, Black Sparrow Press; as long as they exist, they will keep me in print. And they… — Diane Wakoski Copy Share Image
When I think of my past life, and the bitter trials I have endured, I can scarcely believe I live, and yet… — Sarah Winnemucca Copy Share Image
He looked resigned, as though he knew that wretched door--to where? Home? Heaven? Peace?--would never open, and at the same time he… — Connie Willis Copy Share Image
I have lived, Sir, a long time and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth --… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Only God sees the sparrow fall, but even God doesn't do anything about it. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
As I stood alone and forsaken, and the power of the sea and the battle of the elements reminded me of my… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A white crowned night sparrow sings as the moon sets. Thunder growls far off. Our campfire is a single light. Amongst a… — Kenneth Rexroth Copy Share Image
I was so urban-centric once. I did not want to see a patch of grass. I did not want to look at… — Carlos Dengler Copy Share Image
A net set up to catch fish may snare a duck; a mantis hunting an insect may itself be set upon by… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Love is never abstract. It does not adhere to the universe or the planet or the nation or the institution or the… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
