Gondolas Quote by Benjamin Disraeli Download Open image “The gondola of London [a hansom].” — Benjamin Disraeli ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Gondolas London
To go out in a gondola at night is to reconstruct in one's imagination the true Venice, the Venice of the past alive with… — Peggy Guggenheim Copy Share Image
Venice seemed incredibly lovely, elvishly lovely--to me like a dream of Old Gondor, or Pelargir of the Numenorean Ships, before the return of the… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“The rule of no realm is mine, neither of Gondor nor any other, great or small. But all worthy things that are in peril as the world now stands, those are my care. And for my part, I shall not wholly fail of my task, though Gondor should perish, if anything passes through this night that can still grow fair… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share
“London is full of short stories, long stories, epics, farces, sit-coms, soaps and squibs, walking round hand in hand.” — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
“It is the glory of London that it is always ending and beginning anew, and that a visitor, with a good eye and indefatigable… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“Gormenghast. Withdrawn and ruinous it broods in umbra: the immemorial masonry: the towers, the tracts. Is all corroding? No. Through an avenue of spires a zephyr floats; a bird whistles; a freshet beats away from a choked river. Deep in a fist of stone a doll's hand wriggles, warm rebellious on the frozen palm. A shadow shifts its length. A… — Mervyn Peake Copy Share
London' is a gallery of sensation of impressions. It is a history of London in a thematic rather than a chronological sense with chapters… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
“whether in London’s ornate arcades or Rio’s fractious favelas, whether in the high-rises of Hong Kong or the dusty workspaces of Dharavi, our culture,… — Edward L. Glaeser Copy Share Image
“in Town VIII. Monseigneur in the Country IX. The Gorgon's Head X. Two Promises XI. A Companion Picture” — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Next to the assumption of power was the responsibility of relinquishing it. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
The European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established a society which has mistaken comfort for… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
It shows you exactly how a star is formed; nothing else can be so pretty! A cluster of vapor, the cream of the milky… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Religion should be the rule of life, not a casual incident in it. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
I was told that the privileged and the people formed two nations. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Expediency is a law of nature. The camel is a wonderful animal, but the desert made the camel. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
May you eat an unfamiliar dessert in a strange land at least once every three years. May you wake up... and start dancing while… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
Overall, The Population Bomb was probably too optimistic. I was writing about climate change - Anne and I actually wrote the book. We discussed… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
By day, Venice is a city of museums and churches, packed with great art. Linger over lunch, trying to crack a crustacean with weird… — Rick Steves Copy Share Image
To go out in a gondola at night is to reconstruct in one's imagination the true Venice, the Venice of the past alive with… — Peggy Guggenheim Copy Share Image
[On Venice:] A wondrous city of fairest carving, reflected in gleaming waters swirled to new patterning by every passing gondola. — Sylvia Pankhurst Copy Share Image
As to Don Juan, confess that it is the sublime of that there sort of writing; it may be bawdy, but is it not… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
Does anyone know where these gondolas of Paris come from? [Fr., Ne sait on pas ou viennent ces gondoles Parisiennes?] — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Sailin' 'round the world in a dirty gondola Oh, to be back in the land of Coca-Cola! — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image