Anon Quotes

32 Anon quotes by 23 unique authors

Sir Walter, being strangely surprised and put out of his countenance at so great a table, gives his son a damned blow over the face.… — John Aubrey
Gun Control: The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her panty hose, is somehow morally superior to a… — Heinrich Himmler
When, however, one reads of a witch being ducked, of a woman possessed by devils, of a wise woman selling herbs, or even a very… — Virginia Woolf
What excites and interests the looker-on at life, what the romances and the statues celebrate, and the grim civic monuments remind us of, is the… — William James
So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in… — John Milton
Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream. Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or… — John Milton
However often we turn to it [the Koran] at first disgusting us each time afresh, it soon attracts, astounds, and in the end enforces our… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Recognizes ever and anon The breeze of Nature stirring in his soul. — William Wordsworth
Box about: 'twill come to my father anon. — John Aubrey
Lat take a cat, and fostre him wel with milk, And tendre flesh, and make his couche of silk, And let him seen a mous… — Geoffrey Chaucer
I think we need a 12-step group for non-stop talkers. We're going to call it On and On Anon. — Paula Poundstone
.... Anon from the castle walls The crescent banner falls, And the crowd beholds instead, Like a portent in the sky, Iskander's banner fly, The… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
This is a common experience in my traveling. I plod along, thinking what a miserable world this is and what miserable fellows we that inhabit… — Henry David Thoreau
Was awakened in the night to a strain of music dying away, - passing travellers singing. My being was so expanded and infinitely and divinely… — Henry David Thoreau
The clouds were drifting over the moon at their giddiest speed, at one time wholly obscuring her, at another, suffering her to burst forth in… — Charles Dickens
Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose, like an exhalation. — John Milton
Lightly tripping o'er the land, Deftly skimming o'er the main, Scarce our fairy wings bedewing With the frothy mantling brine, Scarce our silver feet acquainting… — Hartley Coleridge
If you want to use a cliche you must take full responsibility for it yourself and not try to fob it off on anon., or… — Lewis Thomas
Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show for them; for those experiences have left an indelible impression,… — Henry David Thoreau
I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman. — Virginia Woolf
Believe me, when I say; There are no two powers That command the soul. One is God The other is the tide. -Anon From the… — Clive Barker
If aught must be lost, ‘twill be my honor for yours. If one must be forsaken, ‘twill be my soul for yours. Should death come… — Karen Marie Moning
Other men puffed, snorted, and splashed. George passed through the ocean with the silent dignity of a torpedo. Other men swallowed water, here a mouthful,… — P.G. Wodehouse
What do believers in the Absolute mean by saving that their belief affords them comfort? They mean that since in the Absolute finite evil is… — William James
Anon, to sudden silence won, In fancy they pursue The dream-child moving through the land Of wonders wild and new, In friendly chat with bird… — Lewis Carroll

Who Wrote These Anon Quotes

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