Compose Quotes

234 quotes by 210 authors

Blessed be his name, who hath appointed the quiet night to follow the busy day, and the calm sleep to refresh the wearied limbs and… — Walter Scott
I have an idea that the only thing which makes it possible to regard this world we live in without disgust is the beauty which… — W. Somerset Maugham
Over and over, we start our own tales, compose our own stories, whether our lives are short or long. Until at last all our beginnings… — Cameron Dokey
He lived at a little distance from his body, regarding his own acts with doubtful side-glances. He had an odd autobiographical habit which led him… — James Joyce
I touched my lips to hers again, and this time, it was a very different sort of kiss. It was six yearsâ€™ worth of kissing,… — Maggie Stiefvater
Time did not compose her. — Jane Austen
...our species is one, and each of the individuals who compose it are entitled to equal moral consideration. — Michael Ignatieff
Human beings suffer agonies, and their sad fates become legends; poets write verses about them and playwrights compose dramas, and the remembrance of past grief… — Upton Sinclair
Not a single one of the cells that compose you knows who you are, or cares. — Daniel Dennett
Boredom is that awful state of inaction when the very medicine â€• that is, activity â€• which could solve it, is seen as odious. Archery?… — Margaret George
I realized Michael was right. I mean, I am always writing in this journal. And I do compose a lot of poetry, and write a… — Meg Cabot
Later, I would ask Shaya to help me compose a formal response to Katrice's letter, something a long the lines of "I am the Thorn… — Richelle Mead
Once, lovers on faraway shores sat by candlelight and dipped ink to parchment, writing words that could not be erased. They took an evening to… — Mitch Albom
Think of the actual physical elements that compose our bodies: we are 98 percent hydrogen and oxygen and carbon. That's table sugar. You are made… — Augusten Burroughs
If the human race develops an electronic nervous system, outside the bodies of individual people, thus giving us all one mind and one global body,… — Alan Watts
What do you know about yourself? What are your stories? The ones you tell yourself, and the ones told by others. All of us begin… — Cameron Dokey
This is one of the paradoxes of the democratic movement - that it loves a crowd and fears the individuals who compose it - that… — Walter Lippmann
In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of. — Robert Schumann
I compose my pieces with a formula that I created myself. — Thelonious Monk
The writing of a poem is like a child throwing stones into a mineshaft. You compose first, then you listen for the reverberation. — James Fenton

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