Mood Quotes

1288 Mood quotes by 961 unique authors

Prepare, You lovers, to know Love a thing of moods: Not like hard life, of laws. — George Meredith
Poetry is a whim of Nature in her lighter moods; it requires nothing but its own madness and, lacking that, it becomes a soundless cymbal,… — Pietro Aretino
For while the subjects of poetry are few and recurrent, the moods of man are infinitely various and unstable. It is the same in all… — John Drinkwater
The best emotions to write out of are anger and fear or dread. The least energizing emotion to write out of is admiration. It is… — Susan Sontag
Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood, the disposition of the spectator. — Wendell Phillips
It is always one of the tragedies of any relationship, even between people sensitive to each other's moods, that the moments of emotion so rarely… — Nan Fairbrother
The agony of a man's affliction is often necessary to put him into the right mood to face the fundamental things of life. The Psalmist… — Oswald Chambers
We read poetry because the poets, like ourselves, have been haunted by the inescapable tyranny of time and death; have suffered the pain of loss,… — Elizabeth Drew
Railways are irresistible bazaars, snaking along perfectly level no matter what the landscape, improving your mood with speed, and never upsetting your drink. — Paul Theroux
Horace, in a particularly boastful mood, once said his verse would last as long as the vestal virgins kept going up the Capitoline Hill to… — Northrop Frye
I walked around for a while angry, in a bad mood. ... 'Woe is me.' I've gotten over that. It doesn't do any good. — Peyton Manning
The story is the only thing that's important. Everything else will take care of itself. It's like what bowlers say. You hear writers talk about… — Stephen King
The human venture depends absolutely on this quality of awe and reverence and joy in the Earth and all that lives and grows upon the… — Thomas Berry
Anyone who has a dog knows that they have some very deep thoughts, that they have moods and emotions, they get their feelings hurt. It's… — Garth Stein
Its funny how human beings tend to think that they're the masters of the earth never realizing that the earth, for a time, simply tolerates… — Frederick Lenz
I was always worried with comedy - what if I came to work and I wasn't in a funny mood? That hasn't been an issue. — Jeremy Sisto
I picture my books as movies when I get stuck, and when I'm working on a new idea, the first thing I do is hit… — Maggie Stiefvater
I'm in Stockholm in my office. I just got here after seeing my eighth child on an ultrasound, so I'm in a good mood. It's… — Stellan Skarsgard
I see music as an aid. It overcomes my internal editor, especially when the music evokes the character or the mood I'm trying to build. — Jeff VanderMeer
The music I listen to while writing is really scene-specific. It's just a great motivator, a way to put myself in the mood. — Jeff VanderMeer
To me, lighting really sets the mood for a room. A 40 watt bulb in a cheap lamp is the same as a 40 watt… — Edward S. Walker, Jr.
I think music can heal your soul if you'll let it. It can also bring you up if you're down. It can also bring you… — Gretchen Wilson
Even the pictures I was doing at college - a little narrative based on a butterfly catcher, or a chimney sweep - the images were… — Tim Walker
That's the strange thing about making a record. You can be in one mood for an hour, put it on a record, and you're remembered… — Adam Yauch
Life has no meaning. It doesn't need a meaning. A meaning is an arbitrary thought formulation that we affix to it because we are in… — Frederick Lenz

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