Splendid Quotes

323 quotes by 255 authors

Actually there were many officers' clubs that Yossarian had not helped build, but he was proudest of the one on Pianosa. It was a sturdy… — Joseph Heller
And I ran after that voice through the streets so as not to lose sight of the splendid wreath of bodies gliding over the city,… — Milan Kundera
...human beings are a species splendid in their array of moral equipment, tragic in their propensity to misuse it, and pathetic in their ignorance of… — Robert Wright
Did you say the stars were worlds, Tess?" "Yes." "All like ours?" "I don't know, but I think so. They sometimes seem to be like… — Thomas Hardy
After all," Anne had said to Marilla once, "I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
Truly we work and live on a streetful of splendid people, whom we are to love and serve even if they are uninterested in us! — Neal A. Maxwell
Harry!" said Fred, elbowing Percy out of the way and bowing deeply. "Simply splendid to see you, old boy-" "Marvelous," said George, pushing Fred aside… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Each day we are becoming a creature of splendid glory or one of unthinkable horror. — C.S. Lewis
I want to do something splendidâ€¦ Something heroic or wonderful that wonâ€™t be forgotten after Iâ€™m deadâ€¦ I think I shall write books. — Louisa May Alcott
Those two are carved from the same tree." the queen said. By the same blade." The high king answered and offered her his arm in… — Victoria Hanley
It was a splendid population - for all the slow, sleepy, sluggish-brained sloths stayed at home - you never find that sort of people among… — Mark Twain
Mother, whose heart hung humble as a button the bright splendid shroud of your son, Do not weep. War is kind. — Stephen Crane
The supreme adventure is being born. There we do walk suddenly into a splendid and startling trap... When we step into the family, by the… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
... an ugly, lovely town ... crawling, sprawling ... by the side of a long and splendid curving shore. This sea-town was my world. — Dylan Thomas
I really am a pessimist. I've always felt that fascism is a more natural governmental condition than democracy. Democracy is a grace. It's something essentially… — Norman Mailer
Somewhere in the world there was a young woman with such splendid understanding that she'd see him entire, like a poem or story, and find… — John Barth
Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive--it's such… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
Life has loveliness to sell, All beautiful and splendid things, Blue waves whitened on a cliff, Soaring fire that sways and sings, And children's faces… — Sara Teasdale
(Egypt) is a great place for contrasts: splendid things gleam in the dust. — Gustave Flaubert
Really, for a man who had been out of practice for so many years it was a splendid laugh! — Charles Dickens

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