"Words were the only net to catch a……" — Jan Struther
"Words were the only net to catch a mood, the only sure weapon against oblivion."
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12 Quotes by Jan Struther
Jan Struther has 12 quotes on this site.
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And I am a mockery, who was God before.
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In childhood the daylight always fails too soon -- except when there are going to be fireworks;
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A single person is a manageable entity, whom you can either make friends with or leave alone. But half of…
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It's as important to marry the right life as it is the right person.
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It oughtn't to need a war to make us talk to each other in buses, and invent our own amusements…
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Private opinion creates public opinion. Public opinion overflows eventually into national behavior as things are arranged at present, can make…
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There was one bursting now, a delicate constellation of many-coloured stars which drifted down and lingered in the still air....…
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Things happen too quickly, crisis follows crisis, the soil of our minds is perpetually disturbed. Each of us, to relieve…
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Not that she didn't enjoy the holidays: but she always felt-and it was, perhaps, the measure of her peculiar happiness-a…
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It took me forty years on earth To reach this sure conclusion: There is no Heaven but clarity, No Hell…
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The blessed drink of early morning tea.
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More Catch Quotes
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one of 2,066 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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If my forgeries looked as bad as the CBS documents, it would have been 'Catch Me In Two Days'.
— Frank Abagnale
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Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense…
— Red Auerbach
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There is a way to look at the past. Don't hide from it. It will not catch you if you…
— Pearl Bailey
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The catch phrase for the day is 'Do an act of kindness. Help one person smile.'
— Harvey Ball
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Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting.
— Dave Barry
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Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the…
— Dave Barry
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You cannot be happy with your family while being personally unhappy with your work. It's a Catch-22 kind of thing.
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
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To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.
— Simone de Beauvoir
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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Dog - a kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship.
— Ambrose Bierce
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My theory on housework is, if the item doesn't multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it…
— Erma Bombeck
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I just like to catch fish, I don't care if it weighs half a pound or 10 pounds. But I…
— Terry Bradshaw
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