"There is no language like the Irish for……" — John Millington Synge

"There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting."

— John Millington Synge

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28 Quotes by John Millington Synge

John Millington Synge has 28 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The drama, like the symphony, does not teach or prove anything.
A man who is not afraid of the sea will soon be drowned, for he will be going out on…
As a man has no right to kill one of his children if it is diseased or insane, so a…
A week of sweeping fogs has passed over and given me a strange sense of exile and desolation. I walk…
Lord, confound this surly sister, blight her brow with blotch and blister, cramp her larynx, lung and liver, in her…
No man at all can be living forever and we must be satisfied.
In a good play every speech should be as fully flavored as a nut or apple.
It gave me a moment of exquisite satisfaction to find myself moving away from civilisation in this rude canvas canoe…
I'm a good scholar when it comes to reading but a blotting kind of writer when you give me a…
They're cheering a young lad, the champion playboy of the Western World.
A low line of shore was visible at first on the right between the movement of the waves and fog,…
At first I threw my weight upon my heels, as one does naturally in a boot, and was a good…

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More Inspirational Quotes

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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