Age Quote by Jonathan Swift

“You were always cheerful - tho' often left to your own devices. You were hardly ever out of temper - tho' often severely provoked.…

— Susanna Clarke

Most critics write critiques which are by the authors they write critiques about. That would not be so bad, but then most authorswrite works…

— Karl Kraus

Perpetual aiming at wit is a very bad part of conversation. It is done to support a character: it generally fails; it is a…

— Jonathan Swift

For poetry, he's past his prime, He takes an hour to find a rhyme; His fire is out, his wit decayed, His fancy sunk,…

— Jonathan Swift

Don't set your wit against a child.

— Jonathan Swift

Every great thing starts with an idea, followed by a doubt and finally a resolve to abandon or pursue. Victory is a treacherous journey.

— Dane Cook

Take counsel in wine, but resolve afterwards in water.

— Benjamin Franklin

All progress in literary style lies in the heroic resolve to cast aside accretions and exuberances, all the conventions of a past age that…

— Havelock Ellis

The problem was Le Corbusier was a genius and an enormous artist, but he tried to resolve problems to which there is no solution.…

— Leon Krier

There is a phrase in Chinese, 'Resolve is victory.'

— Yao Ming

You have to be nicer to me," I said. Again he laughed. "What? I'm the King of nice. What are you talking about?" "You…

— Lauren Myracle

For I am fresh of spirit, and resolved To meet all perils very constantly.

— William Shakespeare

Music is escapism from the grim realities of life. But then as soon as you escape into the music, from my point of view,…

— John Lydon

So often do you see collegians enter life with high resolve and lofty purpose and then watch them shrink and shrink to sordid, selfish,…

— W. E. B. Du Bois

Vow to be valiant. Resolve to be radiant. Determine to be dynamic. Strive to be sincere. Aspire to be attuned.

— William Arthur Ward