Age Quote by William Cowper

Greece, sound, thy Homer's, Rome thy Virgil's name, But England's Milton equals both in fame.

— William Cowper

Open-mindedness should not be fostered because, as Scripture teaches, Truth is great and will prevail, nor because, as Milton suggests, Truth will always win…

— Richard Rorty

All great economists are tall. There are two exceptions: John Kenneth Galbraith and Milton Friedman.

— George Stigler

Milton Hope led the singing of Happy Birthday ... He would say, 'Keep it sweet and short and don't try to be funny.'

— Bob Hope

The passages in which Milton has alluded to his own circumstances are perhaps read more frequently, and with more interest, than any other lines…

— Thomas B. Macaulay

Milton almost requires a solemn service of music to be played before you enter upon him. But he brings his music, to which who…

— Charles Lamb

White people use their literature to maintain culture. That's why you find references to Milton and Spencer and Shakespeare and Dostoyevsky in contemporary novels.

— Ntozake Shange

When I write what publishers call 'fantasy' I am writing in what I think is the most important tradition of fiction: starting with Homer…

— Janet Morris

When I stand in a library where is all the recorded wit of the world, but none of the recording, a mere accumulated, and…

— Henry David Thoreau

“you can do against Milton.”

— Stan Berenstain

When the economy was going up, [Milton Friedman and I] both gave the same advice, and when the economy was going down, we gave…

— Paul Samuelson

You want to prove that Milton Friedman is a fascist? It's easy. Quote him.

— Arthur Laffer