H. P. Lovecraft Quotes

I am distinctly opposed to visibly arrogant and arbitrary extremes of government--but this is simply because I wish the safety of an artistic and intellectual civilisation to be secure, not because I have any sympathy with the coarse-grained herd who would menace the civilisation if not placated by sops.

H. P. Lovecraft

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• I'm a mother of three. I don't really have the time to put very elaborate outfits together, so I keep it casual but dress it up with shoes, a bag, and jewellery.

  

  Camila Alves
  • Up
  • Time
  • Together

• That's the way I work and one day I won't have the energy to do it, so I think it's always good to make the most of your life and living as much as possible.

  

  Marc Almond Soft Cell
  • Life
  • Good
  • Work

• Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.

  

  Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Great
  • Artist
  • Poetry

• Everything is real on me.

  

  Tamar Braxton
  • Real
  • Me
  • Everything

• When Philip Glass asked me if I would be interested in doing a new recording of Jesus' Blood he assumed that I would do something similar to the first version and wanted to know what other pieces would be on the same CD.

  

  Gavin Bryars
  • People
  • Know
  • Interested

• The older I get the more of my mother I see in myself.

  

  Nancy Friday
  • Mother
  • Myself
  • See

• I don't think we should do anything that should make the people hate the American people more.

  

  Ziggy Marley
  • People
  • American
  • Think

• A lot of things come with fame, whether it's losing friends or losing family.

  

  Young Jeezy
  • Family
  • Friends
  • Losing

• We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough.

  

  Carl Sandburg
  • Poetry
  • Guidance
  • Professor

• I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.

  

  Vera Wang
  • Music
  • Always
  • Dresses

• We all need to slow down and go to acupuncture.

  

  Tamara Ecclestone
  • Need
  • Down
  • Slow

• Coming from the Midwest, I didn't know about stand-up as an art. I just thought stand-up comedians were old men in suits talking about their wives.

  

  Natasha Leggero
  • Up
  • Men
  • Art

• We seem to think we have some control over this planet.

  

  Ralph Steadman
  • Think
  • Control
  • Seem

• When he said we were trying to make a fool of him, I could only murmur that the Creator had beat us to it.

  

  Ilka Chase
  • Trying
  • Fool
  • Said

• All of Hollywood was convinced that 'Gone with the Wind' would be a colossal disaster and rather hoped it would be.

  

  Olivia De Havilland
  • Wind
  • Hollywood
  • Disaster

• In organic chemistry, we have learnt to derive from compounds containing only carbon and hydrogen, i.e. from the hydrocarbons, all other types of combinations, such as alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, acids, etc.

  

  Otto Wallach
  • Chemistry
  • Carbon
  • Organic

• First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body, modesty of bearing, a modulated tone of voice, and a well-ordered manner of speech. He should be without anxiety as to his food and drink, and should eat in silence.

  

  Saint Basil
  • World
  • Food
  • Silence

• My brother used to say that when you deal with women, it's difficult to remove emotions from an argument. I never really knew what he meant. Then I read an article that said when it comes to emotion and logic, men's and women's brains are different - my brother was right! Women are very mysterious, but that's part of their joy.

  

  Nathan Fillion
  • Men
  • Different
  • Women

• I think oysters are overrated, and I don't love the texture.

  

  Kevin Dillon

• The Olympics is this big global event, but when neighbours come up and wish you well, it feels more personal.

  

  Jonathan Brownlee
  • Up
  • Wish

• Naturally, since I myself am a writer, I do not wish the ordinary reader to read no modern books. But if he must read only the new or only the old, I would advise him to read the old.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Book
  • Wish
  • Ordinary

• Whatever we wish to achieve in the future, it must begin by knowing where we are in the present - not where we wish we were, or where we wish others to think we are, but where we are in fact.

  

  Thomas Sowell
  • Wish
  • Facts
  • Achieve

• Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

  

  John Wooden
  • God
  • Humble
  • Be Careful

• I am distinctly opposed to visibly arrogant and arbitrary extremes of government--but this is simply because I wish the safety of an artistic and intellectual civilisation to be secure, not because I have any sympathy with the coarse-grained herd who would menace the civilisation if not placated by sops.

  

  H. P. Lovecraft
  • Wish
  • Safety
  • Sympathy