Emily Dickinson Quotes
An ear can break a human heart As quickly as a spear, We wish the ear had not a heart So dangerously near.
Quotes to Explore
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In Yellowstone National Park, there are more 'do not feed the animals' signs than there are animals you might wish to feed.
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My legs are nice, my lips are shapely, and my breasts are pretty. They popped up when I was 11 and they weren't small then. I was teased, but now those kids wish they had what I have!
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I wish I could fly. Or speak fluent Chinese. Both I think are equally impossible.
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I screen tested for 'The Tudors' in N.Y. That was my first experience of N.Y., being flown here to screen test with Jonathan Rhys Meyers. So I have very, very fond memories of New York – New York helped give me my first big break.
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You break her heart, I'll break your neck.
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Of course we wish that more people involved in the leak of my true CIA identity had been prosecuted, but the system worked.
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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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My death is incidental, and I worry very much about my loved ones and, you know, would like to make it as easy as possible for them. Or wish I could will away whatever, you know, the sadness they will feel when I die. But for me, nothing. The world goes on.
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The simple truth of our finiteness is that we could, by whatever means, go on interminably only at the price of either losing the past and, therewith, our identity, or living only in the past and therefore without a real present. We cannot seriously wish either and thus not a physical enduring at that price.
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You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning.
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I know we can't always know what medical surprises may happen during childbirth. But my hope is to go fully natural - no epidural, no interventions. Wish me luck.
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At no point do I wish to be in conflict with any man or masculine thought. It doesn't enter my consciousness. Art is anonymous. It's not competitive with men. It's a complementary contribution.
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I wish I had seen some women directing before - that would have given me the idea of who I was.
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My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility.
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I love talking to my friends at uni and seeing what they are doing. They're just finishing their dissertations, and I kind of wish I could live their life for a second. I wish my school days could have dragged on a little longer, or that I could go back and do it later in life.
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I wish we questioned the aid model as much as we are questioning the capitalism model. Sometimes the most generous thing you can do is just say no.
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I love life. I wish I could live another 500 years, truly. There is so much to do. I don't feel bitter or angry or disappointed. If anything, I am very grateful for where I come from. I have absolutely no regrets.
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If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.
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I never really studied business in school. I kind of wish I had, but how boring is that?
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I do not wish upon anyone a descent into hell. But if your life has to be turned inside out in order for you to know yourself--if the shadow of a shaman crosses your path and you turn and follow it down--I pray that you use its force wisely. I hope that you take the ultimate responsibility for your actions and that you consecrate any destruction to the rebuilding of your higher self and a more radiant life.
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Every person is a God in embryo. Its only desire is to be born.
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I simply do not distinguish between work and play.
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The older I grow the more I see the influence of my family on my life. I didn't always see it. It was up to our parents to see that we had our education in a town that hadn't yet realized what racial prejudice was but actually knew and practiced it on occasion.
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An ear can break a human heart As quickly as a spear, We wish the ear had not a heart So dangerously near.
