Philip James Bailey Quotes
For as nightingales do upon glow-worms feed, So poets live upon the living light.
Quotes to Explore
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Perhaps a hundred people assembled one evening, May 15, 1876, at the time when the country was celebrating the hundredth anniversary of its political independence.
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I believe people have to follow their dreams - I did.
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I suppose I sometimes used to act like I wasn't a human being... Sometimes I look back at myself and remember things I used to say, or my hairstyle, and I cringe.
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It's going to be a big topic of discussion.
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Timing has a lot to with art.
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It's a funny word, persistence. It means not giving up, but it also means just passing on through time.
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There's something really nice about not sitting separate from the crew in some massive trailer away from the studio. To actually be there with them, it's more of a creative process.
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I can no more understand the totality of God than the pancake I made for breakfast understands the complexity of me
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The air campaign is going to continue, ... The Yugoslav government hasn't done anything positive.
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Whether it's boxing, basketball, or badminton, one must be ready to succeed before entering the arena...long before the lights come up.
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Greece, sound, thy Homer's, Rome thy Virgil's name, But England's Milton equals both in fame.
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A man's reputation is not in his own keeping, but lies at the mercy of the profligacy of others. Calumny requires no proof.
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I prefer the absurdity of writing poems to the absurdity of not writing poems.
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Doing mode is not an enemy to be defeated, but is often an ally. Doing mode only becomes a “problem” when it volunteers for a task that it cannot do, such as “solving” a troubling emotion. When this happens, it pays to “shift gear” into “Being” mode. This is what mindfulness gives us: the ability to shift gears as we need to, rather than being permanently stuck in the same one.
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All memories fashioned at the level of a child's eye were unreliable in scale.
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For as nightingales do upon glow-worms feed, So poets live upon the living light.
