John Dryden Quotes

What precious drops are thoseWhich silently each other's track pursue,Bright as young diamonds in their infant dew?

John Dryden

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• This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought.

  

  T. E. Lawrence
  • Words
  • Thought
  • Desert

• First of all, I try to be a positive role model.

  

  Caitlyn Jenner
  • Positive
  • Model
  • Try

• I got to write most of everything I said.

  

  R. Lee Ermey
  • Said
  • Everything
  • Got

• You know, bigotry isn't relevant to just the South. It never was. But I'm very grateful that I don't know what it's like from experience.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • Experience
  • Know
  • Grateful

• When I arrive at my destination, I like to hit the gym, as I find exercise helps combat jet lag.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Exercise
  • Find
  • Gym

• Another thing: despite my youthful appearance, I am quite capable of making decisions.

  

  Lara St. John
  • Decisions
  • Youthful

• No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Beautiful
  • Ugly
  • Certain

• 'I wish life was not so short,' he thought. 'Languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.'

  

  J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Life
  • Time
  • Wish

• Global conditions are far too complex to be able to imagine that they could ever be really controlled by one power.

  

  Ulrich Beck
  • Power
  • Far
  • Global

• Relativism is not indifference; on the contrary, passionate indifference is necessary in order for you not to hear the voices that oppose your absolute decrees.

  

  Karel Capek
  • You
  • Passionate
  • Hear

• The death penalty question should be put on the agenda in Hungary.

  

  Viktor Orban
  • Death
  • Question
  • Agenda

• I'm always honored, but I think for every 100 of those that come along, one of them is actually going to happen. And, the fact that this was an offer on a major film that had a start date, was pretty impressive.

  

  Adam Arkin
  • Think
  • Pretty
  • Always

• I'll be judged on the body of work and not the popularity of any one decision.

  

  Kamala Harris
  • Work
  • Decision
  • Body

• I realized that I could try to sound like Waylon Jennings, or I could try to be like Waylon Jennings... but it's impossible to do both.

  

  Sam Hunt
  • Sound
  • Impossible
  • Try

• There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity - the law of nature and of nations.

  

  Edmund Burke
  • Nature
  • Law
  • Justice

• I know it's a cliche, but I see myself as a citizen of the world. I was brought up in Switzerland by German and Turkish parents but I've very much grown up in San Francisco. I have a European sense of aesthetic, but I'm also deeply steeped in the notion of change and entrepreneurship that is associated with Silicon Valley.

  

  Yves Behar
  • Up
  • World
  • Parents

• I cried when I heard Johnny Carson died.

  

  Victoria Jackson
  • Heard
  • Cried
  • Johnny

• With women and women, I think there's an understanding. Nobody knows what a woman feels or experiences but another woman. We are the nurturers, and there are times when we need to be nurtured.

  

  Dana Plato
  • Women
  • Understanding
  • Woman

• I like to step into areas where I am afraid. Fear is a sign that I am going in the right direction.

  

  April Greiman
  • Fear
  • Direction
  • Step

• I don't really talk that much. I just watch and observe.

  

  YoungBoy Never Broke Again
  • Talk
  • Watch
  • Observe

• Men are in error when they lament the flight of time, accusing it of being too swift, and not perceiving that it is sufficient as it passes; but good memory, with which nature has endowed us, causes things long past to seem present.

  

  Leonardo da Vinci
  • Time
  • Good
  • Men

• Before I was a mum, I could live in another dimension, create another world, and it wouldn't bother me if I was not totally available or totally myself. Today I cannot do that anymore.

  

  Marion Cotillard
  • World
  • Live
  • Today

• Mike Krieger and I started talking, and he decided he liked the idea of helping start the company. Once he joined, we took a step back and looked at the product as it stood.

  

  Kevin Systrom

• What precious drops are thoseWhich silently each other's track pursue,Bright as young diamonds in their infant dew?

  

  John Dryden