John Dryden Quotes

And raw in fields the rude militia swarms,Mouths without hands; maintain'd at vast expense,In peace a charge, in war a weak defence;Stout once a month they march, a blustering band,And ever but in times of need at hand.

John Dryden

Quotes to Explore

I don't think I knew that you could be a novelist. I think a lot of my students are in the same condition. I thought it was unreachable, that it was sort of dead people. It took me a long time - I think I was well into novel writing before I really thought, 'Actually, this is a valid pastime.'

Rachel Cusk
- People
- Time
- Long
Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.

E. W. Howe
- Men
- Women
- Virtue
Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.

Nat Wolff
- Music
- Kids
- Game
Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle.

Balthasar Klossowski de Rola
- Work
- Great
- Experience
I think the media world is adjusting to the digital age.

Gary Bettman
- World
- Age
- Media
I love watching action. I remember watching Angelina Jolie in 'Tomb Raider,' and I was like 'Wow, it's so cool when a girl can go around and kick butt.'

Olga Fonda
- Remember
- Girl
- Action