John Masefield Quotes
Poetry is a mixture of common sense, which not all have, with an uncommon sense, which very few have.John Masefield
Quotes to Explore
-
After leaving school, I travelled around Europe for about six months. In Denmark, I thought that was my chance to get an amazing haircut, so I went to what I thought was a great hairdresser. It turned out to be the car wash of hairdressers, and I walked out sporting yet another pudding bowl, but this time with a stripe bleached down the centre.
Becki Newton -
I really like having a life outside work. I sometimes wish I did more career stuff and was in that Hollywood scene a bit more. But Toronto's my home.
Rachel McAdams -
I will always think of myself as that girl that is 22 starting and really excited about everything and wanting to be amazing at everything. I always wanted to be the best stylist. That was it.
Rachel Zoe -
Only let it be in the name of Jesus Christ, that I may suffer together with Him! I endure everything because He Himself, Who is perfect man, empowers me.
Ignatius of Antioch -
There are no plans that always work in life. For me, the secret to happiness is being positive and looking at the brighter side of my life.
Karisma Kapoor -
I don't want to lose what I've won.
Rafael dos Anjos
-
It is because of me that today the union government has sanctioned special funds for the development of Bihar.
Lalu Prasad Yadav -
I don't want to hear about my death.
Oriana Fallaci -
When you tell the American people, 'Read my lips. No new taxes,' that should mean no new taxes.
Ted Cruz -
I don't actually think there has ever been too much emphasis on what I am wearing.
Felicity Jones -
Opposition to abortion was one of the ways the Christian right was brought into the Republican Party by conservatives hoping to move the party further right. Now, of course, the tail is wagging the dog.
Katha Pollitt -
If I go to Singapore, I have friends there. If they came to Zambia, they'd feel the same way. I've made connections, and I have friends in many, many countries.
Dambisa Moyo
-
I was under contract to Paramount. They wanted to make me into somebody which I was not. So I got so scared and rebelled, so they threw me out of the studio.
Ursula Andress -
History will treat me right.
Ralph Abernathy -
What I've discovered and really confirmed to myself is that opera really likes loud colours, and you need something bold, something savage, unpredictable, passionate. You can't really run a two-hour opera round some muted murmuring.
Ian Mcewan -
'Pastoralia' by George Saunders is one of my favorite novels.
Zooey Deschanel -
Men are such power-seeking creatures, and they usually kill people to get to the throne.
Madonna Breakfast Club -
Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.
W. Clement Stone
-
The further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort zone is great fun.
Benedict Cumberbatch -
To the men exposed to his rule Lymond never appeared ill: he was never tired; he was never worried, or pained, or disappointed, or passionately angry. If he rested, he did so alone; if he slept, he took good care to sleep apart. “—I sometimes doubt if he’s human,” said Will, speaking his thought aloud. “It’s probably all done with wheels.
Dorothy Dunnett -
I've always been into 'fast-paced, don't bore 'em, keep it moving along, stick with the story.' You know: tell a story the way I want to hear a story. I find it more rewarding to write for kids, but I also find it a little easier, because you can just let loose a little bit more in terms of fantasy and stuff.
James Patterson -
Me and Jeffrey Wright were hanging out a lot. We go surfing a fair bit when he's on the West Coast. He's a legend.
Luke Hemsworth -
Poetry lies its way to the truth.
John Ciardi -
Poetry is a mixture of common sense, which not all have, with an uncommon sense, which very few have.
John Masefield