Edmund Gosse Quotes

She was never a tower of strength to me, but at least she was always a lodge in my garden of cucumbers.

Edmund Gosse

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• I have to experience all the ghastly, bottomless depths for life for myself; it's for that reason that I went to war, and for that reason I volunteered.

  

  Otto Dix
  • Life
  • Experience
  • War

• On a personal level, I love the idea of hosting an awards show. I think that sounds like kind of a fun thing to do.

  

  Zachary Levi
  • Fun
  • Like
  • Idea

• Some people think electronic music is cold, but I think that has more to do with the people listening than the actual music itself.

  

  Imogen Heap
  • People
  • Music
  • Listening

• The VA does a lot of good things, but determining if a firm is a small business is not one of them.

  

  Sam Graves
  • Good
  • Business
  • Small

• I knew you had to go in and audition and maybe they'd hire you, and that's where you start. I had a good understanding about press: that it's the actor's responsibility to publicize his or her films.

  

  Laura Dern
  • Good
  • Responsibility
  • Understanding

• Where did he get jelly beans? That's another good question. More than likely it will never be answered to your complete satisfaction. But then, how many questions ever are?

  

  Harlan Ellison
  • Good
  • Question

• I was asked to speak at a bar association, because there's an upswing on college applications - in general and for Latinos - because of 'L.A. Law.' I went to a couple of functions, and I just felt an energy: It was, you're doing a good job, but do you realize how important it is?

  

  Jimmy Smits
  • Good
  • Important
  • Job

• I think the best restaurants in America should be in California.

  

  David Chang
  • America
  • California

• The shortest period of time lies between the minute you put some money away for a rainy day and the unexpected arrival of rain.

  

  Jane Bryant Quinn
  • Time
  • Money
  • Period

• Before 'Wings' came out, I told a few people that at the end of book one, readers should think Laurel made the right choice. Then, at the end of 'Spells,' they should understand why Laurel made the choice she did.

  

  Aprilynne Pike
  • People
  • Why
  • She

• It is an honor for me to take part in Canon's Project Imagin8ion, partnering with a brand that is empowering young filmmakers and is at the forefront of technology.

  

  Bryce Dallas Howard
  • Technology
  • Honor
  • Empowering

• I grew up watching Dr. J, and I was like, 'Oh my God, this guy is the greatest basketball player I ever saw.'

  

  John McEnroe
  • Up
  • God
  • Guy

• My brother's an aerospace engineer who works for Boeing, and I started thinking, 'Well, my brother works nine hours a day at his job... What if I worked nine hours a day at being an actor?'

  

  Brent Sexton
  • Thinking
  • Job
  • Brother

• I feel very comfortable with the U.K. tone and humour and laid-back attitude.

  

  Shawn Mendes
  • Attitude

• Non est miserum esse caecum, miserum est caecitatem non posse ferre.

  

  John Milton

• I did have a dog for a few years when I was little, but then just really had cats until I was about 21.

  

  Eric Roberts
  • Dog

• Trust God, and do the next thing.

  

  Oswald Chambers
  • God
  • Trust

• My mother loves me and everything goes well. I have no conflict with her, so that's not dramatic.

  

  Ang Lee
  • Mother
  • Wells
  • Conflict

• I started out as a business manager for a national hotel chain based in Oklahoma. I got frustrated with what was happening in the state capital - the high cost of doing business and a lack of educated workers.

  

  Mary Fallin
  • Business
  • High

• High expectations weren't nurtured in my neck of nowhere back then - children weren't fawned over from an early age as 'gifted' and groomed for a prizewinning future; self-esteem was considered something you had to pick from the garden yourself.

  

  James Wolcott
  • Children
  • High
  • Age

• Ere Babylon was dust, The Magus Zoroaster, my dead child, Met his own image walking in the garden. That apparition, sole of men, he saw.

  

  Percy Bysshe Shelley
  • Men
  • Walking
  • Garden

• There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal.... Next to the Blessed Sacrament itself, your neighbor is the holiest object presented to your senses. If he is your Christian neighbor he is holy in almost the same way, for in him also Christ verse latitat - the glorifier and the glorified, Glory Himself, is truly hidden.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • People
  • Wisdom
  • Christian

• She was never a tower of strength to me, but at least she was always a lodge in my garden of cucumbers.

  

  Edmund Gosse
  • Garden
  • Tower
  • Cucumbers