Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes

Let us fill urns with rose-leaves in May And hive the the trifty sweetness for December!

Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

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• A lot of young players don't really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing out on what the game is all about, especially the whole concept of sportsmanship and teamwork.

  

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  • History
  • Game
  • Missing

• It requires genius to make a good pun - some men of bright parts can't reach it.

  

  Hannah Cowley
  • Good
  • Men
  • Genius

• I got my first Charvet knit tie when I was 15. I actually stole it from my father. I love them because you can wear them day to night. They're French and preppy and have been around since the 1800s.

  

  Nate Berkus
  • Love
  • Father
  • Night

• A lot of the time, you see something really beautiful, but if you don't have the perfect figure and are a really small size, it won't work well for you.

  

  Camila Alves
  • Time
  • Work
  • Beautiful

• I don't want to be a poster child for cancer.

  

  Patrick Swayze
  • Want
  • Child
  • Cancer

• The Windrush era is a very important part of British history as it helps us understand how and why we became the multicultural society we are today, and also helps us understand the history of race relations in this country.

  

  Naomie Harris
  • Important
  • Country
  • Why

• The Premier League is a very strong league. Chelsea, Manchester City, Arsenal, and Liverpool all have a high quality. But those who know me also know that I always want to win titles. And I think that Manchester United are a club which can win titles.

  

  Bastian Schweinsteiger
  • High
  • Strong
  • Me

• When the element of conversion with reference to a standard is eliminated from life, what remains is the irresponsible quest for thrills.

  

  Irving Babbitt
  • Life

• He'd been mistaken in thinking that if he killed himself the sordid bourgeois world would perish with him.

  

  Yukio Mishima
  • World
  • Thinking

• 'Now it seems that Roger has once more taken up with Miss Roswyn. I can’t say that I approve, but he has not troubled to ask my advice.' She heaved a sigh. 'But I am sure that the world will never go precisely to my liking.''Does it for anyone?' asked Bernard Bickel with good-natured cynicism.'Probably not, and I must reconcile myself to the fact.'

  

  Jack Vance
  • Up
  • World
  • Good

• Jesus, when he was on Earth, he was out there helping people, right? Why did he perform those miracles? To call attention to his profession. Why do you think I do these incredible feats? To call attention to my profession!

  

  Jack LaLanne
  • People
  • Why
  • Earth

• I myself am part of the youth movement. However, after a long discussion, it appears that many of the youth demands and needs, like access to education, jobs, and equitable growth, have been addressed under different goals and targets and youth enjoy the benefits of everything else in the report.

  

  Tawakkol Karman
  • Different
  • Long
  • Education

• My works are dear to me, each in its own way, I shall have to answer for them on the Day off Judgement. God alone knows whether I shall ever see them again. Quite apart from the money which I was going to receive for their sale there (exhibition in Gallery Der Sturm, Berlin June-July, 1914) and it is no small sum..

  

  Marc Chagall
  • God
  • Money
  • Small

• My great-grandfather played organ for silent movies. Talkies in, Gramps out.

  

  Kent Beck
  • Great

• My mother was an introvert and quite religious. And we were brought up in the church. And when she learned that I wanted to act, she simply said: 'You cannot live here and do that.'

  

  Cicely Tyson
  • Up
  • Live
  • She

• I had no fashion sense when I started out.

  

  Anita Hassanandani Reddy
  • Fashion

• The trouble is, I just don't know if I'm too human or not human enough.

  

  Louis Theroux

• Every person born into this world their work is born with them.

  

  James Russell Lowell
  • World
  • Work

• If I have children, after school they'll always feel happy energy in the home.

  

  Li Na
  • Children
  • School
  • Home

• During the 2000 election, the current administration told our military, help is on the way. That is clearly not the case. The administration has failed to request the funds needed for the defense of this Nation. We must give the Army what it needs.

  

  Ike Skelton
  • Help
  • Military
  • Army

• I was pretty strict in high school about who I would listen to. Musicians like Neil Young, Cat Stevens, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell... who were, in my opinion, great writers. The music mattered, but it held hands with the lyrics, and the personality was, overall, unsullied.

  

  Bill Clegg
  • Great
  • Music
  • School

• What the woman who labors wants is the right to live, not simply exist — the right to life as the rich woman has the right to life, and the sun and music and art. You have nothing that the humblest worker has not a right to have also. The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too. Help, you women of privilege, give her the ballot to fight with.

  

  Rose Schneiderman
  • Art
  • Fighting
  • Helping

• Silently a flower blooms,

  

  Zenkei Shibayama
  • Flower

• Let us fill urns with rose-leaves in May And hive the the trifty sweetness for December!

  

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
  • Rose
  • December
  • Sweetness