Ernest Rhys Quotes
I saw the sunlight in a leafy place, Bathing itself in liquid green and amber-- Where every flower had tears hid in its petals, And every leaf was lovely with the rain.
Ernest Rhys
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We don't need to clear the 4 to 6 percent of the Earth's surface remaining in tropical rain forests, with most of the animal and plant species living there.
E. O. Wilson
We all wish to live. We all seek a world in which men are freed of the burdens of ignorance, poverty, hunger and disease. And we shall all be hard-pressed to escape the deadly rain of nuclear fall-out should catastrophe overtake us.
Haile Selassie
I grew up in this town, my poetry was born between the hill and the river, it took its voice from the rain, and like the timber, it steeped itself in the forests.
Pablo Neruda
If we see a sad rain, it doesn't mean the rain is sad, but it means we see it. That's an easily dismissible kind of projection. But what I'm struggling to say, is that we take that rain in through our own hearts and emotions and senses and skin, and all those filters have an impact.
Karen Joy Fowler
Life would be very dreary if there were no magic. If the real world were only that veil of tears, I just don't think could get up in the morning.
Victoria Moran
If someone had told me when I was a kid I'd get an ovation from Frank Sinatra! One time, I did a song called 'I Am A Singer', but I rewrote the words for Frank. I was in tears and, when he got up, so was he.
Irwin Thomas
I quickly discovered that trying to go play golf while living in Manhattan was about as easy as trying to grab a taxi while standing out in front of Saks Fifth Avenue in the freezing rain on the last shopping day before Christmas.
Dan Jenkins
When women and men can shed an equal quantity of tears in public, that's when we'll have equal power.
Madeleine M. Kunin
Encourage children to write their own stories, and then don't rain on their parade. Don't say, 'That's not true.' Applaud flights of fantasy. Help with spelling and grammar, but stand up and cheer the use of imagination.
Gail Carson Levine
I think you have to pay for love with bitter tears.
Edith Piaf
The laughter cameWhen the tears stopped falling.Now all I do is just call your name(When I say lover)You walked in and my heart discoveredThat my life would never be the same.Oh, you are my destiny.You are my one and only.You gave that joy to meWhen my whole life was lonely.
Lionel Richie
But instead I kept my tears inside,cause I knew if I,started I'd keep crying for the rest of my life with you,I finally built up the strength to walk away,don't regret it,but I still live with the side effects.
Mariah Carey
'Barack Obama being elected. I think about how… um… how my sons will grow up only knowing a black President. Wells with tears I can’t explain how that’s changed America. There’s an optimism now that wasn’t there for black people.'
Brandon Flowers
The Killers
No matter what is happening now, events will ultimately bend toward love the way a flower bends toward sunlight.
Marianne Williamson
And I feel that love is dead, I'm loving angels instead...
Robbie Williams
Take That
Let me just tell you this, Watanabe," said Midori, pressing her cheek against my neck. "I'm a real, live girl, with real, live blood gushing through my veins. You're holding me in your arms and I'm telling you that I love you. I'm ready to do anything you tell me to do. I may be a little bit mad, but I'm a good girl, and honest, and I work hard, I'm kind of cute, I have nice boobs, I'm a good cook, and my father left me a trust fund. I mean, I'm a real bargain, don't you think? If you don't take me, I'll end up going somewhere else.
Haruki Murakami
When you first start out, you are just happy to get a job, any job. And as time goes on, either you move forward or screech to a halt.
George Clooney
I saw the sunlight in a leafy place, Bathing itself in liquid green and amber-- Where every flower had tears hid in its petals, And every leaf was lovely with the rain.
Ernest Rhys