Alfred Lord Tennyson Quotes

She is coming, my own, my sweet; Were it ever so airy a tread, My heart would hear her and beat, Were it earth in an earthly bed; My dust would hear her and beat, Had I lain for a century dead; Would start and tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple and red.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

• Earth
• Feet
• My Heart
• Tread

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• We have to set our own agenda, we have to set our own standards, we have to be very strong about what we want, we have to be very strong about our passion and if it's not right for you, you shouldn't do it just because you're advised by so-called geniuses.

  

  Jackie DeShannon
  • Want
  • Strong
  • Passion

• I have always been driven to buck the system, to innovate, to take things beyond where they've been.

  

  Sam Walton
  • Always
  • System
  • Driven

• I think of OkCupid as an online bar; a place where singles can go, have fun with each other and in the process hopefully meet new people, some of whom might turn into a romantic relationship.

  

  Sam Yagan
  • People
  • Fun
  • Relationship

• I'm not one to take revenge. If someone does something wrong to me I leave it in the hands of the universe to take care of that person.

  

  Lana Parrilla
  • Universe
  • Care
  • Revenge

• We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.

  

  Walter Savage Landor
  • Happy
  • Wish
  • Happiness

• My greatest concern is that the emergence of this technology without the appropriate public attention and international controls could lead to an unstable arms race.

  

  K. Eric Drexler
  • Attention
  • Technology
  • Race

• I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
  • Life
  • Live
  • Myself

• I believe that everybody has the right to view his or her own body as a palette. However, I think intellectuals should at least try to be role models.

  

  Camille Paglia
  • Believe
  • Body
  • View

• Is it right to shoot the poor prostitute or a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, or a man who loves another man?

  

  Oriana Fallaci
  • Man
  • Woman
  • Husband

• In Romania, we have pledged to create a modern public service: well-educated, appropriately rewarded and above all, de-politicized.

  

  Victor Ponta
  • Service
  • Public Service

• Who wouldn't like to give up normal life? I mean, normal life, you know, is the second worst thing to death itself. I think normality is something that makes everything very static, and I try to make my days, my daily routines, as uneven and rich as possible.

  

  Vik Muniz
  • Life
  • Up
  • Death

• I'm cut from a different cloth. I would never moon someone. I was raised in a good family.

  

  Foxy Brown
  • Good
  • Different
  • Family

• As much as I love heavy riffs, I like The Eagles, Neil Young, Elton John, Crowded House.

  

  Zakk Wylde Black Label Society
  • Love
  • House
  • Like

• Individuals with kidney disease who are able to obtain treatment early experience a higher quality of life and are able to maintain more of their day-to-day activities, including keeping their jobs.

  

  Xavier Becerra
  • Life
  • Experience
  • Quality

• And, more important, none of Paul's music feels unfamiliar to me.

  

  Ednita Nazario
  • Music
  • Important
  • Feels

• The flute was an alternative to being a small fish in an increasingly bigger pool filled with a number of great guitar players.

  

  Ian Anderson
  • Great
  • Small
  • Guitar

• I'm sure at some point I will get back into coaching, but right now I need to focus completely on my kids.

  

  Patrick Ewing
  • Kids
  • Focus
  • Now

• When I was the NIH director, I often expressed envy of institute directors: they had the money and ran the scientific programmes.

  

  Harold E. Varmus
  • Money
  • Director
  • Envy

• The newest Ferrari of them all, the 458, the Italia. The GT3 was good, but nowhen near as good as this... almost nothing on Earth is as good as this... Set that something I've just told, involving Cameron Diaz... and some honey... then it comes that even that isn't as good as this.

  

  Jeremy Clarkson
  • Good
  • Earth

• I have faith in the universe, for it is rational. Law underlies each happening. And I have faith in my purpose here on earth. I have faith in my intuition, the language of my conscience, but I have no faith in speculation about Heaven and Hell. I'm concerned with this time-here and now.

  

  Albert Einstein
  • Earth
  • Faith
  • Universe

• I'm too busy thinking what I'm going to say next to remember what I've said, but my staff tells me I'm sometimes funny. Not always on purpose, though.

  

  Jared Polis
  • Thinking
  • Remember
  • Funny

• Difficulties come when you don't pay attention to life's whisper. Life always whispers to you first, but if you ignore the whisper, sooner or later you'll get a scream.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
  • Life
  • Attention
  • Ignore

• She is coming, my own, my sweet; Were it ever so airy a tread, My heart would hear her and beat, Were it earth in an earthly bed; My dust would hear her and beat, Had I lain for a century dead; Would start and tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple and red.

  

  Alfred Lord Tennyson
  • Earth
  • Feet
  • My Heart