Alfred Lord Tennyson Quotes

A classic lecture, rich in sentiment, With scraps of thundrous Epic lilted out By violet-hooded Doctors, elegies And quoted odes, and jewels five-words-long, That on the stretched forefinger of all Time Sparkle for ever.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

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• It is the responsibility of all the Sudanese, especially the political leaders and the media, to strengthen social cohesion through the proper understanding of the dynamics of unity, if they really want our country to remain united.

  

  Salva Kiir Mayardit
  • Country
  • Political
  • Responsibility

• I was on the plane with Dwayne You can call me Whitley, I go to Hillman

  

  Nicki Minaj
  • Bragging
  • Planes
  • Call Me

• Never trust a politician, Todd. They have no fixed center, so you can never believe them.

  

  Patrick Ness
  • Believe
  • Trust
  • Politician

• Curb Your Enthusiasm set me up so perfectly. That was one of my favorite shows before I got on it. That started a whole different level of a story for me. I didn't know how to process it until after I got on the show and realized what the purpose of it was.

  

  J. B. Smoove
  • Up
  • Different
  • Purpose

• I would rather sit still in a state of peace on a stone than ride in the motor-car of a multi-millionaire and feel the peacelessness of the multi-millionaire poisoning me.

  

  D. H. Lawrence
  • Peace
  • Car

• The line has magnitude in one way, the plane in two ways, and the solid in three ways, and beyond these there is no other magnitude because the three are all.

  

  Aristotle
  • Way
  • Line
  • Plane

• He hardest obstacle for me has been to find a father. I am the product of three fathers, and my connection to each of them has left me wanting. Each have their own strengths and weaknesses, but I've always been in competition with them in some way.

  

  Damon Runyon
  • Father
  • Find
  • Obstacle

• There are two types of mind . . . the mathematical, and what might be called the intuitive. The former arrives at its views slowly, but they are firm and rigid; the latter is endowed with greater flexibility and applies itself simultaneously to the diverse lovable parts of that which it loves.

  

  Blaise Pascal
  • Views
  • Loves
  • Diverse

• Great art is precisely that which never was, nor will be taught, it is preeminently and finally the expression of the spirits of great men.

  

  John Ruskin
  • Expression
  • Spirits
  • Great Art

• Some men like a dull life - they like the routine of eating breakfast, going to work, coming home, petting the dog, watching TV, kissing the kids, and going to bed. Stay clear of it - it's often catching.

  

  Hedy Lamarr
  • Men
  • Home
  • Kids

• I’m in no hurry: the sun and the moon aren’t, either. Nobody goes faster than the legs they have. If where I want to go is far away, I’m not there in an instant.

  

  Al Berto
  • Want
  • Faster
  • Hurry

• Well, America has been here for years.

  

  Beetlejuice
  • America
  • Years
  • Been

• The call to make that decision is not mine, because obviously I won't resign and I'm not a quitter.

  

  Andre Villas-Boas
  • Decision
  • Quitter
  • Resign

• Community history is something that people need to pay attention to.

  

  Gary Owens
  • People
  • History
  • Community

• One of my favourite actors of all time, although he doesn't necessarily play villains, is Peter Lorre.

  

  Robin Williams
  • Actors
  • Favourite
  • Peter Lorre

• I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because I detest the sort of people who go to lectures and don't want to meet them.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Bad
  • Shy
  • Speaker

• A classic lecture, rich in sentiment, With scraps of thundrous Epic lilted out By violet-hooded Doctors, elegies And quoted odes, and jewels five-words-long, That on the stretched forefinger of all Time Sparkle for ever.

  

  Alfred Lord Tennyson
  • Jewels
  • Lecture
  • Time Sparkle