Lewis Carroll Quotes
O bitter is it to abide In weariness alway: At dawn to sigh for eventide, At eventide for day. Thy noon hath fled: thy sun hath shone: The brightness of thy day is gone: What need to lag and linger on Till life be cold and gray?
Quotes to Explore
-
My aunt is a newscaster in Lubbock, Texas, and she got a letter that said, 'Natalie Maines will be shot dead at their show in Dallas, Texas,' with the date of our concert. It was freaky to see that in writing.
-
I always loved cars. I don't know why, I can't explain it to you. It has always been with me.
-
True economy consists in always making the income exceed the out-go. Wear the old clothes a little longer if necessary; dispense with the new pair of gloves; mend the old dress: live on plainer food if need be; so that, under all circumstances, unless some unforeseen accident occurs, there will be a margin in favor of the income.
-
You can't judge your characters or otherwise; it's not about you, it's about them.
-
I've got good speed off the edge.
-
I never wanted to give up my given name. I'm proud of it, but the only problem was that no one remembered it. It was just a little too awkward, and they mispronounced it so frequently.
-
I went on to Harvard and got very interested in computers and studying the earth's landscape.
-
I don't work out but generally I am fit, which is why I don't work out.
-
Sometimes we misunderstand what films can do. We just throw a whole book in there, with people just talking, talking, and talking. The picture can tell, the frame can tell.
-
I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'
-
To be half-naked for a Greek mythology movie, it's a piece of art. You know, there's nothing vulgar in there.
-
I developed this - I don't know, like a burning love, almost, inside of me that I just wanted to get up, and I just wanted to skate every single day and get better.
-
On a very gloomy dismal day, just such a one as it ought to be, I went to see Westminster Abbey.
-
I don't really see myself as an actor.
-
Mass layoffs produce big winners and losers. Most workers who remain are financially unscathed, even though their employer is struggling.
-
Great art is the expression of a solution of the conflict between the demands of the world without and that within.
-
The more I come to know about the outside world's perception of China, the more I feel there are all sorts of misunderstandings, and to a certain extent, people do not get the full picture from the media. A lot of foreigners have few opportunities to visit China, and a lot of Chinese people do not have the chance to go to Europe or to the West.
-
I actually have more shoes than anyone will ever know.
-
I was friends with President Ronald Reagan and he once said to me, 'I don't know how anybody can serve in public office without being an actor.'
-
In the same way we have a long-term plan for building roads, we have to have a long term plan to build transit.
-
I don't aspire to just play things that are like me. Whether the accent is Taiwanese or British or Canadian - that is the very craft in which I was trained. It is my absolute privilege and honor to do that.
-
A major league pitching coach is a really difficult job. It takes a big commitment in terms of time, travel and workload.
-
Before I got to the NBA, I always flew coach - it was the worst time of my life. I remember being 14 or 15, and it was such a struggle to fit into those seats.
-
O bitter is it to abide In weariness alway: At dawn to sigh for eventide, At eventide for day. Thy noon hath fled: thy sun hath shone: The brightness of thy day is gone: What need to lag and linger on Till life be cold and gray?
