Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before; But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token, And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, "Lenore?" This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, "Lenore!" — Merely this, and nothing more...Edgar Allan Poe
Quotes to Explore
-
I have absolutely no regret about my vote against this war. The same questions remain. The cost in human lives, the cost to our budget, probably 100 billion. We could have probably brought down that statue for a lot less.
Nancy Pelosi -
As a costume designer, I first try to figure out what the character's economic situation is and hit the stores they'd shop.
Patricia Norris -
I don't know what I was expecting or what I was dreaming about the xx accomplishing.
Oliver Sim The xx -
Actors and directors work on things together. That's how I like to work, anyway. I don't want to be told what to do. I want to share it with someone and work it out together.
Felicity Jones -
When we played with the Rollins Band, we'd keep songs going until we felt like ending it.
Adam Jones -
People will still give me attention: even when my teeth are gone, I'll have some good stories to tell.
Nargis Fakhri
-
You do good work for a long-enough time, I believed, and you'd get noticed.
Yiannis Chryssomallis -
Emily stared into the middle distance, trying to ignore the fact that the men were looking at her like a cupcake on a plate.
M. K. Hobson -
No one believes for a moment the embargo will prompt the Iraqi people to rise against Saddam Hussein.
Alexander Cockburn -
There have been points in my life as an artist where I have wanted to capture people's attention, probably to compensate for times when I felt invisible.
Anohni -
When I talk to youngsters today, especially those involved in athletics, I tell them to get their education first.
Ken Norton -
When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.
Plato
-
Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid.
Mark Twain -
I'm not sure I can explain the nature of Jack Kennedy's charm, but he took life just as it came.
Gene Tierney -
Every game is different. Every opposition comes with a different threat.
Dele Alli -
If a mosquito has a soul, it is mostly evil. So I don't have too many qualms about putting a mosquito out of its misery. I'm a little more respectful of ants.
Douglas Hofstadter -
The Industrial Revolution caused a centuries-long shift in power to the West; globalization is now shifting the balance again.
Dennis C. Blair -
I'm not so much of a person for causes, unless I specifically - for instance, if it's my cause, or some poor people's, I'll try to help. But you won't find me playing for any peace candidates - or any candidates.
Leon Russell
-
Why not? That's a good reason for almost anything - a bit used perhaps, but still quite serviceable.
Norton Juster -
If we understood the awesome power of our words, we would prefer silence to almost anything negative.
Betty Eadie -
'To Kill a Mockingbird' represents Hollywood at its very finest, when a popular film could truly contain a message. It has one of the most moving scores of all time.
Mark Mothersbaugh -
I came out of a family background that involved itself with people.
Ella Baker -
Me and my dad are the biggest promoters of an estate tax in the US. It's not a popular position.
Bill Gates -
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before; But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token, And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, "Lenore?" This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, "Lenore!" — Merely this, and nothing more...
Edgar Allan Poe