Said Quotes

But it isn't easy,' said Pooh. 'Because Poetry and Hums aren't things which you get, they're things which get you. And all you can do is to go where they can find you.

A. A. Milne
What if what has been said one time not only does not cease to be said but always recommences, and not only recommences but also imposes upon us the idea that nothing has ever truly begun, having from the beginning begun by beginning again.

Maurice Blanchot
- Ideas
- Said
- Doe

A man came up to me the other day and said he hadn't had a bite in weeks. So you know what I did? I walked by him like he didn't even exist.

Henry Rollins Black Flag
- Men
- Knows
- Week
My mother once said to me, 'You must promise to be happy; it is the greatest favour you can do to others'. It has guided me throughout my life.

Stephane Hessel
- Mother
- Promise
- Favour
Not Waving but Drowning Nobody heard him, the dead man, But still he lay moaning: I was much further out than you thought And not waving but drowning. Poor chap, he always loved larking And now he's dead It must have been too cold for him his heart gave way, They said. Oh, no no no, it was too cold always (Still the dead one lay moaning) I was much too far out all my life And not waving but drowning.

Stevie Smith
- Men
- Heart
- Cold
If all of a sudden someone said, 'You have five more kids,' I'd be totally OK with it.

Sandra Bullock
- Kids
- Said
You know," I told him,"if you don't know how to eat a cupcake, that's nothing to be ashamed of." Now he did smile. "I know how to eat a cupcake." "Sure you do." "I do," he said. "I just don't want one of those." "Yeah? Prove it.

Sarah Dessen
- Prove
- Ashamed
- Cupcakes
You're awfully dark, brother," he said. "You don't know how dark.

Ernest Hemingway
- Dark
- Brother
- Said