As long as I love Beauty I am young.
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Streams full of stars, like skies at night.
No ti...
W.H. DAVIES I love thee for a heart that’s kind--not for the knowledge in thy mind.
W.H. DAVIES Now shall I walk or shall I ride?
'Ride,' Pleasure said;
'Walk,' Joy replied.
W.H. DAVIES This man has talent, that man genius
And here's the strange and cruel difference:
Talent g...
W.H. DAVIES What is this life so full of care,
We don't have time to stand and stare.
W.H. DAVIES I am not a lobbyist. I am not a political activist. I am not a leader, as far as I'm concerned.
JOSE ANTONIO VARGAS Lord take me as I am just the way I am. Set my soul ablaze, never quench the flame
VENES I read as much poetry as time allows and circumstance dictates: No heartache can pass without a litt...
J. COURTNEY SULLIVAN Draw me close to you, teach me to be like you. When people look at me I want them to see you
VENES What we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do. There are people we trust b...
STEPHEN R. COVEY This is too much reality for a Friday.
AS GOOD AS IT GETS Anywhere inside the bleachers and I'm fine ... just as long as I can make bogey. A 'W' is a 'W.
TIGER WOODS I love the '60s - that's my comfort zone as far as dressing goes.
OPHELIA LOVIBOND In those whom I like, I can find no common denominator; in those whom I love I can: they all make me...
W. H. AUDEN Stress and looks are directly connected as far as I am concerned. If you are happy, you look good.
MAHESH BABU As far I'm working on The life Of one Kid 7... continue!
DEYTH BANGER As far as sustaining our popularity, I believe we can.
VINCE MCMAHON I love the Russian classics very much, the Russian classical literature. But I also read modern lite...
VLADIMIR PUTIN As far as I am concerned, poetry is a statement concerning the human condition, composed in verse.
N. SCOTT MOMADAY Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I ...
W. H. AUDEN I'm not funny. Never have been and, as far as I can tell, I never will be.
DAVID DOBKIN I am a very outspoken person, and if something makes me uncomfortable, you will know that it makes m...
LEA MICHELE I am not sick. I am broken. But I am happy as long as I can paint.
FRIDA KAHLO I just believe that the feeling of wonder is amazing. I am pushing myself as far as I can humanly pu...
DAVID BLAINE A quote isn't a quote until that quote is quotably quoted by and official Quotesman
I AM TIMEPIECE The internet has too much information out there for you to ask a dumb question
I AM TIMEPIECE I am no longer a rare breed, I am an endangered species
I AM TIMEPIECE I wish there was an edit button on Life because sometimes we don't realize the mistakes we've made u...
I AM TIMEPIECE Life are full of memories, capture them
I AM TIMEPIECE I don't fit in because I was born to stand out
I AM TIMEPIECE Really, as long as I am working and have diversity, I am happy.
ADAM BRODY As long as I am breathing, in my eyes, I am just beginning.
CRISS JAMI As far as I am concerned, LGBT can only stand for leprosy, gonorrhea, bacteria, and tuberculosis, al...
YAHYA JAMMEH Death is not scary enough and not so sweet life of the human foot leaves gentility.
IMAM ALI (AS) Not long ago someone said I should shorten it to just Emma. But I really, really love my name. From ...
EMAYATZY CORINEALDI I am intrigued by the beauty of love.
I was moved by the love of beauty.
NURUDEEN USHAWU As far as guys who perform onstage, I love Chris Rock. I'm kind of jaded on everyone else.
GABRIEL IGLESIAS I look as young as a person can look given how old I am.
NORA EPHRON I am here today as an American citizen and an engineer whose life has been devastated by that (H-1B)...
DAVID HUBER Old as I am, for ladies' love unfit,
The power of beauty I remember yet,
Which once inflam'd m...
JOHN DRYDEN If I didn't do what I do, I wouldn't be as young as I am.
ROBERT PLANT I am a free lover. I have an inalienable, constitutional and natural right to love whom I may, to lo...
VICTORIA WOODHULL The experiment of poetry, as far as I am concerned, happens when the poem carries you beyond where y...
SEAMUS HEANEY I have the softest beard in the world. As far as growing it, it doesn't itch, and it's so no...
ATO ESSANDOH I am happy to be alive, as long as I can paint.
FRIDA KAHLO I think I have been very lucky as far as my acting career goes.
NATASHA HENSTRIDGE Our job as writers, as far as I can tell, is to attempt to express what seems inexpressible.
NICK FLYNN As far as accessories are concerned, I think it is always best to be as minimalist as possible.
ALICE TEMPERLEY E V E R Y T H I N G I S E N E R G Y '
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SERGE BENHAYON I am alone and miserable. Only someone as ugly as I am could love me.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY I am perfect, I love and accept myself as I am.
AVIS J. WILLIAMS The first presidential election I really paid attention to was in 1988 when George H. W. Bush ran ag...
DANA PERINO I've been writing since I was very young, even before I was a teenager. As far as I'm concer...
DYLAN MORAN I thought I would write a love letter. But then, I wrote a book." - Suzy Davies, on "Johari's Window
SUZY DAVIES I know I have a long way to go but for now I am taking my life one day at a time. Enjoying every min...
DIANA ROSE MORCILLA And if you can’t shape your life the way you want, at least try as much as you can not to degrade ...
CONSTANTINOS P. CAVAFIS I tell you, I feel like a real novice as far as horror goes.
LAWRENCE KASDAN As far as I can see, it's not important that we have free will, just as long as we have the illu...
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B. F. SKINNER As long as I am in good form, I am able to win any match on both clay and hard.
RAFAEL NADAL I told Kristy I would only do pageants as long as it wasn't a beauty pageant, which is focused entir...
CHRISTINA HOLADAY But as far as my work is concerned, I see no impediment, and various advantages, to being deaf.
STEPHANIE BEACHAM As far as I can judge, not much good can be done without disturbing something or somebody.
EDWARD BLAKE I think Jennifer Lopez is a phenom. And as far as I'm concerned, she's really a very smart b...
RITA MORENO As far as I can tell, most actors' main motivation is self-doubt and neuroses.
DANIEL RADCLIFFE There is no disillusionment about India as far as I am concerned. There could never come a time when...
DILIP KUMAR If I hadn't spent many years trying to be as compassionate as Mother Teresa, as positive a think...
JACK CANFIELD Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.
JOHN DONNE Love, built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.
JOHN DONNE I feel like I'm 18, with the maturity level of like a 14-year-old. I'm still the same goofba...
DUFF GOLDMAN As long as I am winning, people shouldn't care whether my skirt is six inches long or 6 feet long,
SANIA MIRZA I have admired Emilio Pucci for as long as I can remember and I am extremely flattered,
MATTHEW WILLIAMSON As much as I love heavy riffs, I like The Eagles, Neil Young, Elton John, Crowded House.
ZAKK WYLDE Again, as egotistical as I am, as self-centered as I am, and as much as I love strangers idolizing m...
JOHN LARROQUETTE The memories I had with you will never be forgotten, as long as I am alive.
BASIL TONG (湯鈞庭 ベーゼル) I am a little bit (sad). I've been playing basketball as long as I can remember.
BRIDGET CARLIN As far as we are concerned, we Syria have not changed.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD As far as the style, I was fascinated by surrealism.
MARK MOTHERSBAUGH As far as I know, I have no pride of opinion.
ALBERT J. NOCK Nothing trumps honesty, as far as I'm concerned.
DAVID KOECHNER As a girl, you're supposed to love Sleeping Beauty. I mean, who wants to love Sleeping Beauty wh...
ELLEN PAGE I don't really care how I am remembered as long as I bring happiness and joy to people.
EDDIE ALBERT As long as I am alive, I am fully committed to amity between Tibetans and Chinese. Otherwise there...
DALAI LAMA As long as I can get angry then I play well. If I play well I can beat everybody. I am happy because...
ILIE NASTASE Literature has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. I can't think back before a t...
ALEXANDRA ADORNETTO I am not yours, not lost in you,
Not lost, although I long to be
Lost as a candle lit at noo...
SARA TEASDALE As long as I am nothing but a ghost of the civil dead, I can do nothing.
JACK HENRY ABBOTT As long as I am nothing but a ghost of the civil dead, I can do nothing.
JACK ABBOTT I really don't work a whole lot as far as touring, but I do stand-up every night of my life, no ...
DANIEL TOSH Romance is possible between two people at any age! I love feeling young and acting young as I age.
KIM ALEXIS I love acting. It's what I do, not what I am.
NATASHA LITTLE I can remember back as far as age 8, performing with the Boston Folk Song Society. It was a Woody Gu...
FRANK BLACK May you not rest, as long as I am living. You said I killed you - haunt me, then.
EMILY BRONTë I am a fan of today's sound as long as we don't get too slick, and yet I am very reverent of my root...
WYNONNA JUDD As far as I'm concerned, there won't be a Beatles reunion as long as John Lennon remains dea...
GEORGE HARRISON As far as wrestling goes, as long as my body is able to withstand the physical beating, I will keep ...
TRISH STRATUS I don't really care how I am remembered as long as I bring happiness and joy to people.
EDDIE ALBERT As far as female vocalists, I love Heart, Joan Jett, Courtney Love, Laura Branigan, Linda Ronstadt, ...
FERGIE I think of myself as a young prince from a long line of royalty.
WESLEY SNIPES Most people can't see beauty and love. I see our music as medicine.
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W. H. AUDEN I and the public know
What all schoolchildren learn,
Those to whom evil is done
Do evil in...
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W. H. THOMPSON When the Sex War ended with the slaughter of the Grandmothers, / They found a bachelor's baby suffoc...
W. H. AUDEN Men will pay large sums to whores for telling them they are not bores
W. H. AUDEN 'Healing,'' Papa would tell me, ''is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.'
W. H. AUDEN Embrace me, belly, like a bride.
W. H. AUDEN Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession
W. H. AUDEN O for doors to be open and an invite with gilded edges / To dine with Lord Lobcock and Count Asthma.
W. H. AUDEN I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-Second Street Uncertain and afraid As the clever hopes expire Of ...
W. H. AUDEN It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction ...
W. H. AUDEN The nightingales are sobbing in / The orchards of our mothers, / And hearts that we broke long ago /...
W. H. AUDEN The image of myself which I try to create in my own mind in order that I may love myself is very dif...
W. H. AUDEN If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons and take his gun away.
W. H. AUDEN If there are any of you at the back who do not hear me, please don't raise your hands because I am a...
W. H. AUDEN Sob, heavy world Sob as you spin, Mantled in mist Remote from the happy.
W. H. AUDEN Look, stranger, at this island now / The leaping light for your delight discovers.
W. H. AUDEN Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their conscience...
W. H. AUDEN Hemingway is terribly limited. His technique is good for short stories, for people who meet once in ...
W. H. AUDEN Good can imagine Evil; but Evil cannot imagine Good
W. H. AUDEN lay your faithless head upon my arm
W. H. AUDEN Commemoration of John Wycliffe, Reformer, 1384 [John] Wycliffe's doctrine of "dominion founded i...
W. H. SUMMERS Now Ireland has her madness and her weather still, For poetry makes nothing happen
W. H. AUDEN I'll love you, dear, I'll love you till China and Africa meet and the river jumps over the mountain ...
W. H. AUDEN Hunger allows no choice, To the citizens or the police; We must love one another or die
W. H. AUDEN Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator; but among those whom I love, I ...
W. H. AUDEN Five minutes on even the nicest mountain / Is awfully long.
W. H. AUDEN The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar, and is shocked by the unexpected: the eye, on the oth...
W. H. AUDEN 'In headaches and in worry Vaguely life leaks away,And Time will have his fancy To-morrow or to-day.
W. H. AUDEN Sob, heavy world Sob as you spin, Mantled in mist Remote from the happy
W. H. AUDEN A doctor, like anyone else who has to deal with human beings, each of them unique, cannot be a scien...
W. H. AUDEN