Absence and death are the same--only that in death there is no suffering.
WALTER S. LANDOR We cannot conquer fate and necessity, yet we can yield to them in such a manner as to be greater tha...
WALTER S. LANDOR Wrong is but falsehood put in practice.
WALTER S. LANDOR To say nothing of its holiness or authority, the Bible contains more specimens of genius and taste t...
WALTER S. LANDOR My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them.
WALTER LANDOR There is no easy path leading out of life, and few easy ones that lie within it.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR There is delight in singing, though none hear beside the singer.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and a restorative in ...
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Even the weakest disputant is made so conceited by what he calls religion, as to think himself wiser...
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR The wise become as the unwise in the enchanted chambers of Power, whose lamps make every face the sa...
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take...
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Kindness in ourselves is the honey that blunts the sting of unkindness in another.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates t...
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Ambition has but one reward for all: A little power, a little transient fame; A grave to rest in, an...
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Delay in justice is injustice.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR We often fancy that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Heat and animosity, contest and conflict, may sharpen the wits, although they rarely do; they never ...
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR What is reading, but silent conversation.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR I warmed both hands before the fire of life; It sinks, and I am ready to depart.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Nothing is pleasanter to me than exploring in a library.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to ...
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR We talk on principal, but act on motivation.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Heat and animosity, contest and conflict, may sharpen the wits, although they rarely do; they never ...
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry; on the other hand, poetry sinks and swoo...
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Consult duty not events.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Great men always pay deference to greater.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR We think that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR People, like nails, lose their effectiveness when they lose direction and begin to bend.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR I strove with none; for none was worth my strife.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature. Never is life so low or so little as when...
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Absence and death are the same -- only that in death there is no suffering.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Wrong is but falsehood put in practice.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR A solitude is the audience-chamber of God.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Many laws as certainly make bad men, as bad men make many laws.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Cats, like men, are flatterers.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR When a cat flatters ... he is not insincere: you may safely take it for real kindness.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR We talk on principle, but we act on interest
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR O what a thing is age! Death without death's quiet.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR We cannot be contented because we are happy, and we cannot be happy because we are contented.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR We are no longer happy as soon as we wish to be happier.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Thou breathing dial! since thy day began The present hour was ever mark'd with shade.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR I strove with none; for none was worth my strife; Nature I loved, and, next to Nature, Art; I warmed...
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary men gain much
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Be always displeased at what thou art, if thou desire to attain to what thou art not; for where thou...
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR We often fancy that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and a restorative in ...
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Truth is a point, the subtlest and finest; harder than adamant; never to be broken, worn away or blu...
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR George the First was always reckoned / Vile, but viler George the Second; / And what mortal ever hea...
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Child of a day, thou knowest not / The tears that overflow thy urn.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR The habitude of pleasing by flattery makes a language soft; the fear of offending by truth makes it ...
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Delay in justice is injustice
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR I loved him not; and yet now he is gone / I feel I am alone.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR I never did a single wise thing in the whole course of my existence, although I have written many wh...
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Of all failures, to fail in a witticism is the worst, and the mishap is the more calamitous in a dra...
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Ah, what avails the sceptred race! / Ah, what the form divine!
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Even the weakest disputant is made so conceited by what he calls religion, as to think himself wiser...
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR There is delight in singing, though none hear beside the singer
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR There are no fields of amaranth on this side of the grave: there are no voices, O Rhodope! that are ...
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates t...
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR What is reading but silent conversation.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Cats ask plainly for what they want.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Browning! Since Chaucer was alive and hale, / No man hath walked along our roads with step / So acti...
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR The only way to get rid of responsibilities is to discharge them.
WALTER S. ROBERTSON Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.
WALTER BENJAMIN America's health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system.
WALTER CRONKITE I look forward to making tangible and inspirational contributions to the Houston Technology Center&#...
WALTER O'BRIEN Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collector's passion borders on the chaos of memori...
WALTER BENJAMIN All human knowledge takes the form of interpretation.
WALTER BENJAMIN I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poure...
WALTER BECKER There are some things that I write that I know are personal in a way, or the gag is so obscure that ...
WALTER BECKER We have been fortunate enough to do something that has always been out of the mainstream and yet hav...
WALTER BECKER All our wives are experimental psychologists.
WALTER BECKER If there's a strange way to do something, I would certainly like to know about it. I feel that I...
WALTER BECKER I always look for the weirdest note to land on. I felt that that was the least I could do for the gr...
WALTER BECKER From a linguistic point of view, you can't really take much objection to the notion that a show ...
WALTER BECKER That's sort of what we wanted to do: conquer from the margins, sort of find our place in the mid...
WALTER BECKER You have a kid, and it's like, 'He's gotta go to college! Gotta have some clothes!'
WALTER BECKER '8 Miles to Pancake Day' is a reconciliation of the classic space-time dilemma.
WALTER BECKER It seemed like the more complex the music we were playing, the less able we were to guarantee its co...
WALTER BECKER There was a film called 'FM,' and we were asked to do the title song. And I said, 'Does ...
WALTER BECKER 'Deacon Blues' was special for me. It's the only time I remember mixing a record all day...
WALTER BECKER The protagonist in 'Deacon Blues' is a triple-L loser - an L-L-L Loser. It's not so much...
WALTER BECKER There's a great freedom in writing by yourself. You can write anything you want.
WALTER BECKER I spent a couple of years not doing any music or anything, just here in Hawaii trying to get healthy...
WALTER BECKER I'm not interested in a rock/jazz fusion.
WALTER BECKER It's great fun to play with a really good band.
WALTER BECKER People are really exercised about one particular thing, and that is themselves. They will bore you e...
WALTER BECKER Rock music is being systematically merged with fashion.
WALTER BECKER Cynicism, I contend, is the wailing of someone who believes that things are, or should be, or could ...
WALTER BECKER When you start to work with someone, there's a negotiation that takes place involving what's...
WALTER BECKER My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of th...
WALTER BECKER I listen to a mixture of old jazz, contemporary, pop, some world beat stuff and various odds and end...
WALTER BECKER I'm a self-taught musician aside from what I've been able to pick up from other players.
WALTER BECKER Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.
WALTER BAGEHOT You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-d...
WALTER BAGEHOT An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time ...
WALTER BAGEHOT No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist...
WALTER BAGEHOT The being without an opinion is so painful to human nature that most people will leap to a hasty opi...
WALTER BAGEHOT No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation.
WALTER BAGEHOT Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink...
WALTER BAGEHOT The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not kn...
WALTER BAGEHOT All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only...
WALTER BAGEHOT Life is a school of probability.
WALTER BAGEHOT It is unsound for an independent editor to be a financial contributor to any cause which would cause...
WALTER ANNENBERG I have very little respect for Nancy Reagan. There is something about her that is very petty.
WALTER ANNENBERG I cannot compromise or inhibit my independence.
WALTER ANNENBERG Your Majesty, I took the liberty because I was so desirous of visiting alone with you for a few minu...
WALTER ANNENBERG God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender.
WALTER ANNENBERG You will not be satisfied unless you are contributing something to or for the benefit of others.
WALTER ANNENBERG What matters is that you are doing what you think is right based on the standards which you hold.
WALTER ANNENBERG The greatest happiness comes from being vitally interested in something that excites all your energi...
WALTER ANNENBERG Live rich, die poor; never make the mistake of doing it the other way round.
WALTER ANNENBERG I shall participate, I shall contribute, and in so doing, I will be the gainer.
WALTER ANNENBERG Adversity tests us from time to time and it is inevitable that this testing continues during life.
WALTER ANNENBERG Accomplish something every day of your life.
WALTER ANNENBERG People who think about art as an investment are pathetic.
WALTER ANNENBERG The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges.
WALTER ANNENBERG In the world today, a young lady who does not have a college education just is not educated.
WALTER ANNENBERG Never buy four C-plus paintings when you can buy one A.
WALTER ANNENBERG My country has been very good to me; I must be good to my country.
WALTER ANNENBERG Some people find an interest in making money, and though they appear to be slaving, many actually en...
WALTER ANNENBERG Many activities and team play participation will give you a training that will prove invaluable late...
WALTER ANNENBERG Too much work, too much vacation, too much of any one thing is unsound.
WALTER ANNENBERG The greatest power is not money power, but political power.
WALTER ANNENBERG I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible f...
WALTER ANDERSON Good listeners, like precious gems, are to be treasured.
WALTER ANDERSON We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone - but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, ne...
WALTER ANDERSON I'm not afraid to learn from my coaches.
WALTER ALSTON I put myself through college playing pool.
WALTER ALSTON I always liked Casey Stengel as a manager because he seemed to have a grasp of so many things.
WALTER ALSTON The toughest thing about managing is knowing your personnel and what it can give you under all condi...
WALTER ALSTON I do worry about tomorrow's game, but never about next year's job.
WALTER ALSTON I've won plenty of games by knowing when to take out my pitcher; whom to replace him with; or ho...
WALTER ALSTON I think for being not unsympathetic that their appearance may also appear, so differently it, must; ...
ULRICH WALTER Every astronaut flew into space for a living. But while NASA has not solved the security problems, I...
ULRICH WALTER Judgment comes from experience - and experience comes from bad judgment.
WALTER WRISTON She's been on more laps than a napkin.
WALTER WINCHELL Nothing recedes like success.
WALTER WINCHELL Hollywood is where they shoot too many pictures and not enough actors.
WALTER WINCHELL Broadway is a main artery of New York life - the hardened artery.
WALTER WINCHELL The best way to get along is never to forgive an enemy or forget a friend.
WALTER WINCHELL The only ones who like Milton Berle are his mother - and the public.
WALTER WINCHELL Today's gossip is tomorrow's headline.
WALTER WINCHELL I never lost a friend I wanted to keep.
WALTER WINCHELL What I would like to be remembered for is that Walter Washington changed the spirit of the people of...
WALTER WASHINGTON Mine has been a concern for the people, a concern to maintain stability, a concern to get people wor...
WALTER WASHINGTON I passed the Bar on the first shot, But I have never practiced law.
WALTER WAGER I always liked spy stories.
WALTER WAGER I use the city because it saves time, I don't have to do a lot of research on the setting.
WALTER WAGER In France, I learned about wine and cheese.
WALTER WAGER I keep working under the delusion that someday a library will ask for my manuscripts.
WALTER WAGER The government of the German Democratic Republic rejects secret policies. It works for the people, a...
WALTER ULBRICHT May we soon enjoy the fruits of our labor in a peaceful and united Germany.
WALTER ULBRICHT The nature of a democracy consists to an important degree in the right of the people to criticize pr...
WALTER ULBRICHT The more you participate in our common endeavors, the more successful your work in the factory, mine...
WALTER ULBRICHT The West German population would protest passionately if it knew what secret meetings between the fe...
WALTER ULBRICHT When has there ever been a government in German history that came to the people and revealed its det...
WALTER ULBRICHT The plan shows that the twenty million people in the German democratic Republic and in the democrati...
WALTER ULBRICHT In the past, people worked together only when some great disaster threatened.
WALTER ULBRICHT The success of each of us benefits us all, and the success of us all benefits each of us individuall...
WALTER ULBRICHT Something new has happened: For the first time in German history our fatherland is guided by a plan ...
WALTER ULBRICHT The guiding principle is not to manufacture the goods everyone needs, rather to earn profits for a f...
WALTER ULBRICHT The victory of the working people over the exploiters and slave holders is at the same time the vict...
WALTER ULBRICHT Let us show our fellow countrymen and the entire world what the Germans can do when they work for pe...
WALTER ULBRICHT This hunger for profits causes great misery for the people.
WALTER ULBRICHT It is the most important contribution we can make to speeding up reunification.
WALTER ULBRICHT Let there be great enthusiasm for the plan throughout the entire republic that will overcome all obs...
WALTER ULBRICHT Gifts fall from heaven only in fairy tales.
WALTER ULBRICHT The Old Firm clubs are not easy clubs to manage and sometimes I think frustration comes in that, in ...
WALTER SMITH There are people for whom Rangers Football Club is their entire way of life.
WALTER SMITH From my own point of view, I hope everybody would realise that people who work in Scottish football ...
WALTER SMITH Paper and ink are all but trash, if I cannot find the thought which the writer did think.
WALTER SMITH I started out in Scotland, not as a footballer of any note, and I didn't play to draw the attent...
WALTER SMITH If you can achieve winning a league championship, that, to me, is the full test of the team and mana...
WALTER SMITH Whether people like it or not, you have to say the Old Firm are a major part of Scottish football. I...
WALTER SMITH Our works decay and disappear but God gentlest works stay looking down on the ruins we toil to rear.
WALTER SMITH The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual he...
WALTER SCOTT He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out o...
WALTER SCOTT A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy.
WALTER SCOTT Teach your children poetry; it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom and makes the heroic virtues he...
WALTER SCOTT Faces that have charmed us the most escape us the soonest.
WALTER SCOTT