Famous Quotes & Sayings

Edgar Allan Poe

The object, Truth, or the satisfaction of the intellect, and the object, Passion, or the excitement of the heart, are, although attainable, to a certain extent, in poetry, far more readily attainable in prose.

Edgar Allan Poe

And because our reason violently deters us from the brink, therefore, do we the more impetuously approach it. There is no passion in nature so demoniacally impatient, as that of him, who shuddering upon the edge of a precipice, thus meditates a plunge. To indulge for a moment, in any attempt at thought, is to be inevitably lost; for reflection but urges us to forbear, and therefore it is, I say, that we cannot. If there be no friendly arm to check us, or if we fail in a sudden effort to prostrate ourselves backward from the abyss, we plunge, and are destroyed.

Edgar Allan Poe

There is no passion in nature so demoniacally impatient, as that of him who, shuddering upon the edge of a precipice, thus meditates a Plunge.

Edgar Allan Poe

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

A plan to protect passengers and railway property, often targeted by Maoist rebels, is underway.

And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.

After you've been wandering in the wilderness and you've done your work, something will rise to the surface that it is so clear, that your skills, passion and preference are tailored for the job.

Rafer is more of a traditional point in that he passes first, shoots second,

William Williams

At ten a.m. the young housewifemoves about in negligee behindthe wooden walls of her husband's house.I pass solitary in my car.

George Clooney

This administration, because of 9/11, got a pass on tough questions

They said if you're in shape, then get on a plane at noon, pass a physical, and then we'll sign you.

Michael Medved

A lot of the red-state, blue-state clich?s are stupid and misleading. A lot of people were stunned at how well 'The Passion of the Christ' did in San Francisco, in Madison, Wis., in Philadelphia and New York.

Americans are really playing cargo roulette every time they get on a passenger plane.

They pass well, and are so disciplined and patient. And we don't see too many teams like that. I don't think they're as talented as us. But they taught us today that talent doesn't always win you games.

Robert Gates

They only have a right to pass back and forth.

This is a new day, and now there is a new urgency to pass a constitutional amendment.

They had three big plays, the long touchdown, the pass on a quick route and the punt return. We have to be more assignment-oriented and take better angles. But the big thing is we didn't block.

They'd tried that three times in the second period, and we intercepted the pass all three times.

Mike Rogers

they do it because they were courageous, passionate and brave.

There were opportunities there. It wasn't like we just didn't get any pass rush.

There were some passes that were there for us to pick off and we didn't make connections. Then, when we did get a steal we couldn't convert.

Gertrude Stein

Poetry is essentially the discovery, the love, the passion for the name of everything.

Hans Hofmann

I can't understand how anyone is able to paint without optimism.

Georgette Heyer

She succumbed to the eternal feminine passion for bargains.

Horace

The just man having a firm grasp of his intentions, neither the heated passions of his fellow men ordaining something awful, nor a tyrant staring him in the face, will shake in his convictions.

Horace

The poet must put on the passion he wants to represent.

Herman Melville

Will you, or will you not, quit me? I now demanded in a sudden passion, advancing close to him. "I would prefer not to quit you", he replied, gently emphasizing the not.

Herman Melville

Nothing so aggravates an earnest person as a passive resistance.

Herb Caen

Logic is no answer to passion.

H. Allen Smith

The human animal differs from the lesser primates in his passion for lists.

Jean Paul Gaultier

All of my life shown me that if you wanted something enough, if you were passionate enough, it would happen.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Conscience is the voice of the soul, the passions are the voice of the body. Is it astonishing that often these two languages contradict each other, and then to which must we listen? Too often reason deceives us; we have only too much acquired the right of refusing to listen to it; but conscience never deceives us; it is the true guide of man; it is to man what instinct is to the body; which follows it, obeys nature, and never is afraid of going astray.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions of the body.