John McCrae Quotes

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place, and in the sky, The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard among the guns below.

John McCrae

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: November 30, 1872 - January 28, 1918

Topics

SkySingingFlyPlaceGunsFields

I have an advanced degree in procrastination and another one in paranoia.

Joanne Harris

ProcrastinationDegreeParanoia

Now listen lads, I'm not happy with our tackling. We're hurting them but they keep getting up.

John B. Keane

HappyNowListenUpKeepOur

Whenever people with money have power over people with less money, you have the potential for exploitation.

Jennifer Weiner

PowerMoneyPeoplePotentialYou

It's like those high-school yearbook photos that everyone would rather not see: Oh my God, look at that mullet hair. I have those photos too, but for me, they're, like, entire movies. And they show them on cable.

John Cusack

GodMeHairLookMoviesSee

Entrepreneurs are like cats, because they are independent and do their own thing. Although organisations say they like cats, what they really want is sheep that they can herd.

Max McKeown

CatsSheepSayWantIndependentOwn

As a teacher, as a propagandist, Mr. Shaw is no good at all, even in his own generation. But as a personality, he is immortal.

Max Beerbohm

GoodTeacherPersonalityGeneration

Once upon a time, I sat in my mother's lap as she turned the pages of Golden Books, and I gradually learned to read.

Michael Dirda

MotherTimeGoldenSheBooksRead

I should have been out there having a wild time like all the other girls my age, but I wasn't. I was going home every night to what was, initially, a very happy marriage.

Amanda Holden

MarriageHomeAgeTimeHappyNight

I always believe that if you feel good and look happy, you're always going to be beautiful. My one actual beauty trick is pretty cliche: Never, ever go to bed with your makeup on.

Joyce Giraud

GoodBeautyBeautifulHappyMakeup

People are fascinated, for whatever reason, by human drama, and the idea that cameras are capturing ambient stories.

Jonathan Nolan

PeopleDramaHumanReasonWhatever

Knitting is very conducive to thought. It is nice to knit a while, put down the needles, write a while, then take up the sock again.

Dorothy Day

ThoughtDownNiceWriteUpKnitting

The only thing that I'm not willing to do is really stupid, horribly written sitcoms. It can be tempting during pilot season time, but I realized this a while ago when I almost signed my life away to a stupid pilot.

Ari Graynor

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