William Cowper Quotes

Meditation here may think down hours to moments. Here the heart may give a useful lesson to the head and learning wiser grow without his books.

William Cowper

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: November 26, 1731 - April 25, 1800

Topics

LearningHeartThinkGrowMoments

I think I built my reputation by not worrying about it.

Joe R. Lansdale

ReputationThinkWorryingBuilt

The stage is my love, it's where I started and where I do my best work.

Jeremy Piven

WorkLoveBestStageWhereStarted

I want to stay in touch with what I have in common with my subjects, with the places where are equally implicated with whatever is wrong with the culture.

John Jeremiah Sullivan

CultureWrongWantPlacesTouch

My mother is Bermudan, so I had a lot of memories when I was a kid, used to go down to Bermuda a lot.

Michael Douglas

MotherMemoriesDownGoKidUsed

Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it.

John Ruskin

GreatTimePeopleDoingRightCome

Take the back roads instead of the highways.

Minnie Pearl

RoadsBackTakeInsteadHighways

Love is the driver for all great stories: not just romantic love, but the love of parent for child, for family, for country.

Jojo Moyes

FamilyLoveGreatRomanticChild

I'd got to that age when I was out on a date with a guy and I would be thinking: Don't mention your age, don't mention that you want a child - because they would just run out the door.

Denise Van Outen

AgeDatingChildDoorThinkingYou

I was a Tina Turner fan growing up.

Christina Milian

Growing UpGrowingUpFanTina

I watched a million coming-out videos, and that was kind of how I accepted it myself.

Connor Franta

MyselfKindVideosMillionAccepted

The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.

William Shakespeare

WorldFashionYouCostEncounter

I have a lot of watches that need to be kept wound, so if I take two of them on a trip, there's always one sitting around. And if it sits around for a day, then it'll stop working. And then you have to reset the time and date, which is annoying.

Mark Teixeira

TimeDayWatchesYouStopSitting

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