William Falconer Quotes

The anchors now made are contrived so as to sink into the ground as soon as they reach it, and to hold a great strain before they can be loosened or dislodged from their station.

William Falconer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: 1732 - 1769

Topics

GreatReachNowGroundHoldSink

I listen to anything anyone gives me. I always go back to a few basic favorites. I can always listen to Django Reinhardt and hear something I haven't heard before. I like to listen to Art Tatum and Coltrane and Charlie Parker. Those are guys who never seem to run out of ideas.

Jerry Garcia

ArtMeIdeasBackI CanRun

The biggest lesson from Africa was that life's joys come mostly from relationships and friendships, not from material things. I saw time and again how much fun Africans had with their families and friends and on the sports fields; they laughed all the time.

Andrew Shue

LifeSportsTimeFunFriendsLesson

I mean, when I got to Brown, the place was riven, because you had older professors who were basically new critics and had been teaching a certain way for 30 years. And then you had this other gang who was down with the semiotic program. And as a student, you were, in a way, forced to choose which cohort you were going with.

Jeffrey Eugenides

YouChooseDownPlaceStudentNew

I'm from New York, I'm 53, I have my moments when I'm a nice guy, and more frequently I have my moments where I'm a middle-aged aggravated person. For years I was always the nice guy, so in life I had to pretend to be the nice guy.

John Schneider

LifeNew YorkMomentsPersonNice

I think artists are scared to have same-gendered pronouns in their writing, and I don't think it's because they're scared to be out, because gay artists are visible, but they don't want to alienate an audience.

Mary Lambert

WritingThinkGayWantAudienceOut

I had the drink after I fell out of bed. It hurt.

Liza Minnelli

HurtBedDrinkOutAfterHad

People tell you not to work with children and animals, and I chose to work with a 7-year-old and several dinosaurs!

Jason O'Mara

WorkChildrenPeopleYouAnimals

Tell me I have to be somewhere, and I'll be there 20 minutes early and stay there longer than anybody else. You hold up a lot of people if you're not on time.

Dolly Parton

TimePeopleMeYouEarlyTell

It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.

Desiderius Erasmus

FearWisdomProsperityWorstSuspect

The National Action Party, in many ways, emulated the PRI in the way in which it conducted itself in government, supporting corporatist leaders, supporting corrupt oil worker union leaders.

Denise Dresser

GovernmentActionPartyWayOil

No one in New York hangs out in their apartments.

Chris Gethard

New YorkNewOutApartmentsYork

L.A. is such a car-driven city, and it's great to see so many people - I think people are hungry to get on their bikes and get out of their cars and get off of oil and save money and save the environment.

Austin Nichols

GreatMoneyPeopleCityThinkOil

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