Walter Pater Quotes

A very intimate sense of the expressiveness of outward things, which ponders, listens, penetrates, where the earlier, less developed consciousness passed lightly by, is an important element in the general temper of our modern poetry.

Walter Pater

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: August 4, 1839 - July 30, 1894

Topics

PoetryImportantConsciousnessModern

I wanted my voice to be a tenor sax, really.

Robert Plant

VoiceWantedReallySaxTenor

When taxidermy is done well it's an amazing piece of art.

Amanda Seyfried

ArtAmazingDoneWellPiece

It is truly vital for the United States to assure that it is not attacked with weapons of mass destruction; to prevent wars in other countries from spreading onto American soil; and to maintain access to global sea lanes on which our economy depends. Beyond that, there is little or nothing in the world that should draw the United States to war.

Stephen Kinzer

SeaWarWorldAmericanNothingSoil

A sovereignty is always presumed to act upon principles of justice, and if, from mistake or oversight, it does injury to a nation or an individual, it is always supposed to be ready and willing to repair it.

Roger B. Taney

JusticeMistakeReadyRepairNation

Having loved the Stones all the time I was growing up, I wasn't about to see them go and split up. It got very close to it in the 80s, when Mick thought that Keith hated him and vice versa.

Ronnie Wood

TimeGrowing UpThoughtLovedGoUp

Years go by. I go here, I go there, I have all sorts of adventures, and then I look back and say, 'Wow that's kind of an unusual way to live your life.'

Roman Coppola

LifeLiveLookBackGoKind

A man's mind is wont to tell him more than seven watchmen sitting in a tower.

Rudyard Kipling

ManMindSittingMoreHimTell

I don't really count myself as a very sophisticated businessperson. I'm a creative artist. All I know from business I've picked up along the way.

Mick Jagger

BusinessMyselfCreativeArtistKnow

I get asked a lot about the Rock N' Sock Connection.

Mick Foley

ConnectionRockGetAboutLotSock

The Internet is a tool, a technology, and we like to say that it has all of these properties, but really, it's just a place where our writing is.

Joshua Cohen

TechnologyWritingInternetPlace

The higher the risk, the higher the reward.

Jon Jones

RewardRiskHigher

You can call me an older woman - I don't mind that at all - just don't call me an old one, because I'm not.

Doris Roberts

WomanMindMeYouOldCall

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