“Look for me in the nurseries of Heaven.”
To My Godchild (this line is inscribed on Thompson's gravestone).
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British poet 1859–1907Related quotes
“The family meal is the nursery of democracy.”
Michael Pollan (1955) American author, journalist, activist, and professor of journalism
Context: It's [a kitchen/dining table] where we teach our children the manners they need to get along in society. We teach them how to share. To take turns. To argue without fighting and insulting other people. They learn the art of adult conversation. The family meal is the nursery of democracy.
“Lovely. Imprisoned in a nursery school dungeon.”
Rick Riordan book The Red Pyramid
Source: The Red Pyramid
“And looking to the Heaven, that bends above you,
How oft! I bless the Lot, that made me love you.”
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) English poet, literary critic and philosopher
"The Presence of Love" (1807), lines 10-11
“For politics is not like the nursery; in politics obedience and support are the same.”
Hannah Arendt (1906–1975) Jewish-American political theorist
Source: Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
“Teaching is a personal matter of the nursery of the mind and should not be on public display.”
Saul Gorn (1912–1992) computer scientist
Attributed to Saul Gorn in: National Association of Educational Broadcasters (1968) Educational Broadcasting Review Vol 2. p. 32; Article "Teaching As A Private Process"
Faisal of Saudi Arabia (1906–1975) King of Saudi Arabia
Speech, after he took power, in 1964. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4283169
“The tree looks like a dog, barking at heaven.”
Jack Kerouac (1922–1969) American writer
Book of Haikus (2003)
David Bowie (1947–2016) British musician, actor, record producer and arranger
"Lazarus" · Video at YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-JqH1M4Ya8 <br class="br">Song lyrics, Blackstar (2016) <br class="br">Context: Look up here, I’m in heaven<br>I’ve got scars that can’t be seen<br>I’ve got drama, can’t be stolen<br>Everybody knows me now Look up here, man, I’m in danger<br>I’ve got nothing left to lose<br>I’m so high it makes my brain whirl<br>Dropped my cell phone down below Ain’t that just like me