James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) writer and activist
O Black and Unknown Bards, st. 6.
Fifty Years and Other Poems (1917)
"Sweet As Whole"
Lyrics, Once Upon Another Time (2012)
James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) writer and activist
O Black and Unknown Bards, st. 6.
Fifty Years and Other Poems (1917)
“My songs always sound a lot better in person than they do on the record.”
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
The Rolling Stone Interview: Bob Dylan http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bob-dylan-talks-a-raw-and-extensive-first-rolling-stone-interview-19691129 (29 November 1969)
“Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.”
Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) 1817-1862 American poet, essayist, naturalist, and abolitionist
Misquotation of a line from Walden cited above, with the addition of a spurious ending. For this and other misattributions, see: The Henry D. Thoreau Mis-Quotation Page http://www.walden.org/thoreau/mis-quotations/ <br class="br">Misattributed
“You're better than this. Better than whatever it is you're going to do now.”
Richelle Mead book Last Sacrifice
Source: Last Sacrifice
“There is still time to go back to Brussels and get a better deal.”
Priti Patel (1972) British politician
Patel comments on no-deal Brexit in Ireland criticised https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46488479 (7 December 2018) <br class="br">2018
“A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.”
Rita Mae Brown (1944) Novelist, poet, screenwriter, activist
“Better sit still, men say, than rise to fall.”
Edward Fairfax (1580–1635) English translator
Book II, stanza 79
Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered (1600)
“It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does not mean.”
Karl Kraus (1874–1936) Czech playwright and publicist
Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)