“I wanted change and excitement and to shoot off in all directions myself, like the colored arrows from a Fourth of July rocket.”
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Sylvia Plath342
American poet, novelist and short story writer 1932–1963Related quotes
“I shoot a thought into the future, and it flies like an arrow, through my lifetime. And beyond.”
Paul Simon (1941) American musician, songwriter and producer
Everything About It Is a Love Song
Song lyrics, Surprise (2006)
Context: I shoot a thought into the future, and it flies like an arrow, through my lifetime. And beyond.
If I ever come back as a tree, or a crow, or even the wind-blown dust; find me on the ancient road in the song when the wires are hushed. Hurry on and remember me, as I'll remember you. Far above the golden clouds, the darkness vibrates.
The earth is blue.
And everything about it is a love song. Everything about it.
“On this fourth day of July, 1962, we”
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America
1962, Address at Independence Hall
Context: On this fourth day of July, 1962, we who are gathered at this same hall, entrusted with the fate and future of our States and Nation, declare now our vow to do our part to lift the weights from the shoulders of all, to join other men and nations in preserving both peace and freedom, and to regard any threat to the peace or freedom of one as a threat to the peace and freedom of all.
“Rocket ships
are exciting
but so are roses
on a birthday.”
Leonard Nimoy (1931–2015) American actor, film director, poet, musician and photographer
Source: Come Be With Me: A Collection of Poems
George Washington Plunkitt (1842–1924) New York State Senator
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 3, The Curse of Civil Service Reform
Jonah Goldberg (1969) American political writer and pundit
November 2004 http://web.archive.org/web/20040421/www.nationalreview.com/thecorner/04_11_24_corner-archive.asp <br class="br">2000s, 2004
“If you want to change the system, change the system. It's no good shooting people.”
John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter
Playboy interview (1980)
“We can shoot rockets into space but we can't cure anger or discontent.”
John Steinbeck book The Winter of Our Discontent
Source: The Winter of Our Discontent
Orson Welles (1915–1985) American actor, director, writer and producer
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