“I drink, I huff, I strut, look big and stare;
And all this I can do, because I dare.”
George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1628–1687) English statesman and poet
Drawcansir, Act IV, sc. I
The Rehearsal (1671)
Book V, line 300
The Æneis (1817)
“I drink, I huff, I strut, look big and stare;
And all this I can do, because I dare.”
George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1628–1687) English statesman and poet
Drawcansir, Act IV, sc. I
The Rehearsal (1671)
James Stephens (1882–1950) Irish writer
"The Road", line 1, in Songs from the Clay (London: Macmillan, 1915) p. 97.
“because it's Spring
thingS dare to do people”
E.E. Cummings (1894–1962) American poet
10
73 poems (1963)
“Only those who have dared to let go can dare to reenter.”
Meister Eckhart (1260–1328) German theologian
Quoted in Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists (2007) by James Geary, p. 232
“Guess if you can, choose if you dare.”
Devine, si tu peux, et choisis, si tu l'oses.
Léontine, Héraclius, act IV, scene IV.
“down with ought with because with every brain that thinks it thinks nor dares to feel.”
E.E. Cummings (1894–1962) American poet
“I like quoting Einstein. Know why? Because nobody dares contradict you.”
Studs Terkel (1912–2008) American author, historian and broadcaster
The Guardian interview (2002)
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (1971–2019) leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
As quoted in The Washington Times, and The Telegraph newspaper published December 26, 2015
2014, 2015
Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/dec/26/abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-isis-leader-threatens-west-is/
“Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.”
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America