Stephen Foster (1826–1864) American songwriter
My Old Kentucky Home. As quoted at Anthology of American Poetry, by George Gesner, (1983).
I've Loved These Days.
Song lyrics, Turnstiles (1976)
Stephen Foster (1826–1864) American songwriter
My Old Kentucky Home. As quoted at Anthology of American Poetry, by George Gesner, (1983).
“Everybody is interesting for an hour, but few people can last more than two.”
V.S. Naipaul (1932–2018) Trinidadian-British writer of Indo-Nepalese ancestry
As quoted in "Wanderer of Endless Curiosity" by R. Z. Sheppard in Time magazine (10 July 1989) http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,958134,00.html
“Maybe we should gather a few more facts before wasting our time speculating.”
Stephen Baxter book Ring
Source: Ring (1994), Chapter 30 (p. 852)
“Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is fabulous any more.”
Roald Dahl (1916–1990) British novelist, short story writer, poet, fighter pilot and screenwriter
Amy Krouse Rosenthal (1965–2017) author, a radio show host and producer, and filmmaker
From her essay [Amy Krouse Rosenthal, You May Want to Marry My Husband, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/03/style/modern-love-you-may-want-to-marry-my-husband.html, 22 November 2019, The New York Times, March 3, 2017], published 10 days before her death, as quoted in [Stevens, Heidi, Chicago author Amy Krouse Rosenthal's 'You May Want to Marry My Husband' essay went viral. Now her husband is honoring her life with a giant yellow umbrella in Lincoln Park., https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/heidi-stevens/ct-life-stevens-monday-amy-krause-rosenthal-lincoln-park-0513-story.html, 22 November 2019, The Chicago Times]
Louis Riel (1844–1885) Canadian politician
Quoted in The Montreal Weekly Star (22 August 1885), and War in the West : Voices of the 1885 Rebellion (1985) by Rudy Henry Wiebe and Bob Beal, p. 2
Alain de Botton book The Consolations of Philosophy
Source: The Consolations of Philosophy (2000), Chapter IV, Consolation For Inadequacy, p. 163.
“I do not want art for a few, any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.”
William Morris (1834–1896) author, designer, and craftsman
The Decorative Arts (1877)
“I want to plant a few more seeds here and there before they plant me.”
Doris Haddock (1910–2010) American political activist