Quotes from Classic Doctor Who“You have to hang up your travelling shoes and stop wandering sooner or later, don't you?”
“So I've been told. Personally, I just keep on wandering.”
— Morgana and the Doctor, in “The Greatest Show in the Galaxy”
Yahooey“I tell people that I've never been hurt by an honest question, and that's true: it's a cruel opinion that hurts, not a question.” — Kate Bornstein, Gender Outlaw
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If heroes don't exist, it is necessary to invent them; good for public morale.
— Cardinal Borusa, in “The Deadly Assassin”
William Shakespeare QuotesCHORUS: But passion lends them power, time means, to meet
Tempering extremities with extreme sweet.
— Romeo and Juliet, II, prologue
“Dullness is the coming of age of seriousness.” — Oscar Wilde, Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young
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WIST QuotationsA quotation from Adlai Stevenson
We must never delude ourselves into thinking that physical power is a substitute for moral power, which is the true sign of national greatness.Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965) American diplomat, statesman
Speech (1952-09-18), “The Atomic Future,” Bushnell Memorial Auditorium, Hartford, Connecticut
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[S]he brought some of those apples. I was obliged to eat them, I was so hungry. It was against my principles, but I find that principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.
Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Story (1893), “Extracts from Adam’s Diary,” The Niagara Book
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Twain, Mark - Story (1893), "Extracts from Adam's Diary," The Niagara Book | WIST Quotations
[S]he brought some of those apples. I was obliged to eat them, I was so hungry. It was against my principles, but I find that principles have no real force except when one is well-fed. This was first published as one of the stories and sketches from various authors in…
YORK: Comfort's in heaven; and we are on the earth,
Where nothing lives but crosses, cares and grief.
— Richard II, II, ii
Good Homer sometimes nods, which gives me a jerk —
But sleep may well worm its way into any long work!
[Et idem
indignor, quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus;
verum operi longo fas est obrepere somnum.]
But sleep may well worm its way into any long work!
[Et idem
indignor, quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus;
verum operi longo fas est obrepere somnum.]
Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 2, ep. 3 “Art of Poetry [Ars Poetica; To the Pisos],” l. 358ff (2.3.358-360) (19 BC) [tr. Palmer Bovie (1959)]
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Horace - Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 2, ep. 3 "Art of Poetry [Ars Poetica; To the Pisos]," l. 358ff (2.3.358-360) (19 BC) [tr. Palmer Bovie (1959)] | WIST Quotations
Good Homer sometimes nods, which gives me a jerk -- But sleep may well worm its way into any long work! [Et idem indignor, quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus; verum operi longo fas est obrepere somnum.] Noting that even the greatest poet, Homer, sometimes produced sub-par work, though they can be…
A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson
To give the public what they do not want, and yet expect to be supported: we have there a strange pretension, and yet not uncommon, above all with painters. The first duty in this world is for a man to pay his way; when that is quite accomplished, he may plunge into what eccentricity he likes; but emphatically not till then.Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1888-09), “A Letter to a Young Gentleman Who Proposes to Embrace the Career of Art,” Scribner’s Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 3
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Stevenson, Robert Louis - Essay (1888-09), "A Letter to a Young Gentleman Who Proposes to Embrace the Career of Art," Scribner's Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 3 | WIST Quotations
To give the public what they do not want, and yet expect to be supported: we have there a strange pretension, and yet not uncommon, above all with painters. The first duty in this world is for a man to pay his way; when that is quite accomplished, he may…