Quotes
Authors
Philip Freneau
"If nothing once, you nothing lose, For when you die you are the same; The space between is but an hour, The frail duration of a flower." --
Source : Philip Morin Freneau (1809). “Poems Written and Published During the American Revolutionary War, and Now Republished from the Original Manuscripts: Interspersed with Translations from the Ancients, and Other Pieces Not Heretofore in Print”, p.148
Philip Freneau
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“Dates and periods are of interest only to the student of musical history.”
Source : Peter Warlock (1998). “The Occasional Writings of Philip Heseltine (Peter Warlock): Early music”
“Caltech was a meat grinder like I could never have imagined.”
Source : Vernon L. Smith (2008). “Discovery - A Memoir”, p.123, AuthorHouse
“The electricity came on for the second time today wile we were eating. This may be a fool's paradise, but it's a paradise nonetheless.”
Source : Susan Beth Pfeffer (2008). “Life As We Knew It”, p.335, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“It is the disposition of the thought that altered the nature of the thing.”
“There is no art without contemplation.”
“I do hereby assert and declare that in four years from the date hereof, every sectarian and religious denomination in the United States shall be broken down, and every Christian shall be gathered unto the Mormonites, and the rest of the human race shall perish. If these things do not take place, I will hereby consent to have my hand separated from my body.”
“I was like, 'Whoa, I'm auditioning for 'Hunger Games?'' That's like my dream come true. That's like a Trekkie auditioning for 'Star Trek.”
“The major way to conquer fear is to make a decision.”
