Quotes
Authors
Robert Burns

"While Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things, The fate of empires and the fall of kings; While quacks of State must each produce his plan, And even children lisp the Rights of Man; Amid this mighty fuss just let me mention, The Rights of Woman merit some attention."

Source : Robert Burns, Robert Chambers (1838). “The Poetical Works of Robert Burns. To which are Now Added, Notes Illustrating Historical, Personal, and Local Allusions. [The Editor's Preface Signed: R. C., I.e. Robert Chambers.]”, p.85

Robert Burns

#Kings Quotes #Children Quotes #Fall Quotes

“There are yawning gulfs into which large chunks of me have fallen. I do not always know where I am at present.”
“The only reason to give a speech is to change the world.”
“I rarely get recognised. It's always a shock when someone notices me. I always think they must be confusing me with someone else.”
“I did some artistic nudes when I was I 8 with a French-Canadian photographer while I was modeling. They were beautiful shots, and they were not about nudity.”
“Your brain is not formed when you're born, you have to build your brain.”

Source : "Unfolding Language, Unfolding Life". "On Being" with Krista Tippett, onbeing.org. February 4, 2016.
“Writers are always a great nuisance to publishers. If they could do without them, they would.”
“FAITH Coming unto God, I believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him: I know that my Redeemer liveth; that He is the Christ the Son of the Living God; that He is indeed the Saviour of the world; that He came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief. Through the grace of Jesus Christ we believe that we shall be saved even as our fathers withal. I believe verily to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.”

Source : Lancelot Andrewes (1949). “The Preces Privatae of Lancelot Andrewes”
“Always wait for the trigger. The trigger is the final part of the puzzle, the reason you want to shoot.”

"While Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things, The fate of empires and the fall of kings; While quacks of State must each produce his plan, And even children lisp the Rights of Man; Amid this mighty fuss just let me mention, The Rights of Woman merit some attention."

You may also like: