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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: I must lose...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: I must lose...

I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Let us hob-and-nob...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Let us hob-and-nob...

Let us hob-and-nob with Death.

Source: The Village of Sin, 34
-- Alfred, Lord...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: I heard the...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: I heard the...

I heard the water lapping on the crag,
And the long ripple washing in the reeds.


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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Man dreams of...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Man dreams of...

Man dreams of fame while woman wakes to love.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O you chorus...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O you chorus...

O you chorus of indolent reviewers.

Source: Experiments in Quantity, `Milton,...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: On the bald...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: On the bald...

On the bald street breaks the blank day.

Source: In Memoriam, 7 (Note: the stanza...

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William Shakespeare: What's gone and...

William Shakespeare: What's gone and...

What's gone and what's past help
Should be past grief.


Source: The Winter's...

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William Shakespeare: There is a...

William Shakespeare: There is a...

There is a divinity in odd numbers, either in nativity, chance or death.

Source:...

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William Shakespeare: I have no...

William Shakespeare: I have no...

I have no other but a woman's reason:
I think him so, because I think him so.


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Jean Anouilh: With God, what...

Jean Anouilh: With God, what...

With God, what is terrible is that one never knows whether it's not just a trick of the...

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Jean Anouilh: Nothing is irreparable...

Jean Anouilh: Nothing is irreparable...

Nothing is irreparable in politics.

Source: Warwick, in The Lark, pt. 1.
-- Jean...

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Oscar Wilde: The suspense is...

Oscar Wilde: The suspense is...

The suspense is terrible, I hope it will last.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Oscar Wilde: I love talking...

Oscar Wilde: I love talking...

I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

Source:...

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Oscar Wilde: He had that...

Oscar Wilde: He had that...

He had that curious love of green, which in individuals is always the sign of a subtle artistic temperament, and in...

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Mae West: When you get...

Mae West: When you get...

When you get the personality, you don't need the nudity.

Source: The Observer,...

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Woody Allen: Interestingly, according to...

Woody Allen: Interestingly, according to...

Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought -- particularly for...

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Woody Allen: I think crime...

Woody Allen: I think crime...

I think crime pays. The hours are good and you travel a lot.

Source: In Webster's...

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Woody Allen: Comedy just pokes...

Woody Allen: Comedy just pokes...

Comedy just pokes at problems, rarely confronts them squarely. Drama is like a plate of meat and potatoes, comedy is...

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Woody Allen: Death is an...

Woody Allen: Death is an...

Death is an acquired trait.

Source: Woody Allen and His Comedy, (E. Lax)
--...

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Fred Allen: Washington is no...

Fred Allen: Washington is no...

Washington is no place for a good actor. The competition from bad actors is too great.

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