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James Oppenheim
10 quotes
“Hearts starve as well as bodies: Give us Bread, but give us Roses.”
James Oppenheim (1882–1932) first seen 1911 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bread and Roses", in The American Magazine, vol. 73, no. 2 (December 1911) p. 214
“Up in the heights of the evening skies I see my City of Cities float In sunset’s golden and crimson dyes: I look, and a great joy clutches my throat! Plateau of roofs by canyons crossed: windows by thousands fire-unfurled— O gazing, how the heart is lost in the Deepest City of the World!”
James Oppenheim (1882–1932) said by 1932 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They can only set free men free... And there is no need of that: Free men set themselves free.”
James Oppenheim (1882–1932) said by 1932 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hadn't he been blowing kisses to Earth millions of years before I was born?”
James Oppenheim (1882–1932) said by 1932 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Quick as a hummingbird is my love, Dipping into the hearts of flowers—She darts so eagerly, swiftly, sweetly, Dipping into the flowers of my heart...”
James Oppenheim (1882–1932) said by 1932 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We age inevitably: The old joys fade and are gone: And at last comes equanimity and the flame burning clear.”
James Oppenheim (1882–1932) said by 1932 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Man's the bad child of the universe.”
James Oppenheim (1882–1932) said by 1932 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; The wise grows it under his feet.”
James Oppenheim (1882–1932) said by 1932 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Would you end war? Create great Peace.”
James Oppenheim (1882–1932) first seen 1914 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 1914—and After", IV
“To be a god First I must be a god-maker: We are what we create.”
James Oppenheim (1882–1932) said by 1932 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source