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“In politics, he has always been a republican with advanced Socialist sympathies, and internationalist at heart, and, as they said in the eighteenth century, a "citizen of the world." He has always fought social injustice. In art, he loves, above all, Beethoven, Shakespeare, and Goethe...Rembrandt is the painter dearest to him. But his chosen country is Italy.”
Romain Rolland (1866–1944) first seen 1900 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On himself, as quoted in World Authors 1900-1950 (1996)
“I'm looking at a hand full of broken plansAnd I'm tired of playing it downYou just want her to do anything to youThere ain't nothing you won't allowYou wake up in the middle of the nightFrom a dream you won't remember flashing on like a cop's lightYou say she's waiting and I know what forThe white lady loves you more”
Elliott Smith (1969–2003) said by 2003 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“From my point of view, compatibilism is a little like saying: a puppet is free so long as it loves its strings.”
Sam Harris (born 1967) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sam Harris at Sydney Opera House Festival of Dangerous Ideas 2012, Discussion on Free Will.
“Each man kills the things he loves". I recognise that in myself, in relationships, even with guitars, beautiful things that I've had and wilfully destroyed.”
Pete Doherty (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Auden is able to set up a We (whom he identifies himself with — rejection loves company) in opposition to the enemy They...”
Randall Jarrell (1914–1965) said by 1965 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Both in verse and in prose [Karl] Shapiro loves, partly out of indignation and partly out of sheer mischievousness, to tell the naked truths or half-truths or quarter-truths that will make anybody’s hair stand on end; he is always crying: “But he hasn’t any clothes on!” about an emperor who is half the time surprisingly well-dressed.”
Randall Jarrell (1914–1965) said by 1965 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Almost anyone who loves tennis and follows the men's tour on television has, over the last few years, had what might be termed Federer moments. These are times, watching the young Swiss at play, when the jaw drops and eyes protrude and sounds are made that bring spouses in from other rooms to see if you're OK”
David Foster Wallace (1962–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There's nothing the rightwing loves more than a black person willing to say black people are the real racists or a queer person willing to say queer people are the real threat. If you're queer or a person of color and you're telegenic and articulate and willing to sell the rancid cum rag that passes for your soul, you'll never have to do an honest day's work again in your life.”
Dan Savage (born 1964) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Milo Yiannopoulos: Girls Are In Danger When Adult Trans Women Use Public Toilets But 13-Year-Old Boys Can Benefit From Giving Head To Adult Males", The Stranger, February 20, 2017.
“It is always that way: between the moment he meets her again and the moment he recognizes her for the woman he loves, he has some distance to go.”
Milan Kundera (1929–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And I just like the guy. He's a good joe. Obviously loves his wife, calls her his better half, and polls show America agrees.”
Stephen Colbert (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The country must be governed by someone who really loves his people and his land, who shares wealth and progress. I have all that, only that I am ignorant.”
Pancho Villa (1878–1923) said by 1923 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Unless one lives and loves in the trenches it is difficult to remember that the war against dehumanization is ceaseless.”
Audre Lorde (1934–1992) said by 1992 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Fountain heads and pathless groves, Places which pale passion loves.”
John Fletcher (1579–1625) first seen 1615 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Nice Valour (c. 1615–25; pub. 1647), Act iii, scene 3
“The painter who loves his art is ruler in his own kingdom, even if he be in Lilliput and a Lilliputian himself. He transforms a kitchen maid in to a fairy, and a great lady into a brothel matron, if he wants to and sees them so, for he is a seer. His vision includes everything that is alive in the past.”
Georges Rouault (1871–1958) said by 1958 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than anything else. If the people placed over him are unfair, from year to year he lapses into an embittered state characterized by an extreme lack of faith.”
Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) said by 1904 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is something beautiful, touching and poetic when one person loves more than the other, and the other is indifferent.”
Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) first seen 1892 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: After the Theatre (1892)
“He who constantly swims in the ocean loves dry land.”
Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) first seen 1891 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to E.M. Shavrova (September 16, 1891)
“The bourgeoisie loves so-called “positive” types and novels with happy endings since they lull one into thinking that it is fine to simultaneously acquire capital and maintain one’s innocence, to be a beast and still be happy.”
Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) first seen 1895 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to A.S. Suvorin (April 13, 1895)
“[I]f we truly value coral reefs, we must stop travelling around the world to see them, for long-haul flights are rapidly becoming one of the major sources of global warming. Why is it that tourism always seems condemned to destroy that which it most loves?”
George Monbiot (born 1963) first seen 1999 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reef madness", The Guardian (26 June 1999).
“Drink ye to her that each loves best! And if you nurse a flame That's told but to her mutual breast, We will not ask her name.”
Thomas Campbell (poet) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Thomas Campbell
“No, the heart that has truly lov'd never forgets, But as truly loves on to the close; As the sunflower turns on her god when he sets The same look which she turn'd when he rose.”
Thomas Moore (1779–1852) said by 1852 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I believe life is about balance. My mom was brilliant, yet manipulative. Beautiful, but had more voices in her head than the Wu-Tang Clan. Loves her kids, killed her last husband. I say "last husband" because you don't get another one after that.”
Christopher Titus (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One who loves God retains this humility at all times, not with weariness and struggle, but with pleasure and gladness.”
Walter Hilton (1340–1396) said by 1396 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I watched them from the window, thy children at their play, And I thought of all my own dear friends, who were far, oh, far away, And childish loves, and childish cares, and a child’s own buoyant gladness Came gushing back again to me with a soft and solemn sadness; And feelings frozen up full long, and thoughts of long ago, Seemed to be thawing at my heart with a warm and sudden flow.”
Arthur Hugh Clough (1819–1861) said by 1861 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Pan Am takes good care of you. Marks & Spencer loves you. Securicor cares. I.B.M. says the customer is king. At Amstrad, we want your money!”
Alan Sugar (born 1947) first seen 1987 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in the New York Times, September 28, 1987, from an earlier public speech.
“In a way, misery loves company. In another way, if everyone’s in trouble, nobody can help anybody else get out of it.”
Harry Turtledove (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have had two lives: when I was born in Puerto Rico in 1935 [sic] and when I came to play baseball in Pittsburgh in 1955. I have two loves: my family – my mother, my father and my wife and three sons – and my fans.”
Roberto Clemente (1934–1972) first seen 1970 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Addressing reporters at post-game press conference on Roberto Clemente Day, as quoted in "Roberto Clemente's a Man of 2 Lives ... and 2 Loves" by the Associated Press, in The Sarasota Herald-Tribune (July 26, 1970)
“I think it's very hard to allow God to break us. I think it's very hard to be broken. And I think that who the Lord loves He chastens, and that if we'll never be broken we'll never be saved. And that God doesn't break us because He hates us, or because He's angry at us, but we have to be broken, just like you have to break a horse.”
Rich Mullins (1955–1997) first seen 1990 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Wheaton, Illinois (September 15, 1990)
“You know who LOVES to get fisted? Sock puppets. That joke is adorable!”
Daniel Tosh (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“1200. Craft must have Clothes ; but Truth loves to go naked.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“2248. He that plants Trees, loves others besides himself.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“5305. Truth loves to go naked.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Because he loves pussy. Except it smells like fish!”
Kathy Griffin (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Larry is different than people think. He really loves the game and is really smart. He has the innate ability to focus on what's important and has a great feel for players. He knows how to deal with people. He's direct and definite. I think the players appreciate that.”
Larry Bird (born 1956) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Donnie Walsh — reported in Sam Smith (February 8, 2004) "Bird sets fast pace - Hall of Fame player and former coach Larry Bird finds 'every day's exciting' in his first go-around as general manager of the Indiana Pacers…
“Wait, he "loves drama"?! I'm sorry, I'm really not that comfortable with one of the most powerful people on Earth being summed up the same way you describe Andy Cohen on New Year's Eve!”
John Oliver (born 1977) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Last Week Tonight -- "Elon Musk" (ff. 0:28:35) (17 December 2023)
“Misery loves company but company does not reciprocate.”
Addison Mizner (1872–1933) said by 1933 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Filipino loves his country no less than the Spaniard does his, and although he is quieter, more peaceful and with more difficulty stirred up, once aroused he does not hesitate and for him the struggle means death to the finish. He has both the meekness and ferocity of the carabao. Climate affects bipeds in the same way it does quadrupeds.”
José Rizal (1861–1896) first seen 1889 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Philippines: A Century Hence" in La Solidaridad (1889-90) - translated from the Spanish by Charles Derbyshire
“That's right middle America, I loves Jemus!”
Russell Brand (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Have you ever tried to argue with someone who doesn’t want anything from you? It’s hard. Have you ever noticed in a row with someone that no longer loves you that you have no recourse? No tools with which to bargain.”
Russell Brand (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Work is my joy.. .Work is my therapy, I don't know anybody who loves work as much as I do.”
Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“History of Jews is full of deception, trickery, rebellion, oppression, evil and corruption. They always seek to cause mischief on the earth and Allaah loves not the mischief-makers.”
Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Anxiety loves company almost as much as misery.”
Charles Stross (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But piece by piece, he collected me Up off the ground, where you abandoned things, yeah. Piece by piece, he filled the holes that you burned in me At six years old. And you know, he never walks away, He never asks for money. He takes care of me, he loves me. Piece by piece, he restored my faith That a man can be kind and a father could stay.”
Kelly Clarkson (born 1982) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish-American_War The Spanish-American War has been a splendid little war, begun with the highest motives, carried on with magnificent intelligence and spirit, favored by that Fortune that loves the brave. It is now to be concluded, I hope, with that fine good nature, which is, after all, the distinguishing trait of the American character.”
John Hay (1838–1905) first seen 1898 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From a 1898 letter to Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, quoted in Donald E. Schmidt's The Folly of War: American Foreign Policy, 1898-2005 (2005).
“One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.”
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) first seen 1796 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to George Washington (1796); published in The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, 20 Vols., Washington, D.C., (1903-04), 9:341
“Stare at me in this faceless way, go mad with desire, and rip my clothes off. It's terrific. In my sex fantasy, nobody ever loves me for my mind. The fantasy of rape — of which mine is in a kind of prepubescent sub-category — is common enough among women and (in mirror image) among men.”
Nora Ephron (1941–2012) first seen 1975 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Nora Ephron: Crazy Salad: Some Things About Women, Knopf Publishing, New York, 1975
“Be a clown, be a clown, All the world loves a clown. Act the fool, play the calf, And you'll always have the last laugh.”
Cole Porter (1891–1964) first seen 1946 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Be A Clown" (written in 1946)
“I don't think pressure, that word, is on his mind. He loves to play hockey and enjoys the way he's playing. He's kind of made me re-establish my thinking.”
Alexander Ovechkin (born 1985) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sergei Fedorov, interview in Jill Painter (November 20, 2008) Los Angeles Daily News.
“A city becomes a world when one loves one of its inhabitants.”
Lawrence Durrell (1912–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He is the happy wanderer, who goes, Singing upon the way, with eyes awake To every scene, with ears alert to take The sweetness of all sounds; who loves and knows The secrets of the highway, and the rose Holds fairer for the wounds that briars make.”
Percy Addleshaw (1866–1916) first seen 1895 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Happy Wanderer (1895).