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“No battle can be won in the study, and theory without practice is dead.”
Alexander Suvorov (1730–1800) said by 1800 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in K. Ossipov, "Suvorov", 1945.
“Things as they are have been destroyed. Have I? Am I a man that is dead At a table on which the food is cold? Is my thought a memory, not alive? Is the spot on the floor, there, wine or blood And whichever it may be, is it mine?”
Wallace Stevens (1879–1955) said by 1955 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The wind in which the dead leaves blow. Here I inhale profounder strength And as I am, I speak and move And things are as I think they are And say they are on the blue guitar.”
Wallace Stevens (1879–1955) said by 1955 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Phoebus is dead, ephebe. But Phoebus was A name for something that never could be named. There was a project for the sun and is.There is a project for the sun. The sun Must bear no name, gold flourisher, but be In the difficulty of what it is to be.”
Wallace Stevens (1879–1955) said by 1955 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tonight the lilacs magnify The easy passion, the ever-ready love Of the lover that lies within us and we breatheAn odor evoking nothing, absolute. We encounter in the dead middle of the night The purple odor, the abundant bloom.”
Wallace Stevens (1879–1955) said by 1955 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A dead shepherd brought tremendous chords from hellAnd bad the sheep carouse. Or so they said. Children in love with them brought early flowers And scattered them about, no two alike.”
Wallace Stevens (1879–1955) said by 1955 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“1) We want our loved ones' sacrifices to be honored by bringing our nation's sons and daughters home from the travesty that is Iraq IMMEDIATELY, since this war is based on horrendous lies and deceptions. Just because our children are dead, why would we want any more families to suffer the same pain and devastation that we are.”
Cindy Sheehan (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ah, Lalage! while life is ours, Hoard not thy beauty rose and white, But pluck the pretty, fleeting flowers That deck our little path of light: For all too soon we twain shall tread The bitter pastures of the dead: Estranged, sad spectres of the night.”
Ernest Dowson (1867–1900) said by 1900 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Any such material, received through the board, through automatic writing, or voice communication, should be carefully studied. Generally speaking, if your messages claim to originate from famous dead personalities, you can discount them as valid information. In all probability, they are creative fabrications of your own personal subconscious.”
Jane Roberts (1929–1984) said by 1984 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Now there are classes indeed where the newly dead are instructed. I used to teach some of these.”
Jane Roberts (1929–1984) said by 1984 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The dead are too much with us.”
Roger Zelazny (1937–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“After signing it, he added the postscript: By the time you read this, you will already be dead.”
Roger Zelazny (1937–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Popular culture is the new Babylon, into which so much art and intellect now flow. It is our imperial sex theater, supreme temple of the western eye. We live in the age of idols. The pagan past, never dead, flames again in our mystic hierarchies of stardom.”
Camille Paglia (born 1947) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Babylon Nights : A David Spandau Novel" (2010) by Daniel Depp
“Men knew that if they devirginized a woman, they could end up dead within twenty-four hours. These controls have been removed.”
Camille Paglia (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Young girls passed me with romance still in their eyes, and others, a little older, with the romance dead.”
John Buchan (1875–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In a wood they call the Rouge Bouquet, There is a new-made grave today, Built by never a spade nor pick, Yet covered with earth ten meteres thick. There lie many fighting men. Dead in their youthful prime Never to laugh nor love again Nor taste the Summertime.”
Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918) first seen 1918 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rouge Bouquet" (1918)
“For blows on the fort of evil That never shows a breach, For terrible life-long races To a goal no foot can reach, For reckless leaps into darkness With hands outstretched to a star, There is jubilation in Heaven Where the great dead poets are.”
Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918) said by 1918 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Well, the world may be heading for the iceberg, but the dead hand of old Darwin is still on the tiller. What am I talking about? Just this: if most people stop breeding, the handful of people who love kids and want to have them—people like me—are, within a generation or two, going to outnumber everyone else. Simple math. And that’s exactly what is happening.”
Stephen Baxter (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I gather a repulsive nobody writing in a paper no one of any decency would be seen dead with has written something loathesome and inhumane.”
Stephen Fry (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Altogether, a more miserable trio than we were that evening it would have been difficult to discover; and our only comfort lay in the reflection that we were exceedingly fortunate to be there to feel miserable, instead of being stretched dead upon the plain, as so many thousands of brave men were that night, who had risen well and strong in the morning.”
H. Rider Haggard (1856–1925) said by 1925 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“. . . the dead keep their wisdom to themselves”
H. Rider Haggard (1856–1925) said by 1925 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Riel, our brother, is dead, victim of his devotion to the cause of the Métis of which he was leader, victim of fanatism and treason; of the fanatism of Sir John and of some other friends of his; of the treason of three of our own who, in order to keep their wallet, have sold their brother.”
Honoré Mercier (1840–1894) first seen 1885 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech of 1885 about the hanging of Louis Riel, at the Champs de Mars of Montreal.
“Lovely Semiramis Closes her slanting eyes: Dead is she long ago.”
Edith Sitwell (1887–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The living blind and seeing Dead together lie As if in love... There was no more hating then, And no more love; Gone is the heart of Man.”
Edith Sitwell (1887–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In a foreign country and with foreign species of life one should take measures to find out whether things will be keeping their value when dead. To settlers I give this advice: "For the sake of your eyes and hearts, shoot not the Iguana.”
Karen Blixen (1885–1962) said by 1962 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are all our own graveyards I believe; we squat amongst the tombs of the people we were. If we're healthy, every day is a celebration, a Day of the Dead, in which we give thanks for the lives that we lived; and if we are neurotic we brood and mourn and wish that the past was still present.”
Clive Barker (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There were four of us about that bed; The mass-priest knelt at the side, I and his mother stood at the head, Over his feet lay the bride; We were quite sure that he was dead, Though his eyes were open wide.”
William Morris (1834–1896) said by 1896 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The heavy trouble, the bewildering care That weighs us down who live and earn our bread, These idle verses have no power to bear; So let em sing of names rememberèd, Because they, living not, can ne'er be dead, Or long time take their memory quite away From us poor singers of an empty day.”
William Morris (1834–1896) said by 1896 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Alas, alas! another day gone by, Another day and no soul come," she said; "Another year, and still I am not dead!" And with that word once more her head she raised, And on the trembling man with great eyes gazed.”
William Morris (1834–1896) said by 1896 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And what do ye say then? — That Spring long departed Has brought forth no child to the softness and showers; — That we slept and we dreamed through the Summer of flowers; We dreamed of the Winter, and waking dead-hearted Found Winter upon us and waste of dull hours.”
William Morris (1834–1896) said by 1896 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ye know not how void is your hope and your living: Depart with your helping lest yet ye undo me! Ye know not that at nightfall she draweth near to me, There is soft speech between us and words of forgiving Till in dead of the midnight her kisses thrill through me. — Pass by me and harken, and waken me not!”
William Morris (1834–1896) said by 1896 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When Nietzsche said God is dead, he forgot to mention that Satan died in the same horrific accident.”
Grant Morrison (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A planned life is a dead life.”
Lauren Bacall (1924–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Grateful Dead are faster than light drive.”
Ken Kesey (1935–2001) first seen 1967 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Inside cover of "The Grateful Dead" LP (1967)
“I can't help it. I was born a miscarriage. I had so many insults I died. I was born dead. I can't help it.... I'm tired.”
Ken Kesey (1935–2001) said by 2001 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There's no way that a GST will ever be part of our policy... never ever, it's dead it was killed by the voters in the last election.”
John Howard (born 1939) first seen 1995 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Television interview in 1995
“When logic and proportion Have fallen softly dead And the White Knight is talking backwards And the Red Queen's "off with her head!" Remember what the dormouse said: "Feed your head! Feed your head!”
Grace Slick (born 1939) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Monetarism is dead and the alien doctrines of Friedman and Hayek remain only to be buried.”
Edward Heath (1916–2005) first seen 1982 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech in the House of Commons (15 March 1982)
“Born down in a dead man's town, The first kick I took was when I hit the ground. You end up like a dog that's been beat too much, Till you spend half your life just covering up.”
Bruce Springsteen (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They found him shot dead outside Stockton, His body lyin' on a muddy hill. Nothin' taken, nothin' stolen; Somebody killed him just to kill.”
Bruce Springsteen (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sleep puts out silent fingers, And leads me back to the roar Of the dead salt sea that vomits Wrecks of the past ashore.”
Francis Turner Palgrave (1824–1897) said by 1897 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Yes, of course, the Christian has dogmas he must believe in order to be a Christian, but all those dogmas concern love which is the essence. God is love. Where love is, God is. Dogmas and tenets of the Christian faith without love are dead letters, not even worth spelling out.”
Catherine Doherty (1896–1985) said by 1985 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Night creatures call. The dead start to walk in their masquerade. There's no escapin' the jaws of the alien this time (they're open wide). This is the end of your life. lyrics”
Michael Jackson (1958–2009) said by 2009 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Did you ever stop to notice All the children dead from war? Did you ever stop to notice This crying earth, these weeping shores?”
Michael Jackson (1958–2009) said by 2009 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“So I was watching this one show where - there's a guy on stage and he pretends he has contact with the dead and spirits talk to him...[Some people in the audience give suggestions, one of which is Crossing Over.] Crossing–...no, no, no, no, no, it was, uh, church. It was church.”
David Cross (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I see blood in here every day, every day someone's getting shot, someone's getting cut, someone's getting beat ... i've lived in that all my life woman, that don't wrinkle up my forehead ... you can pile 100 dead bodies up in front of my cell and it don't set me to do nothing ...”
Charles Manson (1934–2017) said by 2017 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When you're in bed, you're dead”
Mitch Albom (born 1958) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Conservative: One who admires radicals a century after they're dead.”
Leo Rosten (1908–1997) first seen 1967 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in The Modern Handbook of Humor (1967) by Ralph Louis Woods
“There's only a shadow of me In a manner of speaking, I'm dead”
Sufjan Stevens (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I am dead and opened, you shall find Calais lying in my head.”
Mary I of England (1516–1558) first seen 1160 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Raphael Holinshed, The Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland, vol. III, page 1160 (1587).