(265 quotes found)
“Nature does not proceed by leaps and bounds”
Carolus Linnaeus
“Nature in darkness groans and men are bound to sullen contemplation in the night: restless they turn on beds of sorrow; in their inmost brain feeling the crushing wheels, they rise, they write the bitter words of stern philosophy and knead the bread of knowledge with tears and groans.”
William Blake
“Was ever book containing such vile matterSo fairly bound? O, that deceit should dwellIn such a gorgeous palace!”
William Shakespeare
“And every stranger's face I see Reminds me that I long to be, homeward bound”
Paul Simon
“But you're bound to loseIf you let the blues get you scared to feel”
Joni Mitchell
“You utter a vow or forge a signature and you may find yourself bound for life to a monastery, a woman or prison”
Bronislaw Malinowski
“If you wish in this world to advance your merits you're bound to enhance; you must stir it and stump it, and blow your own trumpet, or, trust me, you haven't a chance.”
William S. Gilbert
“I am not bound for any public place, but for ground of my own where I have planted vines and orchard trees, and in the heat of the day climbed up into the healing shadow of the woods.”
Wendell Berry
“Our firmest convictions are apt to be the most suspect, they mark our limitations and our bounds. Life is a pretty thing unless it is moved by the indomitable urge to extend its boundaries.”
Jose Ortega y Gasset
“You are just not bound by fixed walls. So in principle it's an open area where you can make yourself happy.”
Fritz Gampe
