(343 quotes found)
“It is the bright day that brings forth the adder, and that craves wary walking.”
William Shakespeare
“The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.”
Walter Savage Landor
“Then awake! the heavens look bright, my dear; / 'Tis never too late for delight, my dear;/ And the best of all ways / To lengthen our days / Is to steal a few hours from the night, my dear!”
Thomas More
“I'm frustrated by what I hear. Maybe it's not meant for me. Personally, I'm way too bright for a lot of the hip-hop lyrics to affect. I'm much too smart to think that jewelry or how cool I am is really going to change much about my personality. If you're dumb enough that it entertains you, have a great time. But I am seeking more than that.”
Tom Petty
“Thou blossom bright with autumn dew,And colored with the heaven's own blue. . . .”
William Cullen Bryant
“Beware the politically obsessed. They are often bright and interesting, but they have something missing in their natures; there is a hole, an empty place, and they use politics to fill it up. It leaves them somehow misshapen.”
Peggy Noonan
“The sounds I had heard seemed worthy to mingle with this bright and perfumed atmosphere, and to thrill the beautiful scenery around me.”
“I am suffocated and lost when I have not the bright feeling of progression.”
Margaret Fuller
“The merry year is born like the bright berry from the naked thorn.”
Hartley Coleridge
“I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice. But still, the place you live in is that much more grey”
Shawshank Redemption