(409 quotes found)
“I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
“But as I raved and grew more fierce and wild / At every word, / Methought I heard one calling, `Child'; / And I replied, `My Lord'.”
George Herbert
“(following 9/11) I grew up believing my generation would be better. We would be kinder, we would be more level headed. We would be more loving. And so many people are missing.”
Jorja Fox
“I grew up in Baton Rouge and learned to be a musician down there [in New Orleans]. I call it the only city in America that has its own brand of music.”
Randy Jackson
“No stake ever grew old with the bark on”
Zulu Proverb
“I don't think I can tell any stories about how I lived in a van in Alaska. I grew up in the suburbs, I even had my own room. We weren't poor. Everything was very normal.”
Lisa Loeb
“So we grew together,Like to a double cherry, seeming parted,But yet an union in partition.”
William Shakespeare
“As we started to entertain more, and gain more status, the kitchen grew into not just a room that would be operational and functional, but one, like the bath, in which we luxuriate.”
Billy Rose
“Even though we're all speaking American English, there are individual differences. The region you grew up in affects how you perceive it.”
Brianna Conrey
“When I was younger, I was shy. I was overweight. I wore glasses. I got teased a lot, I grew up watching pageants, but I never thought I was going to become Miss USA.”
Chelsea Cooley
