(1023 quotes found)
“The little dog lay curled and did not rise But slept the deeper as the ashes rose, And found the people incomplete”
Richard Wilbur
“Rise early. It is the early bird that catches the worm. Don't be fooled by this absurd saw; I once knew a man who tried it. He got up at sunrise and a horse bit him.”
Mark Twain
“All things entail rising and falling timing. You must be able to discern this.”
Miyamoto Musashi
“Any organisation is like a septic tank. The really big chunks rise to the top.”
John Imhoff
“George Bush taking credit for the wall coming down is like the rooster taking credit for the sun rising.”
Al Gore
“A person's mere propinquity to others independently suspected of criminal activity does not give rise to probable cause to search that person.”
Potter Stewart
“Rise up, lads, the evening is coming. The evening star is just raising his long-awaited light in heaven.”
Catullus
“Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs, rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys, advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm, retreating to the corner of arm and knee, eager to be reassured, taking pleasure in the fragrant brilliance of thee.”
T.S. Eliot
“Lives in eternity's sun rise.”
William Blake
“Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury in a barometer, indicate little else than the variability of the weather.”
David Hare
