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Adelaide Crapsey1 quote
These be
Three silent things:
The falling snow... The hour
Before the dawn... The mouth of one
Just dead. — Adelaide Crapsey · 1915Beatrice Kaufman1 quote
I've been rich, and I've been poor. Rich is better. — Beatrice Kaufman · 1937Elmer Wheeler1 quote
Don't sell the steak; sell the sizzle. It is the sizzle that sells the steak and not the cow, although the cow is, of course, mighty important. — Elmer Wheeler · 1936Francis Pharcellus Church1 quote
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus... Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood. — Francis Pharcellus Church · 1897John Ashbery1 quote
As I sit looking out of a window of the building
I wish I did not have to write the instruction manual on the uses of a new metal.
I look down into the street and see people, each walking with an inner peace,
And envy them-they are so far away from me!
Not one of them has to worry about getting out this manual on schedule. — John Ashbery · 1956Walter Hagen1 quote
You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry. Don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way. — Walter Hagen · 1956