22 quotes found
Poet · American
American poet
“Only the young die good.”
“Diplomacy: Lying in state.”
“My wife has a whim of iron.”
“Many are called but few get up.”
“There is no time like the pleasant.”
“Age, like distance, lends a double charm.”
“A kiss is a course of procedure cunningly devised, for the mutual stopage of speech at a moment when words are superfluous.”
“I heard a bird sing in the dark of December. A magical thing. And sweet to remember. We are nearer to Spring than we were in September. I heard a bird sing in the dark of December.”
“Cat: a pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.”
“I sometimes think the Pussy-Willows greyAre Angel Kittens who have lost their way,And every Bulrush on the river bankA Cat-Tail from some lovely Cat astray.”
“At evening when the lamp is lit,The tired Human People sitAnd doze, or turn with solemn looksThe speckled pages of their books.Then I, the Dangerous Kitten, prowlAnd in the Shadows softly growl,And...”
“When I grow up I mean to beA Lion large and fierce to see.I'll mew so loud that Cook in fright Will give me all the cream in sight.And anyone who dares to say'Poor Puss' to me will rue the day.Then...”
“A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: She changes it more often.”
“Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.”
“A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's—she changes it oftener.”
“Darling: the popular form of address used in speaking to a person of the opposite sex whose name you cannot at the moment recall.”
“Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.”
“I don't recall your name, but your manners are familiar.”
“Modesty is the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.”
“Actresses will happen in the best-regulated families.”
“Cat: A pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs and patronizes human beings.”
