Quotes of: Edgar-allan-poe Keyword

I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution.

Wernher von Braun

The Renaissance of the fifteenth century was, in many things, great rather by what it designed then by what it achieved.

Walter Pater

The basic quality that any great story must have is a story that illustrates the human condition.

William Shatner

The great liberty of the fictional writer is to let the imagination out of the traces and see it gallop off over the horizon.

Will Self

I am full of fire and passion. I am not ready yet for great concentration and passion.

Zane Grey

That perfect tranquillity of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library.

Aphra Behn

Nature has no principles. She makes no distinction between good and evil.

Anatole France

What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself in man.

Friedrich Nietzsche

I've had a good life, and was born to and among people I've admired and loved.

Wendell Berry

I'm most honest about writing when I'm talking to family or friends, not to newspapers.

Zadie Smith

All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Friendship's the wine of life: but friendship new... is neither strong nor pure.

Edward Young

That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.

Anatole France

There are some things that as an actor scare you, and if you can capture that fear on screen, it will be interesting.

Alice Lowe

I'm not afraid and these 15 days convinced me there is nothing to fear. Let them be afraid instead.

Alexei Navalny

Like a blazing comet, I've traversed infinite nights, interstellar spaces of the imagination, voluptuousness and fear.

Antonio Tabucchi

As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula.

Dave Barry

I spoke without fear of contradiction. I simply did not suffer self-doubt.

Elia Kazan

Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune.

Francis Quarles

That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could be on so great a subject.

George Santayana

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.

Helen Keller