Halloween Quotes - Page 4

• Bring forth the raisins and the nuts-
  Tonight All-Hallows' Spectre struts
  Along the moonlit way.

  John Kendrick Bangs

  Nuts, Way, Tonight

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• ... we in the light sometimes fear what is no more to be feared than the things children in the dark hold in terror and imagine will come true.

  Lucretius

  Children, Dark, Light

  Titus Lucretius Carus, William Henry Denham Rouse, Martin Ferguson Smith (1975). “De rerum natura”, Harvard University Press ; London : Heinemann

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• You wouldn't believe On All Hallow Eve What lots of fun we can make, With apples to bob, And nuts on the hob, And a ring-and-thimble cake.

  Carolyn Wells

  Happy, Fun, Believe

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• There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the adult world.

  Jean Baudrillard

  Funny, Sarcastic, Revenge

  Jean Baudrillard (1989). “America”, p.48, Verso

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• Acting is like a Halloween mask that you put on.

  River Phoenix

  Acting, Haunting, Mask

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• This Halloween, the most popular mask is the Arnold Schwarzenegger mask. And the best part? With a mouth full of candy you will sound just like him.

  Conan O'Brien

  Funny, Sound, Candy Corn

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• I was kind of a dark kid. I loved Halloween, and I loved vampires and the black and white old monster movies.

  Joe Manganiello

  Kids, Dark, Black And White

  "Joe Manganiello Exclusive Interview TRUE BLOOD". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. June 24, 2010.

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• Hobgoblins know the proper way to dance: Arms akimbo, loopy legs askew, Leaping into darkness with delight, Lusting for the ecstasy of fright, Open to the charm of horrors new.

  Nick Gordon

  Darkness, Lust, Delight

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• Fear is nature's warning signal to get busy.

  Henry C. Link

  Fear, Warning, Busy

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• A gypsy fire is on the hearth, Sign of the carnival of mirth; Through the dun fields and from the glade Flash merry folk in masquerade, For this is Hallowe'en!

  Jerry Smith

  Heart, Fire, Mirth

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• Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Death, War, Ambition

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Even the air feels different on Halloween, autumn-crisp and bright.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Autumn, Air, Different

  "Magic Moments in Life" by Erin Morgenstern, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 19, 2012.

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• When I was a kid my family was really poor and I remember one Halloween I wanted to dress up really scary and my parents came home with a duck costume. I wore that costume for years! I hated it.

  R. L. Stine

  Funny, Kids, Home

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• Look, there's no metaphysics on earth but chocolates.

  Fernando Pessoa

  Love, Food, Yummy

  "Poems of Fernando Pessoa".

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• Be wary then; best safety lies in fear.

  William Shakespeare

  Fear, Lying, Safety

  William Shakespeare (1793). “The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added, Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. The Fourth Edition. Revised and Augmented (with a Glossarial Index) by the Editor of Dodsley's Collection of Old Plays”, p.50

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• Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire,
  And airy tongues that syllable men's names.

  John Milton

  Men, Names, Shadow

  John Milton (1824). “The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors, Principally from the Editions of Thomas Newton, Charles Dunster and Thomas Warton ; to which is Prefixed Newton's Life of Milton”, p.40

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• We used to go around tipping outhouses over, or turning over corn shocks on Halloween. Anything to be mean.

  Loretta Lynn

  Mean, Tipping, Corn

  Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, p.31, Vintage

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• After eating chocolate you feel godlike, as though you can conquer enemies, lead armies, entice lovers.

  Emily Luchetti

  Food, Army, Cooking

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• Halloween is tomorrow. A group of wine experts has actually come up with a list of the best wines to pair with Halloween candy. They say, "White wine goes great with Skittles, red wine goes great with Twix, and ... we're alcoholics, aren't we?

  Jimmy Fallon

  Wine, White, Groups

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• According to USA Today, 74 percent of Americans plan to hand out candy this Halloween. Although President Obama thinks it should be just the top 1 percent.

  Jay Leno

  Thinking, Usa, Hands

  "American Morning: Wake Up Call" with Carol Costello, www.cnn.com. October 28, 2011.

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• Red serpents, fiery forms, and yelling hags, Fit company for mad adventurers.

  Philip Freneau

  Yelling, Mad, Red

  Philip Freneau (1963). “The Poems of Philip Freneau: Poet of the American Revolution (Complete)”, p.214, Library of Alexandria

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• When I was a kid I got busted for throwing a rock through a car window and egging a house on halloween.

  Gavin DeGraw

  Kids, Rocks, Car

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• I dressed up as a veterinarian for a Halloween costume party. I had the lab coat. I got a couple of stuffed animals for patients and put bandages on them.

  Tracy Chapman

  Couple, Party, Animal

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• You look at Cheney, Rumsfeld, Karl Rove, and Bush - if you saw them on Halloween, they wouldn't need a costume. You'd give them a treat and compliment them on what great-looking demons they were. They are demons. There's no doubt about it.

  Tommy Chong

  Giving, Doubt, Saws

  Interview with Brian Polk, www.avclub.com. January 30, 2008.

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• But I love Halloween, and I love that feeling: the cold air, the spooky dangers lurking around the corner.

  Evan Peters

  Air, Feelings, Cold

  "'American Horror Story' Season 2: Evan Peters Says It’s Really, Really Scary". Interview with Chris Jancelewicz, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 16, 2012.

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