Night Quotes - Page 29

• The poet is at the disposal of the night. His role is humble, he must clean house and await its due visitation.

  Jean Cocteau

  Humble, House, Roles

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• Problems, however, are rarely solved on the spur of the moment. They must be organized and dissected, then key issues isolated and defined. A period of gestation then sets in, during which these issues are mulled over. You put them in your mind and consciously or unconsciously work at them at odd hours of the day or night - even at work. It is somewhat analogous to trying to place a name on the face of someone you've met before. Often the solution to a problem comes to you in much the same way you eventually recall the name.

  William Redington Hewlett

  Keys, Gestation Period, Names

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• Ideas for gadgets for the disabled were coming into my head so fast they seemed to be arriving from somewhere outside of me, beamed down by an unremitting force. I had little control over them, or their flow. I would wake up in the middle of the night. A blinding flash of an idea would rouse me from my bed and I'd rush down to my workshop to have a go at it before the inspiration dimmed.

  Trevor Baylis

  Inspiration, Ideas, Littles

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• The Bat that flits at close of Eve
  Has left the Brain that won't believe.
  The Owl that calls upon the Night
  Speaks the Unbeliever's fright.

  William Blake

  Believe, Scary, Owl

  'Auguries of Innocence' (c.1803) l. 25

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• Crossing the uplands of time, Skirting the borders of night, Scaling the face of the peak of dreams, We enter the region of light, And hastening on with eager intent, Arrive at the rainbow's end, And here uncover the pot of gold Buried deep in the heart of a friend.

  Grace Coolidge

  Dream, Heart, Light

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• By the margin of fair Zurich's waters Dwelt a youth, whose fond heart, night and day, For the fairest of fair Zurich's daughters In a dream of love melted away.

  Charles Dance

  Daughter, Dream, Heart

  Charles Dance (1833). “The Beulah spa: a burletta in two acts”, p.35

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• How do we want our air? Pure. How do we want our water? Pure. How do we want sex on our wedding night? Pure.

  Molly Kelly

  Sex, Air, Water

  "Sex, Love, and You: Making the Right Decision". Book by Judy Lickona, Thomas Lickona, and William Boudreau, 1994.

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• Mine is the time of foliage,
  When hills and valleys teem
  With buds and vines sweet scented,
  All clothed in glowing green.
  
  My nights are bright and starry,
  My days are long and clear
  And truly I'm the fairest,
  Of all months in the year.

  Mary Weston Fordham

  Sweet, Spring, Glowing

  Mary Weston Fordham, “June”

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• Inflowing thoughts come to an end in those who are ever alert of mind, training themselves night and day, and ever intent on nirvana

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Training, Mind

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• My fellow Americans: Last night when I spoke with you about the fall of Rome, I knew at that moment that the troops of the United States and our allies were crossing the channel in another and greater operation. It has come to pass with success thus far. And so, in this poignant hour, I ask you to join me in prayer:
  Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization. . .

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Prayer, Fall, Struggle

  Franklin D. Roosevelt (1995). “The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt”, Gramercy

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• In reality, the main thing that keeps me awake at night is probably the destruction of the planet that's what gets me pretty upset.

  Rachel Weisz

  Reality, Upset, Destruction

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• How long the night to the watchman, How long the road to the weary traveller, How long the wandering of many lives To the fool who misses the way.

  Gautama Buddha

  Long, Meditation, Missing

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• And if you sing though as angels, and love not the singing, you muffle man's ears to the voices of the day and the voices of the night.

  Khalil Gibran

  Angel, Men, Voice

  Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

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• Behind every footballing tough guy there lurks a mincing aesthete with a love of art for art's sake, football for football's sake. A win without art is somehow less than a victory; less, almost, than a beautiful defeat. In football, the romantic and the pragmatist are ever at war in the same breast. Beauty, it must be understood here, is not Barcelona's aim but their method. And last night they were ready to use this method at every opportunity - quick-fire passing of wit and purpose in the danger areas, seeking always to produce an unlooked-for player in a position of threat.

  Simon Barnes

  Beautiful, Soccer, Football

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• Most musicians I know don't just play music on Saturday night. They play music every day. They are always fiddling around, letting the notes lead them from one place to another. Taking still photographs is like that. It is a generative process. It pulls you along.

  Henry Wessel, Jr.

  Photography, Play, Musician

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• Who gave you the ability to contemplate the beauty of the skies, the course of the sun, the round moon, the millions of stars, the harmony and rhythm that issue from the world as from a lyre, the return of the seasons, the alternation of the months, the demarcation of day and night, the fruits of the earth, the vastness of the air, the ceaseless motion of the waves, the sound of the wind?

  Gregory of Nazianzus

  Faith, Stars, Inspiration

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• Air racing may not be better than your wedding night, but it's better than the second night.

  Mickey Rupp

  Air, Racing, May

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• Sometimes I come here just to be a lost mariner
  but I am never lost:
  there are the snowflakes frozen to the porthole of a jewelry store,
  here is the treasure chest open to a single pearl
  laid on a velvet slab,
  there is the plashing of faces in the aisles
  and the row of lockers stuffed with the coats and hats of the drowned
  and it is night, and the moon rows over
  the gentle waters of the parking lot.

  Nancy Eimers

  Moon, Water, Lockers

  Nancy Eimers (2006). “A Grammar to Waking: Poems”, Carnegie-Mellon University Press

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• All night, my face next
  to your mouth, I hold my breath,
  listening to yours.

  Imtiaz Dharker

  Listening, Mouths, Next

  Imtiaz Dharker (2007). “The Terrorist at My Table”, p.156, Penguin Books India

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• The term bohemian has a bad reputation because it's allied to myriad clichés, but Parisians originally adopted the term, associated with nomadic Gypsies, to describe artists and writers who stayed up all night and ignored the pressures of the industrial world.

  Sarah Thornton

  Artist, World, Pressure

  Sarah Thornton (2012). “Seven Days In The Art World”, p.66, Granta Books

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• To wish for your own happiness is sometimes coupled with another's unhappiness. So then, what exactly should I pray for? Since I couldn't pray for my own happiness, I prayed to the moon in the night sky for the happiness of the one whose warm hand I held.

  Chica Umino

  Moon, Hands, Sky

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• Every time we think about being happy again, it hurts to be alive.
  Because it seems an inordinate thing for us to wish for.
  And because we think that day will never come for us.
  And that's why the only thing we can do for now...
  ...is just try to get through each night.

  Chica Umino

  Hurt, Thinking, Wish

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• Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. [The Motto Of The U.S. Postal Service]

  Herodotus

  Rain, Snow, Heat

  Herodotus (2008). “The Histories”, p.718, OUP Oxford

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• Most of you have been where I am tonight. The crash site of unrequited love. You ask yourself, How did I get here? What was it about? Was it her smile? Was it the way she crossed her legs, the turn of her ankle, the poignant vulnerability of her slender wrists? What are these elusive and ephemeral things that ignite passion in the human heart? That's an age-old question. It's perfect food for thought on a bright midsummer's night.

  Sybil Adelman

  Love You, Unrequited Love, Passion

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• People think we don't give a toss about the game, but when I walked out of Windsor Park that night I felt lower than a snake's belly. The reality is still there.

  Rio Ferdinand

  Reality, Thinking, Games

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