O sweet, delusive Noon, Which the morning climbs to find, O moment sped too soon, And morning left behind.
I know the lands are lit, with all the autumn blaze of Goldenrod.
Other lands may have their charms, and the sunny skies of other climes may be regretted, but it is with pride and gladness that the wanderer sets foot again on British soil, thanking God for the religion and the liberty which have made this weather-beaten island in a northern sea to be the light and glory of the world.
The word 'aloha,' in foreign use, has taken the place of every English equivalent. It is a greeting, a farewell, thanks, love, goodwill. Aloha looks at you from tidies and illuminations; it meets you on the roads and at house-doors. It is conveyed to you in letters: the air is full of it.
The traveller who aspires to reach the highlands of Tibet from Kashmir cannot be borne along in a carriage or hill-cart. For much of the way, he is limited to a foot pace, and if he has regard to his horse, he walks down all rugged and steep descents, which are many, and dismounts at most bridges.
By all these lovely tokens September days are here, With summer's best of weather and autumn's best of cheer.
Bee to the blossom, moth to the flame; Each to his passion; what's in a name?
I have season tickets to the Lakers and the Clippers.
The goldenrod is yellow, The corn is turning brown, The trees in apple orchards With fruit are bending down.
I do feel it's important to entertain people. I try to.
Flowers are happy things.
I have a strange combination of fearlessness and massive insecurity.
I have a good support system of friends and family.
I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.
Golf... is the infallible test. The man who can go into a patch of rough alone, with the knowledge that only God is watching him, and play his ball where it lies, is the man who will serve you faithfully and well.
Memories are like mulligatawny soup in a cheap restaurant. It is best not to stir them.
One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
The world is round.
I should not proceed by land to the East, as is customary, but by a Westerly route, in which direction we have hitherto no certain evidence that any one has gone.
I've been in love a couple times, but you never know if it's truly the one until you meet the right person.
A woman who rejects motherhood, who refrains from being around the house, however successful her working life is, is deficient, is incomplete.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (as President of Turkey) - Al Jazeera (6. Juni 2016)
Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows.
You can't be a real spy and have everybody in the world know who you are and what your drink is. That's just hysterically funny.
Some are blessed with musical ability, others with good looks. Myself, I was blessed with modesty.
I'm a little devil.
Teach love, generosity, good manners and some of that will drift from the classroom to the home and who knows, the children will be educating the parents.
I am a great believer that a captain is as good as his team.
Cricket is a team game. If you want fame for yourself, go play an individual game.
Our flag is our identity, and we can't disrespect or let anyone else disrespect our identity.
Oh yes, I love gadgets.
Sometimes it's important to get out of that comfort zone and, I think, try new things, and sometimes you can express yourself better.
The baby boomers are the most spoiled, most self-centered, most narcissistic generation the country's ever produced.
Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.
Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World.
A country is more than an economy. We're a civic society.
The longer they talk about identity politics, I got 'em. I want them to talk about racism every day. If the Left is focused on race and identity, and we go with economic nationalism, we can crush the Democrats.
Darkness is good. Dick Cheney. Darth Vader. Satan. That's power.
By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.
I have come to believe that this is a mighty continent which was hitherto unknown.
I think a captain is someone who captains on the cricket field but, most of the leadership that happens is off the cricket field. It's very easy to captain people on the cricket field, but if you can start leading them off the cricket field, and show them that trust, what you have in them.
Remember Circuit City? Bear Stearns? Lehman Brothers? Sports Authority? Once, all were billion-dollar companies - then gone in a moment. The fatal problem might be fraud or corruption, but more often, it's simply that management didn't see 'over the other side of the hill.'
As soon as I arrived in the Indies, in the first island which I found, I took some of the natives by force, in order that they might learn and might give me information of whatever there is in these parts. And so it was that they soon understood us, and we them, either by speech or by signs, and they have been very serviceable.
Liturgy is like a strong tree whose beauty is derived from the continuous renewal of its leaves, but whose strength comes from the old trunk, with solid roots in the ground.
They say that a kingdom is like a pyramid: the king on top and the people below. But in this country, it's upside down.
To me it was never about what I accomplished on the football field, it was about the way I played the game.
If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards.
