Magisterially Quotes

#1. A forward critic often dupes us With sham quotations peri hupsos, And if we have not read Longinus, Will magisterially outshine us. Then, lest with Greek he over-run ye, Procure the book for love or money, Translated from Boileau's translation, And quote quotation on quotation.

Jonathan Swift

#2. Now came Dr Foxcastle, sailing magisterially around the corner like a fat, black ship.

Susanna Clarke

#3. Love, like energy, never dies. You lose people only in the moment. But time is a long road that circles back. At some point the missing turns into love and returns.

M.J. Rose

#4. I would be the worst president in the history of the United States. Unless you want the apocalypse to happen really soon then yes, I'll run for president.

Darren Criss

#5. My joy knows no bounds ... I will devote all my energy and all the powers available to me to the service of Nigeria and humanity.

Olusegun Obasanjo

#6. But this whole idea of marrying for happiness and love is relatively new. For

Aziz Ansari

#7. I think because I'm not a parent, my most immediate connection to childhood is my memory of my own childhood.

Spike Jonze

#8. No love is foule, nor prison fair.

George Herbert

#9. I remained a member of the section till 1947, becoming Director in 1946.

James Meade

#10. That's bad luck: three on a midget.

Groucho Marx

#11. It really disturbs me that the environmental movement has been co-opted by creation-worshippers instead of being encouraged by the Creator-worshippers.

Joel Salatin

#12. For this was the real desert where differences of race and colour, of wealth and social standing, are almost meaningless; where coverings of pretence are stripped away and basic truths emerge.

Wilfred Thesiger

#13. Declare a truce and accept food as a life-giving friend.

Jane Fonda

#14. Love is the spirit of light.

Lailah Gifty Akita