Nurs'd Quotes

#1. True modesty is a discerning grace
And only blushes in the proper place;
But counterfeit is blind, and skulks through fear,
Where 'tis a shame to be asham'd t' appear:
Humility the parent of the first,
The last by vanity produc'd and nurs'd.

William Cowper

#2. Oh, ever thus, from childhood's hour, I 've seen my fondest hopes decay; I never loved a tree or flower But 't was the first to fade away. I never nurs'd a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, But when it came to know me well And love me, it was sure to die.

Charles Lamb

#3. When you are an athlete, it's difficult to take time off and say you want to come back without everyone judging you and attacking you.

Johnny Weir

#4. Invaluable ... the best one-stop source I've seen for what various officials actually said at various times, suffused with intelligent analysis.

Alan Bock

#5. The Japanese actually approach the music on a high level. It's always been on a high level.

Billy Higgins

#6. Having someone cook all your meals is the best vacation ever!

Tamra Davis

#7. The dead appear to us in dreams because that's the only way they can make us see them; what we see is only a projection, beamed from a great distance, light shining at us from a dead star ...

Donna Tartt