Quays Quotes

#1. See that day as I remember it. A day in June, River Severn rolling to the sea, diamonded with sunlight, gulls gliding over the quays on a mild breeze that lifted the Red Dragon standard over Camelot. A quiet enough day for the end of my world.

Parke Godwin

#2. A ship in dock, surrounded by quays and the walls of warehouses, has the appearance of a prisoner meditating upon freedom in the sadness of a free spirit put under restraint.

Joseph Conrad

#3. With practice I will eventually realize my goal; in the meantime, come to Paris and you will find me, headphones plugged tight in my external audio meatus, walking the quays and whispering, 'Has anything else been inserted into your anus? Has anything else been inserted into your anus?

David Sedaris

#4. The moon has a face like the clock in the hall;
She shines on thieves on the garden wall,
On streets and fields and harbour quays,
And birdies asleep in the forks of the trees.

Robert Louis Stevenson

#5. Streets of Paris, pray for me; beaches in the sun, pray for me; ghosts of the lemurs, intercede for me; plane-tree and laurel-rose, shade me; summer rain on quays of Toulon, wash me away.

Cyril Connolly

#6. Far from his illness The wolves ran on through the evergreen forests, The peasant river was untempted by the fashionable quays; By mourning tongues The death of the poet was kept from his poems.

W. H. Auden

#7. I would seriously rather be in a long line at the DMV than eat with people I don't know.

Anne Lamott

#8. In movement class, you had to lie on the floor and get your alignment in to pass the class.

Beth Henley

#9. At the Throne of Glory it is not the nobly-born that are beloved, but the nobly-risen.

I.L. Peretz

#10. I enjoyed 'The Avengers.' I couldn't do that kind of movie though. Superheroes aren't my deal.

John Carpenter

#11. He wore the memory of her embrace like armor, and though he knew it would not save his life, it would be all that was left to him to ease his passage into whatever lay beyond.

Andrew Levkoff

#12. To him the stars seemed like so many musical notes affixed to the sky, just waiting for somebody to unfasten them.

Machado De Assis

#13. When we get involved with other people, the chances of a clash are present even with people we love because we do not have the same scripts in our heads.

Sol Stein

#14. Staying physically active - walking or running every day - and eating healthily is the best way to stay fit.

Lauren Conrad

#15. History is riddled with blood and sin.

John Eldredge

#16. The Church needs more people willing to wash feet, not just point out they're dirty or complain that they smell.

Mark Hart

#17. You have to wake up every day ready to start again.

Kofi Annan