Quotes About Beowulf's Generosity

#1. Sometimes the fear of failure steals the beauty we were meant to create.

Angie Smith

#2. If the plural of "octopus" is "octopi" then why isn't the plural of "rabbit" "rabbi"? Is it just because "octopuses" is too much fun to say? *

Jenny Lawson

#3. When I was an undergraduate I had very badly annotated editions of Shakespeare's sonnets, all of which left out the important fact that will has a sexual sense in Shakespeare's sonnets.

Thom Gunn

#4. Hell, yes, I'm jealous. I'm jealous of anyone who comforts you. Who pulls you into his arms and makes the hurt go away.

J. Kenner

#5. ...despite rumors to the contrary, you're on the side of the angels. (...) Whether you like it or not.

Ian Rankin

#6. Someone's a very dirty Uncle." ... "And a very naughty niece

G.A. Aiken

#7. I know where I'm going, but I know I might not be able to get there. But it really does not matter, cause I really do not have to go anywhere.

Phillip Lo

#8. Put fourth your best effort in whatever you do...it may be your one and only shot.

Jerry Gladstone

#9. In my current work on global warming, I argue that the only apparent solution to the deep problem of climate change would require very large transfers of wealth from rich nations to poor nations, so that the entire world can make the transition to renewable forms of energy as fast as possible.

Philip Kitcher

#10. Recently, I have come to assume that any call to my landline is from a telemarketer or an automated call from Terminex, letting me know that our regularly scheduled pest-extermination service will occur on its regular schedule. So I usually ignore my home phone.

Susan Orlean

#11. The moment a career is on a quantitative downswing, your loathsomeness is sort of attenuated.

Moby