A professor is someone who talks in someone else's sleep.

Quote by W H Auden

Topics: W H Auden Quotes

Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of...

Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of...

It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too...

It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too...

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among...

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among...

You must go to bed with friends or whores, where money makes up the difference...

You must go to bed with friends or whores, where money makes up the difference...

No hero is immortal till he dies

No hero is immortal till he dies

It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to...

It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to...

Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say.

Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say.

Music is the best means we have of digesting time.

Music is the best means we have of digesting time.

Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead.

Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

I know nothing, except what everyone knows if there when Graces dances, I should dance.

I know nothing, except what everyone knows if there when Graces dances, I should dance.

One cannot walk through an assembly factory and not feel that one is in Hell.

One cannot walk through an assembly factory and not feel that one is in Hell.

All that we are not stares back at what we are.

All that we are not stares back at what we are.

Sob, heavy world Sob as you spin, Mantled in mist Remote from the happy.

Sob, heavy world Sob as you spin, Mantled in mist Remote from the happy.

Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out...

Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out...

Let mortals beware of words For with words we lie Can speak peace When we...

Let mortals beware of words For with words we lie Can speak peace When we...

We are not commanded (or forbidden) to love our mates, our children, our friends, our...

We are not commanded (or forbidden) to love our mates, our children, our friends, our...

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and...

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and...

If you love something, set it free; if it comes back, it's yours. If it...

If you love something, set it free; if it comes back, it's yours. If it...

You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is [finally] better...

You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is [finally] better...