The awful daring of a moment's surrender which an age of prudence can never retract.

Quote by TS Eliot

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should...

We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should...

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

For last years words belong to last years language and next years words await another...

For last years words belong to last years language and next years words await another...

Those who trust us educate us.

Those who trust us educate us.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

Success is relative. It is what we can make of the mess we have made...

Success is relative. It is what we can make of the mess we have made...

In the vain laughter of folly, wisdom hears half its applause.

In the vain laughter of folly, wisdom hears half its applause.

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and...

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and...

War is not a life: it is a situation, one which may neither be ignored...

War is not a life: it is a situation, one which may neither be ignored...

The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.

The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity

Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right; decide on what you think is right...

Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right; decide on what you think is right...

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

Those who trust us educate us

Those who trust us educate us

Think not forever of yourselves, O Chiefs, nor of your own generation. Think of continuing...

Think not forever of yourselves, O Chiefs, nor of your own generation. Think of continuing...

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

The trouble with opportunity is that it always comes disguised as hard work.

The trouble with opportunity is that it always comes disguised as hard work.

The biggest cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid people are...

The biggest cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid people are...