Famous Quotes
101 Quotations with Irving.
- 41. Washington Irving: Rising genius always shoots out its rays from among the clouds, but these will g ...
- 42. Washington Irving: Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvanta ...
- 43. Washington Irving: The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will ...
- 44. Washington Irving: The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind.
- 45. Washington Irving: The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least ...
- 46. John Irving: The object of war is to survive it.
- 47. Washington Irving: The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. ...
- 48. Washington Irving: The tongue is the only instrument that gets sharper with use.
- 49. Washington Irving: There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. ...
- 50. Washington Irving: There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the s ...
- 51. Irving Berlin: There is an element of truth in every idea that lasts long enough to be called c ...
- 52. Washington Irving: There is in every woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire which lies dormant in t ...
- 53. Washington Irving: There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.
- 54. Washington Irving: They who drink beer will think beer.
- 55. Washington Irving: Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under t ...
- 56. Irving Layton: We love in another's soul whatever of ourselves we can deposit in it; the greate ...
- 57. Irving Layton: When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they ar ...
- 58. Washington Irving: Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be ...
- 59. Washington Irving: Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in turbulent mobs? ...
- 60. John Irving: Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for ...