Best 81 quotes in «april quotes» category

The seasonal urge is strong in poets. Milton wrote chiefly in winter. Keats looked for spring to wake him up (as it did in the miraculous months of April and May, 1819). Burns chose autumn. Longfellow liked the month of September. Shelley flourished in the hot months. Some poets, like Wordsworth, have gone outdoors to work. Others, like Auden, keep to the curtained room. Schiller needed the smell of rotten apples about him to make a poem. Tennyson and Walter de la Mare had to smoke. Auden drinks lots of tea, Spender coffee; Hart Crane drank alcohol. Pope, Byron, and William Morris were creative late at night. And so it goes.

The weather wouldn't settle down. It would rain cats and dogs, then stop, then drip awhile, then stop while it made up its mind what to do next.

You spend so much time hating the fact that April behaves more like a mother than a sister, but you're the one who's holding onto the apron strings every time she tries to cut them.

Acting is an empty and useless profession.

You were right when you said I was holding onto April's apron strings even though she was trying to cut them. I've spent so long relying on her that it's sort of become a habit. It's time I relied on myself for a bit and took control of my life.

Anybody who claims to be excited for April Fools' Day is probably a sociopath.

Anne Lamott’s priest friend Tom, how to get through: "Left foot, right foot, left foot, breathe," he said. "Right foot, left foot, right foot, breathe." Salon April 25, 2003

April's rare capricious loveliness.

April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.

April 27. Incapable of living with people, of speaking. Complete immersion in myself, thinking of myself. Apathetic, witless, fearful. I have nothing to say to anyone - never.

April is a fun month.

April brings the primrose sweet, / Scatters daisies at our feet.

April frowned, irritation evident. “I did not consent to your presence,” she said peevishly. “Please depart, and attempt your political assassination on someone else’s property.

April is the cruellest month.

A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke-and that the joke is oneself.

At 1.24 am on 26 April 1986 Chernobyl’s Unit 4 reactor exploded after staff disabled safety systems and performed an ill-advised experiment to check – ironically enough – the reactor’s safety.

At the end of April I archived 'Curses' and Inform, and announced them on the newsgroups.

Can words describe the fragrance of the very breath of spring?

By the time Gandhi met Muhammad Ali in Delhi in April 1915it was, Gandhi said, 'love at first sight.'

Come up, April, though the valley, / In your robes of beauty drest, / Come and wake your flowery children / From their wintry beds of rest.

Elizabeth Anne Taylor April 25, 1974 - April 25, 2004 Our Sweetheart, Only resting

After I found April Barrows, I felt I had found a soul mate. Her stuff is exactly what I was looking for.

Fewer Americans are at work today than in April 2000, even though the population since then has grown by 31 million.

Foolproof systems to not take into account the ingenuity of fools.

How strange it is, sometimes, which conversations or events stays with us while so much else melts as fast as April snow.

Her [ Onata April] great talent as an actress is that she has the ability to understand and listen to the scenario and what the story is, and then she can pretend and live that.

Honey, you're the one who stopped sleeping with me, OK? It'll be a year come April 20th. I remember the date exactly, because it was Hitler's birthday

How would you prepare to die on a perfect April evening?

I left Apple in April of 1984, pretty soon after the introduction of the Mac.

I have seen the Lady April bringing the daffodils, Bringing the springing grass and the soft warm April rain.

I shine in tears like the sun in April.

In April 1975 I was born and the Vietnam War ended. I could not let any American die in war before seeing an episode of Scrubs.

In whatever position you find yourself, determine first your objective.

Man can only receive what he sees himself receiving.

Oh, to be in England Now that April's there, And whoever wakes in England Sees, some morning, unaware.

Oh, to be in England now that April's there.

Men are April when they woo, December when they wed.

My biggest hero, Gregory Peck, was my birthday present on April 14, 1973. I just sat and stared at him.

One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.

One swallow does not make a spring, nor does one fine day.

One of the reasons I was so proud to be born on April 3, is because I am such a big fan of yours.

Our wisdom comes from our experience, and our experience comes from our foolishness.

Peace is joy at rest. Joy is peace on its feet. quoting her pastor in Salon, April 25, 2003

On the approach of spring, I withdraw without reluctance from the noisy and extensive scene of crowds without company, and dissipation without pleasure.

Our opponents see an America in which every day is April 15, tax day. Well, we see an America in which every day is the Fourth of July.

Plunge into the deep without fear, with the gladness of April in your heart.

Poor, dear, silly Spring, preparing her annual surprise!

So sweet love seemed that April morn, when first we kissed beside the thorn, so strangely sweet, it was not strange we thought that love could never change.

Snow in April is abominable," said Anne. "Like a slap in the face when you expect a kiss.

Spring is the Period Express from God. Among the other seasons Himself abide, But during March and April None stir abroad Without a cordial interview With God.