But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.
Date of birth: 1788-01-22
Date of death: 1824-04-19
Quotes number: 32
Nationality: Scottish
Profession: Poet
He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.
Not every man remembers the name of the cow which supplied him with each drop of milk he has drunk.
The best way to break a bad habit is to drop it.
When one kicks over a tea table and smashes everything but the sugar bowl, one may as well pick that up and drop it on the bricks, don't you think?
Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self.
Punk will never be dead to me. It's my life. I can never just drop this lifestyle. It embodies me.
Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.
It was so quiet, you could hear a pun drop.
I went into show business because I love to work with people, and what I enjoy most about acting is rehearsing and getting to know people and their talents, forming relationships. Working in this business, barriers drop and you get into people real quickly.
Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return.