Quotes having the keyword Orphan
I feel akin to the Platypus. An orphan in a family. A swimmer, a recluse. Part bird, part fish, part lizard.
by Trevor Dunn (Musician, American , born in 1968) keywords: akin, bird, family, feel, fish, lizard, orphan, part, platypus, recluse , swimmer You are ugly when you love her, you are beautiful and fresh, vital and free, modern and poetic when you don't... you are more beautiful as an orphan than as your mother's son.
by Witold Gombrowicz (Novelist, Polish , born in 1904) keywords: beautiful, free, fresh, her, love, modern, more, mother, orphan, poetic, son, than, ugly, vital , your A woman always has her man, but the man unconsciously leans on his roots, his heritage. He feels like an orphan without his parents.
by Raj Kapoor (Actor, Indian , born in 1924) keywords: always, feels, her, heritage, his, leans, man, orphan, parents, roots, unconsciously, without , woman This country owes them all a debt of gratitude. The down payment on that debt is making sure that we live up to Lincoln's charge: to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan.
by Dave Obey (Politician, American , born in 1938) keywords: battle, borne, care, charge, country, debt, down, gratitude, him, his, lincoln, live, making, orphan, owes, payment, shall, sure, them, up , widow We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence.
by Joseph Roux (Clergyman, French , born in 1834) topics: Friendship keywords: call, every, father, friend, here, him, his, holds, immense, impotence, known, language, losing, lost, man, name, orphan, peace, person, silent, unhappiness, widower , wife Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.
by Charles Simic (Poet, American , born in 1938) topics: Poetry keywords: behind, equal, experience, never, orphan, poetry, quite, silence, them , words We did a show called The Orphan Train, during the depression, when families didn't have enough money to support their children, they'd put them on the train and hope someone would pick them up who had enough money to support their children.
by Robert Stack (Actor, American , born in 1919) keywords: called, children, depression, did, during, enough, families, had, hope, money, orphan, pick, put, show, someone, support, their, them, train, up , would If you know anything about James Whitcomb Riley, you know that Little Orphan Annie is one of the most fantastic characters who ever lived in America before Charlie Chaplin.
by Marguerite Young (Author, American , born in 1908) keywords: america, annie, anything, before, chaplin, characters, charlie, ever, fantastic, james, know, little, lived, most, orphan , riley
