Robert Underwood Johnson quotes

“He is likely to remain the one historian of the Sierra; he imported into his view the imagination of the poet and the reverence of the worshipper.... William Kent, during Muir’s life, paid him a rare tribute in giving to the nation a park of redwoods with the understanding that it should be named Muir Woods. But the nation owes him more. His work was not sectional but for the whole people, for he was the real father of the forest reservations of America.”
-- Robert Underwood Johnson

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“Beauty, the smile of God, Music, His voice.”
-- Robert Underwood Johnson

Source : Robert Underwood Johnson (1919). “Collected Poems, 1881-1919”

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“In tears I tossed my coin from Trevi's edge. A coin unsordid as a bond of love-- And, with the instinct of the homing dove, I gave to Rome my rendezvous and pledge. And when imperious Death Has quenched my flame of breath, Oh, let me join the faithful shades that throng that fount above.”
-- Robert Underwood Johnson

Source : Robert Underwood Johnson (1908). “Poems”

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“They know who keep a broken tryst, Till something from the Spring be missed We have not truly known the Spring.”
-- Robert Underwood Johnson

Source : Robert Underwood Johnson (1914). “Saint-Gaudens: an Ode, and Other Verse”

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“A loud noise will get your fight-or-flight response going. This, over the years, can cause real cardiovascular damage.”

“I think vestigially there's a synesthete in me, but not like a real one who immediately knows what colour Wednesday is.”

Source : "AS Byatt: woman of letters and ...science!". "All In The Mind" with Antonia Byatt, www.abc.net.au. August 21, 2010.

“The obedient in art are always the forgotten . . . The country is glorious but its beauties are unknown, and but waiting for a real live artist to splash them onto canvas . . . Chop your own path. Get off the car track.”

“As my poor father used to say In 1963, Once people start on all this Art Goodbye, moralitee! And what my father used to say Is good enough for me.”

Source : Ballads for Broadbrows (1930) "Lines for a Worthy Person"

“Oh, wonderful. I killed his father. He hates me. He knows how to make bombs. Come on, Wedge, how does this story end?”

Source : Michael A. Stackpole, Aaron Allston (2016). “The X-Wing Series: Star Wars Legends 10-Book Bundle: Rogue Squadron, Wedge's Gamble, The Krytos Trap, The Bacta War, Wraith Squadron ,Iron Fist, Solo Command, Isard's Revenge, Starfighters of Adumar, Mercy Kill”, p.1629, Del Rey

“I was raised Catholic, but my father's people were Methodist, so we went to both churches.”

“I think I feel rather differently about sympathy to what seems the normal view. I like just to feel it is there, but not always expressed.”

“In Britain, you never get away from the fact that you're a foreigner. In the U.S., the view is it doesn't matter where you come from.”

Source : "Stephen Curry Talks About His Christian Faith in MVP Acceptance Speech" by Christine Thomasos, www.christianpost.com. May 6, 2015.

“My car's my best friend. My office. My home. My location. I have a very intimate sense when I am in a car with someone next to me. We're in the most comfortable seats because we're not facing each other, but sitting side by side. We don't look at each other, but instead do so only when we want to. We're allowed to look around without appearing rude. We have a big screen in front of us and side views. Silence doesn't seem heavy or difficult. Nobody serves anybody. And many other aspects. One most important thing is that it transports us from one place to another.”

Source : Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. April 28, 2005.

“Convergence of our views on global trade issues under the WTO and our common resolve to combat terrorism provide a valuable base for mutual understanding.”