David Macbeth Moir quotes

“Stars are the daisies that begem The blue fields of the sky.”
-- David Macbeth Moir

Source : David Macbeth Moir (1852). “The Poetical Works of David Macbeth Moir”, p.157

#Stars Quotes #Blue Quotes #Sky Quotes

“The foxglove, with it's stately bells Of purple, shall adorn thy dells.”
-- David Macbeth Moir

Source : David Macbeth Moir (1852). “The Poetical Works of David Macbeth Moir”, p.140

#Flower Quotes #Purple Quotes #Foxgloves Quotes

“Look to the lilies how they grow! 'Twas thus the Saviour said, that we, Even in the simplest flowers that blow, God's ever-watchful care might see.”
-- David Macbeth Moir

Source : David Macbeth Moir (1860). “The Poetical Works of David Macbeth Moir [Delta]”, p.240

#Flower Quotes #Blow Quotes #Looks Quotes

“Look to the lilies how they grow!”
-- David Macbeth Moir

#Looks Quotes #Lilies Quotes #Grows Quotes

“Simplest of blossoms! To mine eye Thou bring'st the summer's painted sky; The May-thorn greening in the nook; The minnows sporting in the brook; The bleat of flocks; the breath of flowers; The song of birds amid the bowers; The crystal of the azure seas; The music of the southern breeze; And, over all, the blessed sun, Telling of halcyon days begun.”
-- David Macbeth Moir

Source : David Macbeth Moir (1852). “The Poetical Works of David Macbeth Moir”, p.149

#Summer Quotes #Song Quotes #Blessed Quotes

“Rose of the desert! thou art to me An emblem of stainless purity,-- Of those who, keeping their garments white, Walk on through life with steps aright.”
-- David Macbeth Moir

Source : David Macbeth Moir (1852). “The Poetical Works of David Macbeth Moir”, p.146

#Art Quotes #White Quotes #Rose Quotes

“A GOOD old-fashioned sex tape pretty much guarantees you a star on Hollywood Boulevard.”

“There are no Asian movie stars”

“Stars ink your fingers with a lexicon of flame blazing rare knowledge.”

Source : Aberjhani (2010). “The River of Winged Dreams”, p.67, Lulu.com

“Once I even took the train to Utrecht, forty miles from Amsterdam, with my yellow star, this star which I still have. Why did I go? I just wanted to visit some friends. I was a little bit crazy, a little bit insane.”

Source : "To Save a Life: Stories of Holocaust Rescue" edited by Ellen Land-Weber, Part I, Holland, Ch. 1, (p. 48), 2000.

“I rush to add that I find the Web infinitely useful for rustling up information, settling arguments or locating the legends of rock stars.”

“My ball is in a bunch of fern, A jolly place to be; An angry man is close astern- He waves his club at me. Well, let him wave-the sky is blue; Go on, old ball, we are but two-We may be down in three, Or nine-or ten-or twenty-five-It matters not; to be alive, Is good enough for me.”

Source : A.P. Herbert (2014). “Mild And Bitter”, p.20, House of Stratus

“People didn't know the difference between a blue line and a clothes line.”

“The window doesn't open, the fan is broke, and my face is turning blue. I haven't been in a crowd like this since I went to see the Who.”

“The troubles of our proud and angry dust are from eternity, and shall not fail. Bear them we can, and if we can we must. Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale.”

“There is extraordinary similarities between the Midwest in America and Europe in that there is this sense of vast, open sky and loneliness and cold.”