John Baldwin Buckstone quotes

“Time was made for slaves.”
-- John Baldwin Buckstone

Source : "Billy Taylor". Play by John B. Buckstone, Act I, scene 2,

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“Why should we break up Our snug and pleasant party? Time was made for slaves, But never for us so hearty.”
-- John Baldwin Buckstone

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“Clay lies still, but blood's a rover; Breath's aware that will not keep. Up, lad: when the journey's over then there'll be time enough to sleep.”

“Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal Now does always last.”

Source : Abraham Cowley (1679). “The Works of Mr Abraham Cowley: Consisting of Those which Were Formerly Printed : and Those which He Design'd for the Press”, p.11

“In this respect, granting homosexuals the right to marry is like granting plantation owners the right to own slaves.”

“The university is our culture's assertion that what is made by the mind has value and can convey values.”

Source : A. Bartlett Giamatti (1981). “The University and the Public Interest”, Atheneum Books

“I, a stranger and afraid, in a world I never made.”

Source : Last Poems no. 12, l. 17 (1922)

“Terrible errors are rarely made all at once. Usually they are performed one small misstep at a time.”

“Decisions are made by those who show up.”

Source : Aaron Sorkin (2002). “The West Wing”

“I came from a wealthy family. I made over my share of the estate to various charities.”

“You tempt me. I can’t be tempted. I’m not made to be tempted.”

“If only men came made to order. It's so hard to find a decent fellow.”

Source : Adriana Trigiani (2003). “Lucia, Lucia: A Novel”, p.64, Random House