quotes about Bards

last updated: November 28, 2023

Of all that writ, he was the wisest bard, who spoke this mighty truth- He that knew all that ever learning writ, Knew only this-that he knew nothing yet.
-- Aphra Behn

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I paint the cot, As truth will paint it, and as bards will not.
-- George Crabbe

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Bards were terrible at keeping secrets. They insisted on putting them to music.
-- Tanya Huff

Source : Tanya Huff (2015). “Sing the Four Quarters”, p.36, Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.

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Oh! blame not the bard.
-- Thomas More

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“I just travel all the time.”
“I approach love differently now that I know it's hard for it to work out.”
“In politics, if you're explaining, you're loosing.”

Source : "Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America". Book by Rick Perlstein, 2010.
“Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark.”

Source : Kate DiCamillo (2009). “The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread”, p.81, Candlewick Press
“There were definitely scenes I struggled with more than others: the car accident and the thunderstorm are two that come to mind. It's difficult to write about a thunderstorm. There are only so many ways to describe it and our vocabulary is so limited. And the car accident scene required a tense, manic quality that had to be conveyed in the language, as well as the character's dialogue and actions. I was editing these scenes long after I thought I was finished with them.”
“Cartooning is an honorable thing”
“I've always fought for my country, in my own way, showing that Filipinos are a strong people and can do anything that they put their minds to.”
“Still others make gardens because it is part of a full life. To live happily they must invest their hours and aspirations in the activities of another world. And they draw the interest of delight and refreshment according to the measure of their investment. These are usually quaint folk, other-worldly in their manner, but capable of comprehending the idiosyncrasies of Nature as she displays them in a tree and bush and passing season, across the skyline and in the infinite zenith. These, moreover, are the successful gardeners.”
“Softly the evening came. The sun from the western horizon Like a magician extended his golden want o'er the landscape; Trinkling vapors arose; and sky and water and forest Seemed all on fire at the touch, and melted and mingled together.”
“This is the goal: To make available for life every place where life is possible. To make inhabitable all worlds as yet uninhabitable, and all life purposeful.”

Source : Hermann Oberth (1957). “Man Into Space: New Projects for Rocket and Space Travel”