Proverbs, aphorisms, quotations (English) | by Linux fortune |
If it were thought that anything I wrote was influenced by Robert Frost, I would take that particular work of mine, shred it, and flush it down the toilet, hoping not to clog the pipes. A more sententious, holding- forth old bore who expected every hero-worshiping adenoidal little twerp of a student-poet to hang on to his every word I never saw. -- James Dickey | |
If society fits you comfortably enough, you call it freedom. -- Robert Frost | |
What you want, what you're hanging around in the world waiting for, is for something to occur to you. -- Robert Frost [Quoted in "VMS Internals and Data Structures", V4.4, when referring to AST's.] | |
And miles to go before I sleep. -- Robert Frost | |
I would like to know What I was fencing in And what I was fencing out. -- Robert Frost | |
Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction, ice Is also great And would suffice. -- Robert Frost, "Fire and Ice" | |
Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in. -- Robert Frost, "The Death of the Hired Man" | |
A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer. -- Robert Frost | |
A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back the when it begins to rain. -- Robert Frost | |
By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve. -- Robert Frost |