Beowulf Seamus Heaney Quotes
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Beowulf Seamus Heaney Quotes & Sayings
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Like his father, like Jules Renard, he had been carried along the slow, steady swindle of history and experience.
— Mavis Gallant
Anyone with gumption and a sharp mind will take the measure of two things: what's said and what's done.
— Seamus Heaney
I wanted to drink the Kool-Aid he was serving, but by then my taste buds had matured and I preferred the vinegary truth.
— Kathy Hatfield
The most expensive part of building is the mistakes.
— Ken Follett
We don't grow unless we take risks. Any successful company is riddled with failures.
— James E. Burke
Human beings are born to experience pure love, and they never get it. They are searching to experience it from birth until death.
— Mata Amritanandamayi
To encounter 'Beowulf' is like taking a sledgehammer to a quarry face. You must bang in there.
— Seamus Heaney
We wanted to get everyone back focused on the fact we are playing live again. It really does sound great.
— Andy Taylor
In my writing, I strive for a lyrical beauty somewhere between Tolkien at his best and Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf
— Christopher Paolini
The wages of sin is death but so is the salary of virtue, and at least the evil get to go home early on Fridays.
— Terry Pratchett
Cottonballs are an example of something I'd want to buy, but not have as a nickname.
— Demetri Martin
Let whoever can win glory before death.
— Seamus Heaney
The final mystery is oneself.
— Oscar Wilde
A modern child could teach old Hepzibah more than old Hepzibah could teach the child.
— Nathaniel Hawthorne