Tantalus Quotes
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Tantalus Quotes & Sayings
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Tantalus made a wild grab, but the marshmallow committed suicide, diving into the flames.
— Rick Riordan
No more alone through the world's wilderness,
Although I trod the paths of high intent,
I journeyed now: no more companionless — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Although I trod the paths of high intent,
I journeyed now: no more companionless — Percy Bysshe Shelley
I'm not an amazingly trained soul singer, so with me it's about feeling and energy and spontaneity - that's a really big part of who I am.
— Neneh Cherry
That was so completely unfair that I told Tantalus to go chase a donut, which didn't help his mood.
— Rick Riordan
I have lived 78 years without hearing of bloody places like Cambodia.
— Lord Randolph Churchill
To not extend forgiveness is to burn the bridge that we ourselves must cross.
— Richard Paul Evans
To be supportive of myself, I have to go with what I want to do. I started acting and I was so mesmerized.
— Agyness Deyn
The past five years had informed me about human sorrow. While no two griefs are the same, nobody understands suffering like those who've been there.
— Helen Brown
I rather like mysteries. But I do dislike muddles.
— David Lean
Whenever I heard a musician do something that I could not explain, I went back to the theory in order to figure it out.
— George Russell
God did not create evil. Just as darkness is the absence of light, evil is the absence of God.
— Albert Einstein
The less said about the putter the better. Here is an instrument of torture, designed by Tantalus and forged in the devil's own smithy.
— Tony Lema
A little bit of one story joins onto an idea from another, and hey presto, ... not old tales but new ones. Nothing comes from nothing.
— Salman Rushdie
I told Tantalus to go chase a doughnut.
— Rick Riordan
Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy
— Benjamin Franklin
The covetous man pines in plenty, like Tantalus up to the chin in water, and yet thirsty.
— Thomas Adams
As a writer, one is always a little blind to what one writes.
— Patrick Modiano