Memorable Quotations Quotes

“Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.”
― Carol A. Dingle, Memorable Quotations: W.H. Auden

“It is already possible to imagine a society in which the majority of the population, that is to say, its laborers, will have almost as much leisure as in earlier times was enjoyed by the aristocracy. When one recalls how aristocracies in the past actually behaved, the prospect is not cheerful. --A Certain World,”
― Carol A. Dingle, Memorable Quotations: W.H. Auden

“History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions; the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology.”
― Carol A. Dingle, Memorable Quotations: W.H. Auden

“God is Love,” we are taught as children to believe. But when we first begin to get some inkling of how He loves us, we are repelled; it seems so cold, indeed, not love at all as we understand the word.”
― Carol A. Dingle, Memorable Quotations: W.H. Auden

“Why doesn’t the United States take over the monarchy and unite with England? England does have important assets. Naturally the longer you wait, the more they will dwindle. At least you could use it for a summer resort instead of Maine.”
― Carol A. Dingle, Memorable Quotations: W.H. Auden

“A daydream is a meal at which images are eaten. Some of us are gourmets, some gourmands, and a good many take their images precooked out of a can and swallow them down whole, absent-mindedly and with little relish. --The Dyer’s Hand,”
― Carol A. Dingle, Memorable Quotations: W.H. Auden

“Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.”
― Carol A. Dingle, Memorable Quotations: W.H. Auden

“Criticism should be a casual conversation.”
― Carol A. Dingle, Memorable Quotations: W.H. Auden

“Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud.”
― Carol A. Dingle, Memorable Quotations: W.H. Auden

“May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God has to have faith in us and, considering the history of the human race so far, may it not be that “faith” is even more difficult for Him than it is for us? --A Certain World,”
― Carol A. Dingle, Memorable Quotations: W.H. Auden

“My face looks like a wedding-cake left out in the rain.”
― Carol A. Dingle, Memorable Quotations: W.H. Auden