April Quotes - Page 5

• Lady, lady, never start Conversation toward your heart; Keep your pretty words serene; Never murmur what you mean. Show yourself, by word and look, Swift and shallow as a brook. Be as cool and quick to go As a drop of April snow; Be as delicate and gay As a cherry flower in May. Lady, lady, never speak Of the tears that burn your cheek- She will never win him, whose Words had shown she feared to lose. Be you wise and never sad, You will get your lovely lad. Never serious be, nor true, And your wish will come to you- And if that makes you happy, kid, You'll be the first it ever did.

  Dorothy Parker

  Wise, Flower, Heart

  Dorothy Parker, “The Lady's Reward”

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• My heart is a garden tired with autumn,
  Heaped with bending asters and dahlias heavy and dark,
  In the hazy sunshine, the garden remembers April,
  The drench of rains and a snow-drop quick and clear as a spark;
  Daffodils blowing in the cold wind of morning,
  And golden tulips, goblets holding the rain -
  The garden will be hushed with snow, forgotten soon, forgotten -
  After the stillness, will spring come again?

  Sara Teasdale

  Morning, Spring, Rain

  Sara Teasdale, “The Garden”

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• One swallow does not make a spring, nor does one fine day.

  Aristotle

  Spring, Doe, Fine

  Aristotle (1996). “The Nicomachean Ethics”, p.13, Wordsworth Editions

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• Three o'clock in the morning. The soft April night is looking at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars. I can't sleep, I am so happy.

  Anton Chekhov

  Morning, Stars, Sleep

  Anton Chekhov (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Anton Chekhov (Illustrated)”, p.1226, Delphi Classics

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• In April 1975 I was born and the Vietnam War ended. I could not let any American die in war before seeing an episode of Scrubs.

  Zach Braff

  War, Vietnam, Episodes

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• Old April wanes, and her last dewy morn Her death-bed steeps in tears; to hail the May New blooming blossoms neath the sun are born, And all poor April's charms are swept away.

  John Clare

  Tears, Bed, Blooming

  John Clare (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of John Clare (Illustrated)”, p.383, Delphi Classics

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• For April sobs while these are so glad April weeps while these are so gay,- Weeps like a tired child who had, Playing with flowers, lost its way.

  Helen Hunt Jackson

  Children, Flower, Tired

  Helen Hunt Jackson (1872). “Verses”, p.86

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• We were led to a pediatric ophthalmologist. It's a hard date for me, April 14, 1998. The doctor came back from the examining room and told us she had tumors in both eyes.

  Hunter Tylo

  Eye, Doctors, Dating

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• Contrast that with the call of the Liberal Democrats in April, when they were prepared to call upon the British people to participate in a 24-hour strike. It shows how far to the right the Labour Party's gone.

  Arthur Scargill

  Party, People, Gone

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• The air soft as that of Seville in April, and so fragrant that it was delicious to breathe it.

  Christopher Columbus

  Clouds, Air, Wind

  Christopher Columbus (2012). “First Voyage to America: From the Log of the "Santa Maria"”, p.66, Courier Corporation

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• I am not solicitous to examine particularly everything here, which indeed could not be done in fifty years, because my desire is to make all possible discoveries, and return to your Highnesses, if it please our Lord, in April.

  Christopher Columbus

  Discovery, Years, Desire

  Christopher Columbus, Bartolomé de las Casas (1827). “Personal Narrative of the First Voyage of Columbus to America: From a Manuscript Recently Discovered in Spain”, p.54

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• While I was pleasantly surprised by the relatively high number of jobs created in April, the fact is that job creation during this recovery period has significantly lagged both historical experience in recovery, and the projections of the Bush Administration.

  Barney Frank

  Jobs, Recovery, Numbers

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• I left Apple in April of 1984, pretty soon after the introduction of the Mac.

  Andy Hertzfeld

  Apples, Macs, Introduction

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• When April winds
  Grew soft, the maple burst into a flush
  Of scarlet flowers. The tulip tree, high up,
  Opened in airs of June her multitude
  Of golden chalices to humming-birds
  And silken-wing'd insects of the sky.

  William C. Bryant

  Flower, June, Air

  "The Fountain". Poem by William C. Bryant, 1839.

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• April is tax month. If you are having trouble filing your taxes, then you should hire an accountant. They'll give you the same advice that they've given hundreds of corporations - taxes are for douche bags.

  Ed Helms

  Giving, Advice, Bags

  "The Daily Show". TV Series, m.imdb.com. 1996-.

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• For many in baseball September is a month of stark contrast with April, when everyone had dared to hope. If baseball is a lot like life, as pundits declare, it is because life is more about losing than winning.

  John Thorn

  Baseball, Winning, Months

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• Men are April when they woo, December when they wed. Maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives.

  William Shakespeare

  Marriage, Spring, Women

  'As You Like It' (1599) act 4, sc. 1, l. [153]

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• Suppose the world were only one of God's jokes, would you work any the less to make it a good joke instead of a bad one?

  George Bernard Shaw

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• My biggest hero, Gregory Peck, was my birthday present on April 14, 1973. I just sat and stared at him.

  Loretta Lynn

  Birthday, Hero, Sat

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• Arizona's forest fires are not waiting for April, and neither will we. That is why I am pushing for stepped up deployment for Hot Shot wildfire crews in March rather than April, in order to better prepare for the expected fires in northern Arizona

  Rick Renzi

  Order, Fire, Waiting

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• Foolproof systems to not take into account the ingenuity of fools.

  Gene Brown

  Fools Day, Fool Proof, Pranks

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• Now the noisy winds are still; April's coming up the hill! All the spring is in her train, Led by shining ranks of rain; Pit, pat, patter, clatter, Sudden sun and clatter patter!... All things ready with a will, April's coming up the hill!

  Mary Mapes Dodge

  Spring, Rain, Wind

  Mary Mapes Dodge (1879). “Along the Way”

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• The haste of a fool is the slowest thing in the world.

  Thomas Shadwell

  Fools Day, Haste, World

  'A True Widow' (1679) act 3, sc. 1

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• A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke-and that the joke is oneself.

  Clifton Fadiman

  Funny Inspirational, Humor, Fools Day

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• From you have I been absent in the spring,
  When proud pied April, dressed in all his trim,
  Hath put a spirit of youth in every thing.

  William Shakespeare

  Spring, Proud, Youth

  Sonnet 98

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