Icy Quotes

• The icy precepts of respect.

  William Shakespeare

  Respect

  William Shakespeare (1793). “The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added Notes”, p.612

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• Beware the dark pool at the bottom of our hearts. In its icy, black depths dwell strange and twisted creatures it is best not to disturb.

  Sue Grafton

  Heart, Dark, Black

  Sue Grafton (1992). “"I" is for Innocent”, p.208, Macmillan

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• Oh! Duty is an icy shadow. It will freeze you. It cannot fill the heart's sanctuary.

  Augusta Jane Evans

  Heart, Shadow, Sanctuary

  Augusta Jane Evans (1859). “Beulah”, p.140

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• The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement.

  E. W. Howe

  Fall, People, Literature

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• A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.

  Robert Frost

  Inspiration, Poetry, Delight

  Collected Poems preface (1939)

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• I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.

  Robert Frost

  Power, World, Whole

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• Now hell and heaven grapple on our backs and all our old pretense is ripped away. Aye, and God's icy wind will blow.

  Arthur Miller

  Blow, Wind, Heaven

  "The Crucible". Play by Arthur Miller, 1953.

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• To the warriors of light, there is no such thing as impossible love. They don’t allow themselves to be intimidated by silence, or by rejection. They know that – behind the icy mask people wear – there is a heart of fire. That is why the warriors risk more than others. They tirelessly seek love – even if this means hearing, many times over, the word ‘no’, returning home defeated, feeling rejected in body and soul. Warriors don’t allow themselves to be discouraged. Without love, live has no meaning.

  Paulo Coelho

  Home, Heart, Mean

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Jul 14, 2014

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• Frost is the greatest artist in our clime - he paints in nature and describes in rime.

  Thomas Hood

  Artist, Frost, Paint

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• Cease, man, to mourn, to weep, to wail;
  Enjoy thy shining hour of sun;
  We dance along Death's icy brink,
  But is the dance less full of fun?

  Richard Francis Burton

  Fun, Men, Shining

  Sir Richard Francis Burton (1880). “The Kasîdah (couplets) of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî: A Lay of the Higher Law”

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• That old black magic has me in its spell, That old black magic that you weave so well; Icy fingers up and down my spine, The same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine.

  Johnny Mercer

  Eye, Black, Magic

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• Not to like ice cream is to show oneself uninterested in food.

  Joseph Epstein

  Ice Cream, Shows, Oneself

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• When we deal with questions relating to principles of law and their applications, we do not suddenly rise into a stratosphere of icy certainty.

  Charles Evans Hughes

  Law, Principles, Certainty

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• For the moment, the snow is quite wet and soft. If it was hard or icy, it would be a perfect downhill for my style, because I could fight even harder.

  Hermann Maier

  Fighting, Snow, Perfect

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• October extinguished itself in a rush of howling winds and driving rain and November arrived, cold as frozen iron, with hard frosts every morning and icy drafts that bit at exposed hands and faces.

  J. K. Rowling

  Morning, Rain, Winter

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• If you are a genius, you'll make your own rules, but if not - and the odds are against it - go to your desk no matter what your mood, face the icy challenge of the paper - write.

  J. B. Priestley

  Writing, Odds, Challenges

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• The Arctic is a place that historically, during all preceding human history, has largely been an icy realm with an impact on ocean currents. That, in turn, influences the temperature of the planet. The Arctic is now vulnerable because of the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, with a rate of melting that is stunning.

  Sylvia Earle

  Ocean, Impact, Atmosphere

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• My castings sort of go in phases. There'll be several icy professional parts - a lawyer or a cop. And then there'll be the intelligent-but-wounded group and then the period things. It goes in sequence.

  Laura Linney

  Intelligent, Casting, Groups

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• The first four months of writing the book, my mental image is scratching with my hands through granite. My other image is pushing a train up the mountain, and it's icy, and I'm in bare feet.

  Mary Higgins Clark

  Book, Writing, Hands

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• The glories of our blood and state, Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings. Scepter and crown must tumble down, And, in the dust, be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.

  James Shirley

  Kings, Fate, Dust

  'The Contention of Ajax and Ulysses' (1659) act 1, sc. 3

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• As the end of the century approaches, all our culture is like flies at the beginning of winter. Having lost their agility, dreamy and demented, they turn slowly about the window in the first icy mists of morning, . . . [then] they fall down the curtains.

  Charles Baudelaire

  Morning, Fall, Winter

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• Death lays his icy hand on kings.

  James Shirley

  Death, Kings, Hands

  'The Contention of Ajax and Ulysses' (1659) act 1, sc. 3

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• Here feel we but the penalty of Adam,
  The seasons' difference, as the icy fang
  And churlish chiding of the winter's wind,
  Which, when it bites and blows upon my body,
  Even till I shrink with cold, I smile.

  William Shakespeare

  Winter, Blow, Wind

  'As You Like It' (1599) act 2, sc. 1, l. 2

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• Of all the icy blasts that blow on love, a request for money is the most chilling.

  Gustave Flaubert

  Blow, Chill, Blast

  Gustave Flaubert (1992). “Madame Bovary”

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• I mean, look, no matter how you feel about Bush, watching him speak is difficult. It's like- it's like watching a drunk man cross an icy street.

  Tucker Carlson

  Mean, Men, Drunk

  "Real Time with Bill Maher". TV Series, www.imdb.com. (2003 - ).

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