Home / Quotes / Quote by Ivor Gurney

Quote by Ivor Gurney

“There are strange hells within the minds war made.”

Quote by Ivor Gurney

Book:Collected Poems

Work

Collected Poems

This book is a collection of poems that spans different styles and themes, showcasing the diversity of poetic expression. more

Author

Ivor Gurney was an English composer, poet, and painter, celebrated for his contributions to the early 20th-century musical landscape. Born on August 28, 1890, in Gloucestershire, England, Gurney's life was marked by his artistic talents and personal struggles. His service in World War I had a profound impact on his mental health, yet he persevered in his musical and poetic endeavors. Gurney's compositions, encompassing orchestral works, songs, and chamber music, are admired for their lyrical charm and emotional intensity. He passed away on December 26, 1937. more

You May Also Like

“By journalistic custom and D.C. law, of course, reporters don't carry guns to news conferences -- and certainly not when the person at the lectern is the NRA's Asa Hutchinson, an unremarkable former congressman and Bush administration official whom most reporters couldn't pick out of a lineup. But the NRA wasn't going to leave any doubt about its superior firepower.”

Persons Law Courses Doubt News Picks Gun Superiors Former Administration Officials Customs Reporters Conferences Congressman Journalistic Nra Asa

Author:Dana Milbank

“The thinking person's case for Romney, murmured by many of his backers, amounts to this: Vote for Mitt, you know he doesn't believe a word he says.”

Thinking Knows Believe Persons Cases Amount Vote Romney Thinking Person

Author:Ross Douthat

“When I was going for my graduate degree, I decided I was going to make a feature film as my thesis. That's what I was famous for-that I had my thesis film be a feature film, which was 'You're a Big Boy Now.'”

Inspirational Bigs Funny Film Boys Fame Degrees Decided Features Graduates Graduation Thesis

Author:Francis Ford Coppola

“One doesn’t have to operate with great malice to do great harm. The absence of empathy and understanding are sufficient. In fact, a man convinced of his virtue even in the midst of his vice is the worst kind of man.”

Men Kind Facts Understanding Virtue Worst Empathy Vices Harm Convinced Absence Sufficient Midst Malice Empathy And Understanding

Author:Charles M. Blow

“A lie is like a cat: you need to stop it before it gets out the door or it’s really hard to catch.”

Needs Hard Lying Doors Cat

Author:Charles M. Blow

“The only way to vanquish cowardice is to brandish courage.”

Way Cowardice Vanquish

Author:Charles M. Blow

“Trying hard and working hard is its own reward. It feeds the soul. It affirms your will and your power. And it radiates from you, lighting the way for all those who see you.”

Way Trying Soul Hard Rewards Lighting Trying Hard

Author:Charles M. Blow

“Co-opted convictions will always betray you.”

Conviction Betray

Author:Charles M. Blow

“Voter apathy is a civic abdication.”

Voters Apathy Civics Abdication

Author:Charles M. Blow

“Great leadership isn’t shaped in the absence of opposition but in the presence of it. Great leaders draw us together by our universal humanity; they galvanize the wills of the willing; they draw clarity from the spigot of chaos.”

Together Purpose Humanity Leader Willing Draws Universal Chaos Absence Clarity Opposition Great Leader Great Leadership

Author:Charles M. Blow