“Soul of the age! The applause, delight, the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare , rise; I will not lodge thee by Chaucer or Spenser , or bid Beaumont lie A little further, to make thee a room; Thou art a monument, without a tomb, And art alive still, while thy book doth live, And we have wits to read , and praise to give .” GivingLittlesArtStillsBookSoulAgeLyingRoomsWonderAliveStagePraiseDelightWitTheeMonumentApplauseTombsLodgesChaucerSpenser Book:Ben Jonson Source: Ben Jonson
“As we watched Judge Clarence Thomas's Supreme Court confirmation hearings, all of the commentators said the same thing: 'One of these people in the room is lying.' Do you believe that? You've got two lawyers and 14 senators in the room, and only one of them is lying?” PeopleBelieveSaidTwoLyingRoomsJudgingCourtHearingLawyerSupremeSenatorsSupreme CourtCommentatorsConfirmation Author:Jay Leno
“Once a month I wake in the night, slippery with terror. I'm afraid, not because there's someone in the room, in the dark, in the bed, but because there isn't. I'm afraid of the emptiness, which lies beside me like a corpse.” LyingNightDarkRoomsMonthsBedTerrorEmptinessCorpsesSlippery Book:Wilderness Tips Source: Wilderness Tips
“Why dost thou heap up wealth, which thou must quit, Or what is worse, be left by it? Why dost thou load thyself when thou 'rt to fly, Oh, man! ordain'd to die? Why dost thou build up stately rooms on high, Thou who art under ground to lie? Thou sow'st and plantest, but no fruit must see, For death, alas! is reaping thee.” MenArtLyingDiesLeftWealthRoomsFruitQuittingTheeLoadAlasThyself Book:Prose works of Abraham Cowley ; including his essays in prose and verse Source: Prose works of Abraham Cowley ; including his essays in prose and verse
“I had so many unsold murder pictures lying around my room...I felt as if I were renting out a wing of the City Morgue.” IfsLyingFeltRoomsCitiesMurderWingsPhotographerMorgues Author:Weegee