“I cannot see the short, white curls Upon the forehead of an Ox, But what I see them dripping with That poor thing's blood, and hear the ax; When I see calves and lambs, I see Them led to death; I see no bird Or rabbit cross the open field But what a sudden shot is heard; A shout that tells me men aim true, For death or wound, doth chill me through. W.H. Davies I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the "lower animals" (so called) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I find the result humiliating to me.” MenHas BeensWhiteAnimalPoorResultsStudyHeardBloodFieldsCreaturesBirdShotsCrossesAimWoundsTraitsDispositionChillRabbitsForeheadsLambsCurlsHumiliatingDrippingCalvesOpen Fields Author:Mark Twain
“Someone did a study of the three most-often-heard phrases in New York City. One is "Hey taxi." Two is "What train do I take to get to Bloomingdales?" And three is "Don't worry, it's only a flesh wound.” TwoHumorFunnyThreeCitiesWorryStudyHeardNew YorkTrainFleshWoundsHeyPhrasesNew York CityTaxi Author:David Letterman
“No man had ever heard a nightingale, When once a keen-eyed naturalist was stirred To study and define -- what is a bird.” MenStudyHeardBirdNaturalistNightingales Book:The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume I: Narrative, Lyric, and Dramatic Source: The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume I: Narrative, Lyric, and Dramatic
“I think I have fairly heard and fairly weighed the evidence on both sides, and I remain an utter disbeliever in almost all that you consider the most sacred truths... I can see much to admire in all religions... But whether there be a God and whatever be His nature; whether we have an immortal soul or not, or whatever may be our state after death, I can have no fear of having to suffer for the study of nature and the search for truth.” ThinkingMayI CanSoulStatesSufferingSidesStudyHeardEvidenceSacredAdmireImmortalBoth SidesNo FearAfter DeathHave No FearSearch For TruthImmortal SoulDisbelievers Author:Alfred Russel Wallace
“When I was first starting to write plays, I quite literally had never heard of the idea of studying playwriting. I wouldn't have studied it even if I had heard of it.” IfsWritingFirstsIdeasPlayStudyHeardStartingPlaywritingStarting To Write Author:Wallace Shawn
“It was this desire for a feeling of importance that led an uneducated, poverty-stricken grocery clerk to study some law books he found in the bottom of a barrel of household plunder that he had bought for fifty cents. You have probably heard of this grocery clerk. His name was Lincoln.” BookFeelingsLawDesireFoundNamesPovertyStudyHeardImportanceBottomFiftyCentsHouseholdGroceriesBarrelsClerksUneducatedPlunderLaw Books Book:How to win friends & influence people Source: How to win friends & influence people
“Anything we were studying in school, like math, or understanding somebody's behavior outside of school, kind of worked its way into something I could understand by way of a musical experience I'd had or something I'd heard.” WayKindSchoolUnderstandingStudyHeardBehaviorMusicalMathMusical Experience Author:Blake Mills