Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk
Wednesday March 12th, 2025

Langston Hughes Novelist

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Feb 1, 1902
  • Died: May 22, 1967

James Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form called jazz poetry. Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. He famously wrote about the period that "the negro was in vogue", which was later paraphrased as "when Harlem was in vogue".

Beauty for some provides escape, who gain a happiness in eyeing the gorgeous buttocks of the ape or Autumn sunsets exquisitely dying. beauty, happiness & nature

Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow. dreams

Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it. humor

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly. dreams & life

Negroes - Sweet and docile, Meek, humble, and kind: Beware the day - They change their mind. change

Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby. nature

Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you. being cool & humor

St. Patrick's Day March 17, 2025

There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. 3 thoughts from John Millington Synge

3 thoughts from John Millington Synge

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. 28 other quotes from William Butler Yeats

28 other quotes from William Butler Yeats

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. 27 other views from Dave Barry

27 other views from Dave Barry

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. 74 sayings from Winston Churchill

74 sayings from Winston Churchill