Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

romantic

Tradition wears a snowy beard, romance is always young. 7 more sayings from John Greenleaf Whittier

There are certain romances that belong in certain cities, in a certain atmosphere, in a certain time. 17 other views from Sammy Davis, Jr.

Morning without you is a dwindled dawn. 26 sayings from Emily Dickinson

It is the addition of strangeness to beauty that constitutes the romantic character in art. 2 more sayings from Walter Hagen

Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance. 7 quotes from Max Eastman

The telephone, which interrupts the most serious conversations and cuts short the most weighty observations, has a romance of its own. 30 more quotes from Virginia Woolf

Satan, really, is the romantic youth of Jesus re-appearing for a moment. 11 other sayings from James Joyce

Well, we all start thinking we're going to be Romantic rock stars, but then reality hits and you realize no one reads you but other poets. 4 more views from George Murray

The romantic embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer. 16 quotes from Havelock Ellis

Romance is everything. 31 other wisdom & wit from Gertrude Stein

I was married when I was 17. I knew nothing. I was full of romance. 7 thoughts from Gloria Swanson

Wave after wave of love flooded the stage and washed over me, the beginning of the one great durable romance of my life. 21 wisdom & wit from Bette Davis

A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure. 11 wisdom & wit from Charlie Chaplin

Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow. 81 sayings from William Shakespeare

Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye That's all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die. 28 quotes from William Butler Yeats

Conductors' careers are made for the most part with 'Romantic' music. 'Classic' music eliminates the conductor we do not remember him in it. 5 wisdom & wit from Igor Stravinsky

The whole romantic part of my life was a wipeout. I didn't even own a belt. 8 more quotes from Paul Lynde

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder. 14 wisdom & wit from Andre Maurois

The more we are filled with thoughts of lust the less we find true romantic love. 16 other quotes from Douglas Horton

You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time all else is grandiose romanticism or politics. 5 other quotes from Charles Bukowski

The writing career is not a romantic one. The writer's life may be colorful, but his work itself is rather drab. 2 sayings from Mary Roberts Rinehart

The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic matter. In the best sense one stays young. 14 quotes from F. Scott Fitzgerald

I can't remember a time when I didn't want to be a reporter. I don't know where I got the idea that it was a romantic calling. 8 more quotes from Charles Kuralt

Classical and romantic: private language of a family quarrel, a dead dispute over the distribution of emphasis between man and nature. 15 more sayings from Cyril Connolly

I'm a romantic a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against hope that they won't. 14 other views from F. Scott Fitzgerald

I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections, and the truth of imagination. 19 other views from John Keats

The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success. 6 other sayings from Bela Lugosi

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance. 100 sayings from Oscar Wilde

Is this not the true romantic feeling not to desire to escape life, but to prevent life from escaping you. 4 other wisdom & wit from Thomas Wolfe

The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality. 5 quotes from Marya Mannes

Romance is mush, stifling those who strive. 2 other quotes from Billy Strayhorn

I had no romantic interest in Gable. I considered him an older man. 12 quotes from Gene Tierney