Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

romance

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

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

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

Conductors' careers are made for the most part with 'Romantic' music. 'Classic' music eliminates the conductor we do not remember him in it. 5 other 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

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 thoughts from William Butler Yeats

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

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

You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time all else is grandiose romanticism or politics. 5 more wisdom & wit 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 wisdom & wit from Mary Roberts Rinehart

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

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 views from Charles Kuralt

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It is the addition of strangeness to beauty that constitutes the romantic character in art. 2 other wisdom & wit from Walter Hagen

Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance. 7 sayings 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

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

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 quotes from George Murray

Romance is everything. 31 views from Gertrude Stein

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