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

romance

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

A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure. 11 thoughts 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 other sayings from Bette Davis

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

The whole romantic part of my life was a wipeout. I didn't even own a belt. 8 more wisdom & wit 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 other wisdom & wit 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 views from Igor Stravinsky

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

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

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

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

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 other views from Charles Kuralt

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

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

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

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

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance. 100 wisdom & wit from Oscar Wilde

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 quotes from Walter Hagen

Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance. 7 more views 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 quotes from Virginia Woolf

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

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 sayings from George Murray

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

Romance is everything. 31 quotes from Gertrude Stein