English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Anna Akhmatova Quotes

Anna Akhmatova quote: "My shadow serves as the friend I crave"

My shadow serves as the friend I crave

Anna Akhmatova

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

It seems like there's a lot of people who just do not understand satire. They think it's weird. There's people who just don't understand you portray something or just explore a character, it means you're condoning it, saying this is the way to live. Mike Judge
The canary began to sing again. The sun had struck it, and its throat and tiny breast had filled with song. Francis gazed at it for a long time, not speaking, his mouth hanging half opened, his eyes dimmed with tears."The canary is like man's soul," he whispered finally. "It sees bars round it, but instead if despairing, it sings. It sings, and wait and see, Brother Leo: one day its song shall break the bars. Nikos Kazantzakis
Gene Tierney quote: "I loved to eat. For all of Hollywood's rewards, I was hungry..."
I loved to eat. For all of Hollywood's rewards, I was hungry for most of those 20 years. Gene Tierney
...the people who find fault with society are too apt to regard it as an end and not a means, just as the people who despise money speak as if its only use were to be kept in bags and gloated over? Isn't it fairer to look at them both as opportunities, which may be used either stupidly or intelligently, according to the capacity of the user? Edith Wharton
A wise man once said that all human activity is a form of play. And the highest form of play is the search for Truth, Beauty and Love. What more is needed? Should there be a ‘meaning’ as well, that will be a bonus? If we waste time looking for life’s meaning, we may have no time to live — or to play. Arthur C. Clarke
Tim Roth quote: "A character I would love to play is Iago, from Othello."
A character I would love to play is Iago, from Othello. Tim Roth
The community of poets I belong to is not as close as it used to be, if only for the fact that our lives have become busier: jobs, children, and the like. John Barton
Saul Williams quote: "Come, my love, we have oceans to sail."
Come, my love, we have oceans to sail. Saul Williams
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often..."
Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by them. Henry David Thoreau
Sam Snead quote: "Until you play it, St. Andrews looks like the sort of real..."
Until you play it, St. Andrews looks like the sort of real estate you couldn't give away. Sam Snead
Lance Morrow quote: "The Church became both more accessible and less imposing. It..."
The Church became both more accessible and less imposing. It threw itself open to risk. Lance Morrow
Tallulah Bankhead quote: "Only good girls keep diaries. Bad girls don't have time."
Only good girls keep diaries. Bad girls don't have time. Tallulah Bankhead
Andre Maurois quote: "To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to..."
To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it. Andre Maurois
If you wait until the right time to have a child you'll die childless, and I think film making is very much the same thing. You just have to take the plunge and just start shooting something even if it's bad. James Cameron
The music industry is a strange combination of having real and intangible assets: pop bands are brand names in themselves, and at a given stage in their careers their name alone can practically gaurantee hit records. Richard Branson