I often wish... that I could rid the world of the tyranny of facts. What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease.
- Bliss Carman
Tyranny, Fact, Could, Compromises
What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease.
- Bliss Carman
Fact, Cease, Investigation, Compromises
There is a passion for perfection which you will rarely see fully developed; but you may note this fact, that in successful lives it is never wholly lacking.
- Bliss Carman
Fact, Note, Which, Lacking
Indifference may not wreck a man's life at any one turn, but it will destroy him with a kind of dry-rot in the long run.
- Bliss Carman
Will, Indifference, May, Wreck
Set me a task in which I can put something of my very self, and it is a task no longer; it is joy; it is art.
- Bliss Carman
Art, Very, Which, Self
Loading more quotes...
If you're searching for quotes on a different topic, feel free to browse our Topics page or explore a diverse collection of quotes from various Authors to find inspiration.