“The luck will alter and the star will rise.” — John Masefield Quote

The luck will alter and the star will rise.

Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But surely once in a minute something generous dies for want of it.

I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky; and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.

Since the printing press came into being, poetry has ceased to be the delight of the whole community of man; it has become the amusement and delight of the few.

There are few earthly things more beautiful than a university a place where those who hate ignorance may strive to know, where those who perceive truth may strive to make others see.

I am a big fan of movies that don't take themselves too seriously. You know you won't change the world, but have fun. Movies like 'Butch Cassidy' I enjoyed tremendously, but it didn't alter my opinion of the world.

It is easier for a libertarian to attack the science of global warming than to alter one's core libertarian beliefs.

The well-known fact that the form of a specific substance, e.g. water, and hence its properties can alter without a change in composition was disposed of by the formal view that a physical, not a chemical, process was involved.

Our increasing ability to alter our biology and open up the processes of life is now fueling a new cultural war.