Grey Cloudy Lies

Famous quotes containing the words grey, cloudy and/or lies:

“Sir, a man who cannot get to heaven in a green coat, will not find his way thither the sooner in a grey one.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

“The natural historian is not a fisherman who prays for cloudy days and good luck merely; but as fishing has been styled “a contemplative man’s recreation,” introducing him profitably to woods and water, so the fruit of the naturalist’s observations is not in new genera or species, but in new contemplations still, and science is only a more contemplative man’s recreation.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“You must put fear out of your mind. Confront it with the belief that the past is over with, that a new life lies ahead.”
—Edward T. Lowe. Erle C. Kenton. Dr. Edelman (Onslow Stevens)