WIST Quotations

Hupfeld, Herman -- “As Time Goes By” (1931)

Dave — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 20:16:36 +0000

You must remember this:
A kiss is just a kiss,
A sigh is just a sigh.
The fundamental things apply
As time goes by.

Herman Hupfeld (1894-1951) American songwriter
“As Time Goes By” (1931)
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Hupfeld composed the music and lyrics for the song, which first appeared in the largely forgotten Broadway musical, Everybody's Welcome (1931). The song is more famous (and only remembered today) for its performance and use as a recurring theme in the film Casablanca (1942), where it was included over the objections of Max Steiner, who composed the rest of the music for the movie.

Shakespeare, William -- Much Ado About Nothing, Act 1, sc. 1, l. 129ff (1.1.120-130) (1598)

Dave — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 16:16:43 +0000

BEATRICE: I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Much Ado About Nothing, Act 1, sc. 1, l. 129ff (1.1.120-130) (1598)
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Malory, Thomas -- Le Morte d’Arthur, Book 18, ch. 25 (1485)

Dave — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 20:31:52 +0000

But nowadays men can not love seven night but they must have all their desires: that love may not endure by reason; for where they be soon accorded and hasty, heat soon it cooleth. Right so fareth love nowadays, soon hot soon cold: this is no stability. But the old love was not so; men and women could love together seven years, and no lycours lusts were between them, and then was love, truth, and faithfulness: and lo, in likewise was used love in King Arthur’s days.

Thomas Malory (c. 1415-1471) English writer
Le Morte d’Arthur, Book 18, ch. 25 (1485)
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Lawrence, D. H. -- Sons and Lovers, Part 2, ch. 7 “Lad-and-Girl Love” (1913)

Dave — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 02:26:24 +0000

They continued to mount the winding staircase. A high wind, blowing through the loopholes, went rushing up the shaft, and filled the girl’s skirts like a balloon, so that she was ashamed, until he took the hem of her dress and held it down for her. He did it perfectly simply, as he would have picked up her glove. She remembered this always.

David Herbert "D. H." Lawrence (1885-1930) English novelist
Sons and Lovers, Part 2, ch. 7 “Lad-and-Girl Love” (1913)
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Schulman, Tom -- Dead Poets Society (1989)

Dave — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 04:39:03 +0000

KEATING: Now, language was developed for one endeavor, and that is? Mr. Anderson? Come on! Are you a man or an amoeba? Mr. Perry?
NEIL: Uh, to communicate.
KEATING: No! To woo women!

Tom Schulman (b. 1951) American screenwriter, director
Dead Poets Society (1989)
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Shakespeare, William -- Henry V, Act 5, sc. 2, l. 164ff (5.2.164) (1599)

Dave — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:55:14 +0000

HENRY: A speaker is but a prater, a rhyme is but a ballad, a good leg will fall, a straight back will stoop, a black beard will turn white, a curled pate will grow bald, a fair face will wither, a full eye will wax hollow, but a good heart, Kate, is the sun and the moon, or rather the sun and not the moon, for it shines bright and never changes but keeps his course truly. If thou would have such a one, take me.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Henry V, Act 5, sc. 2, l. 164ff (5.2.164) (1599)
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Quoted by Walter Mondale as a eulogy for Hubert Humphrey.

Barrie, James -- The Little White Bird, ch. 19 “Joey,” Scribner’s Magazine, Vol. 32 (1902-11)

Dave — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:49:17 +0000

Wise children always choose a mother who was a shocking flirt in her maiden days, and so had several offers before she accepted their fortunate papa.

J. M. Barrie (1860-1937) Scottish novelist and dramatist [James Matthew Barrie]
The Little White Bird, ch. 19 “Joey,” Scribner’s Magazine, Vol. 32 (1902-11)
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This portion of the serial is in ch. 22 of the fully collected novel (1902).