WIST Quotations

Shakespeare, William -- Macbeth, Act 1, sc. 1, l. 1ff (1.1.1-8) (1606)

Dave — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 14:12:25 +0000

FIRST WITCH: When shall we three meet again?
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?

SECOND WITCH: When the hurly-burly’s done,
When the battle’s lost and won.

THIRD WITCH: That will be ere the set of sun.

FIRST WITCH: Where’s the place?

SECOND WITCH: Upon the heath.

THIRD WITCH: There to meet with Macbeth.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Macbeth, Act 1, sc. 1, l. 1ff (1.1.1-8) (1606)
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Elizabeth II -- Address to the Nation (5 Apr 2020)

Dave — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 18:26:40 +0000

We should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return: we will be with our friends again; we will be with our families again; we will meet again.

Elizabeth II (b. 1926) Queen of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth realms
Address to the Nation (5 Apr 2020)
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On the COVID-19 Pandemic. The last line is an allusion to the famous WWII song.

Parker, Ross -- “We’ll Meet Again” (1939) [with Hughie Charles]

Dave — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 20:46:04 +0000

We’ll meet again,
Don’t know where,
Don’t know when,
But I know we’ll meet again
Some sunny day.

Ross Parker (1914-1974) English pianist, composer, lyricist, actor [Albert Rostron Parker]
“We’ll Meet Again” (1939) [with Hughie Charles]
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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth -- “The Fire of Drift-Wood”, l. 13 in The Seaside and the Fireside (1850)

Dave — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 01:15:50 +0000

We spake of many a vanished scene,
Of what we once had thought and said,
Of what had been, and might have been,
And who was changed, and who was dead;
And all that fills the hearts of friends,
When first they feel, with secret pain,
Their lives thenceforth have separate ends,
And never can be one again.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) American poet
“The Fire of Drift-Wood”, l. 13 in The Seaside and the Fireside (1850)

Simon, Paul -- “Still Crazy After All These Years” (1975)

Dave — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 14:29:58 +0000

I met my old lover on the street today
She seemed so glad to see me; I just smiled
And we talked about the old times, and drank ourselves some beers
Still crazy after all these years.

Paul Simon (b. 1941) American musician, singer-songwriter.
“Still Crazy After All These Years” (1975)

Bach, Richard -- Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah, ch. 18, epigraph (1977)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

Don’t be dismayed at good-byes.
A farewell is necessary before you can meet again.
And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes,
is certain for those who are friends.

Richard Bach (b. 1936) American writer
Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah, ch. 18, epigraph (1977)
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