John Masefield Quotes

Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But surely once a minute somet...

Christmas ought to be brought up to date,” Maria said. “It ought to have gangsters, and aeroplanes a...

Best trust the happy moments. ... The days that make us happy make us wise.

I must go down to the sea again, for the call of the running tide, is a wild call and a clear call, ...

(...) It,s hard not to be able. There, look there!/ I cannot get the movement nor the light;/Sometim...

I have seen flowers come in stony placesAnd kind things done by men with ugly faces,And the gold cup...

Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain.

I must go down to the sea...to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship, and a star ...

An art in which the artist by means of rhythm and great sincerity can convey to others the sentiment...

But Time and Tide and Buttered Eggs wait for no man.

God warms his hands at man's heart when he prays.

I must go down to the seas again to the lonely sea and the sky And all I ask is a tall ship and a ...

The distant soul can shake the distant friend's soul and make the longing felt, over untold miles.

Only the road and the dawn, the sun, the wind, and the rain,And the watch fire under stars, and slee...