"Words today are like the shells and rope of seaweed which a child brings home glistening from the beach and which in an hour have lost their luster."

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"Words today are like the shells and rope of seaweed which a child brings home glistening from the beach and which in an hour have lost their luster."

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"The loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or imagined, from abroad."

James Madison, American President

Home, Danger, Liberty, Loss

"America feels like home as much as it does here. Although it's a strange situation as I feel almost like I'm in no-man's land some of the time, because although I'm a resident, I still can't vote so I don't really have a say in what goes on where I live."

Rick Allen, American Musician

Home, Time, America, Land

"The United States has made a massive effort since the end of the Second World War to secure the dominance of its films in foreign markets - an achievement generally pushed home politically, by writing clauses into various treaties and aid packages."

Fredric Jameson, American Critic

Home, War, Achievement, Effort

"My home was 25 miles from the gulf, and I did not want to see it become a shorefront property."

John Breaux, American Politician

Home, Property, Want

"I knew I was coming home, I thought they would consider acquittal, I was disappointed that they didn't."

Louise Woodward, British Celebrity

Home, Thought

"So people ought to be free to leave here, but there ought to be opportunity for them to come home."

Bill Janklow, American Politician

Home, People, Opportunity

"The heart of the home beats in the kitchen and a healthy one beats three times a day."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Home, Heart, Kitchen, Health

"When we root-root-root for the home team, we're rooting for our home as much as the team."

Richard Roeper, American Critic

Home,

"Traveling is definitely something that your average 17-year-old doesn't get to do. One week we're in Japan, one week we're in Australia, one week we're back home going to football games."

Solange Knowles, American Actress

Home, Football, Games, Traveling

"It's an odd state to be in, blowing the whistle on your home country."

Michael Ondaatje, Canadian Author

Home, Country, State

Explore more quotes by Cyril Connolly

"There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will say."

Fear

"It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or a book."

Nation

"All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others."

People

"A great writer creates a world of his own and his readers are proud to live in it. A lesser writer may entice them in for a moment, but soon he will watch them filing out."

Excellence

"The artist is a member of the leisured classes who cannot pay for his leisure."

Art

"It is a mistake to expect good work from expatriates for it is not what they do that matters but what they are not doing."

Work

"Greed, like the love of comfort, is a kind of fear."

Love

"The dread of lonliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married."

Fear

"Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of life."

Life

"We love but once, for once only are we perfectly equipped for loving."

Love