I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky; and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.

It is too maddening. I've got to fly off, right now, to some devilish navy yard, three hours in a seasick steamer, and after being heartily sick, I'll have to speak three times, and then I'll be sick coming home. Still, who would not be sick for England?

I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky; and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.

It's a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds' cries.

Poetry is a mixture of common sense, which not all have, with an uncommon sense, which very few have.

Commonplace people dislike tragedy because they dare not suffer and cannot exult.

Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain.

Since the printing press came into being, poetry has ceased to be the delight of the whole community of man; it has become the amusement and delight of the few.

In this life he laughs longest who laughs last.

Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But surely once in a minute something generous dies for want of it.

The luck will alter and the star will rise.

There are few earthly things more beautiful than a university a place where those who hate ignorance may strive to know, where those who perceive truth may strive to make others see.

Life is a long headache in a noisy street.

Man's body is faulty, his mind untrustworthy, but his imagination has made him remarkable.

Yes, but don't forget I also have the luxury of the worlds finest band when it gets lonely.

For now, I'm just going to hang out with these two smoking hotties and fly privately around the world. It might be lonely up here, but I sure like the view.

When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.

Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way.

I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky; and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.

I'm never getting too lonely because it's the kind of disease where you might sit in front of the TV with three bags of biscuits, rather than communicate with the world.

I'm not afraid to be lonely at the top.

I've shut myself inside these walls, and I'm going to be a very lonely old lady if I'm not careful.

I've put in as many as 40 weeks a year on stage. It is lonely and restricted, as all artistic life must necessarily be.

Even cats grow lonely and anxious.

If I'm such a legend, then why am I so lonely? Let me tell you, legends are all very well if you've got somebody around who loves you.

Heath, I believed in him when I first met him, and helped and supported him. He went on to obvious success in the States and then I had him support me. It can be a lonely, horrible, hard place. It's great just to have someone to call to say 'I know, man, I was there'

At times in my life, I have been utterly lonely. At other times, I've had disgusting infectious diseases. Try admitting these things in our culture.

Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own.

You can be a little lonely because it's an individual sport.

I wouldn't want them to feel lonely or outcast ever in any way. And no matter where they were in the world, I'd want them to always feel incredibly confident about who they were and proud.

I think probably the only thing that is around in these songs is that I was really lonely when I wrote a lot of them. But it was really by my own choosing because I was devoting myself to songwriting and dancing and I wasn't really going out and seeing people.

I have the best roommates in the world! It creates a fun sense of family... and that's really important to me. Things can get so lonely without it.

I had never felt so lonely and so sad in my entire life.

For the first time, I lived alone... in a luxury apartment on Sunset Strip. For a few days I loved the idea, but I got lonely and restless.

The final outcome cannot be known, either to the originator of a new theory, or to his colleagues and critics, who are bent on falsifying it. Thus, the scientific innovator may feel all the more lonely and uncertain.

The more you stay in this kind of job, the more you realize that a public figure, a major public figure, is a lonely man.

Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.

Meanwhile, the originator of a theory may have a very lonely time, especially if his colleagues find his views of nature unfamiliar, and difficult to appreciate.

People tell me there are a lot of guys like me, which doesn't explain why I'm lonely.

But you see, that's the gilded prison of fashion. We're riding in private jets, and meantime I was so incredibly, painfully sad and lonely.

Being prime minister is a lonely job... you cannot lead from the crowd.

It's a dismally lonely business, writing.

Writing a book is a very lonely business. You are totally cut off from the rest of the world, submerged in your obsessions and memories.

The best an American can look forward to is the lonely pleasure of one who stands at long last on a chilly and inhospitable mountaintop where few have been before, where few can follow and where few will consent to believe he has been.

Orphans, dead parents, lonely children at Christmas, morose spoken word recordings, everything you love about the holidays. Move the turkey over so you can fit your head in the oven.

Unless we love and are loved, each of us is alone, each of us is deeply lonely.

When people are lonely they stoop to any companionship.

If I only dated actresses, I'd be a very lonely man.

No man is lonely eating spaghetti; it requires so much attention.