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There is something going on in time and space, and beyond time and space, which, whether we like it or not, spells duty.
Winston Churchill1874–1965
The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays, is coming to its close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences.
Winston Churchill1874–1965Speech in the House of Commons, November 12, 1936 “Debate on the Address”
- Change
- Responsibility
Off with his head⁠—; so much for Buckingham.
Colley Cibber1671–1757Richard III (altered) (1700), Act IV, scene 3.
All splendid things are rare.
Cicero107–43 BC
Chaos is rejecting all you have learned. Chaos is being yourself.
ECEmil Cioran1911–1995A Short History of Decay (1949)
The dinosaurs disappeared because they could not adapt to their changing environment. We shall disappear if we cannot adapt to an environment that now contains spaceships, computers — and thermonuclear weapons.
Arthur C. Clarke1917–2008Foreword to The Collected Stories (June 2000)
- Change
- Technology
Cast off the shackles of this modern oppression and take back what is rightfully yours, because as William Shakespeare never wrote, ‘Life is but a bullring, and we are but matadors trying to dodge all the horns.’
MCMatthew Clayfield
If a man like Malcolm X could change and repudiate racism, if I myself and other former Muslims can change, if young whites can change, then there is hope for America.
Eldridge Cleaver1935–1998Soul on Ice (1968)
A lot of places can be the wrong place at the wrong time.
Bill Clintonborn 1946
Yesterday is yesterday. If we try to recapture it, we will only lose tomorrow.
Bill Clintonborn 1946President Clinton’s speech at the 200th anniversary of the University of North Carolina.
- Change
- Time
I don’t like to share my personal life…it wouldn’t be personal if I shared it.
George Clooneyborn 1961
The gods throw the dice, and they don’t ask whether we want to be in the game or not.
Paulo Coelhoborn 1947By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (1994)
- Luck
Clever people seem not to feel the natural pleasure of bewilderment, and are always answering questions when the chief relish of a life is to go on asking them.
FCFrank Moore Colby1865–1925
A damsel with a dulcimer
In a vision once I saw:
It was an Abyssinian maid,
And on her dulcimer she played,
Singing of Mount Abora.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge1772–1834Kubla Khan (1797 or 1798)In context
Instead of the cross, the Albatross
About my neck was hung.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge1772–1834The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1798), Part IIIn context