Quotes of Cup - somelinesforyou

“ Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. ”

- Aristophanes

“ There was a king of Thule, Was faithful till the grave, To whom his mistress dying, A golden goblet gave. ”

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“ Every pint bottle should contain a quart. ”

- Boyle Roche

“ If your cup seems too bitter, if your burden seems too heavy, be sure that it is the wounded hand that is holding the cup, and that it is me who carried the cross that is carrying the burden. ”

- Unknown

“ When asked if my cup is half-full or half-empty my only response is that I am thankful I have a cup. ”

- Sam Lefkowitz

“ Dreaming when Dawn's Left Hand was in the sky I heard a Voice within the Tavern cry: 'Awake, my Little ones, and fill the Cup Before Life's Liquor in its Cup be dry. ”

- Edward Fitzgerald

“ Faith is something we grow into; doubt is something we grow out of. Gradually. And the movement is not always forward — out of doubt into faith. It is a line that wavers. As the picture a partially filled cup, we sometimes speculate: is the cup half full, or half empty? If we see faith as the contents of the cup, is it half full of faith, or half full of doubt? And if we look at the cup — our experience — and see one-half doubt, is doubt all we see? As God looks at the half-full, half-empty cup, what does He see? The doubt? Or the faith? Or, if faith is nearly a tiny seed — say, a mustard seed — can God see it? Is He moved by it? Or is He too busy gazing at the ample doubt that may surround that speck of faith? We know the answer: God sees such faith… ”

- James Long

“ If I displayed this cup, I might look at it once or twice a week. By using it, I get pleasure from it continually. ”

- Lila Acheson Wallace

“ Life has loveliness to sell, all beautiful and splendid things, blue waves whitened on a cliff, soaring fire that sways and sings, and children's faces looking up, holding wonder like a cup. ”

- Sara Teasdale

“ Those of you watching and listening, get a cup of coffee or a spot of tea and join us back here in just a few moments. ”

- Dan Rather

“ I'm the leading scorer in the cup, and that's lovely, but don't forget this is also a great moment for the whole squad, when the two things coincide you can't ask for more. ”

- Alessandro Del Piero

“ I have crushed the cup of youth like a rose between my fingers but its nectar never warmed my weary heart. ”

- Jon English

“ Chicoutimi's good. You can't even order a cup of coffee in English there. ”

- Peter MacKay

“ Find yourself a cup; the teapot is behind you. Now tell me about hundreds of things. ”

- Hector Hugh Munro

“ The World Cup is every four years, so it's going to be a perennial problem. ”

- Gary Lineker

“ I like cappuccino, actually. But even a bad cup of coffee is better than no coffee at all. ”

- David Lynch

“ You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me. ”

- C. S. Lewis

“ Too often we visit the well of divine abundance with a teacup instead of a bucket. ”

- Elinor MacDonald

“ Gertrude Stein really thought of Hemingway as frail. He almost married Stein. ”

- Leslie Fiedler

“ It's nice to see a Democrat blow something besides an election. ”

- Arsenio Hall

“ May the joys of today Be those of tomorrow. The goblets of life Hold no dregs of sorrow. ”

- Unknown

“ There's a wonderful family called Stein, There's Gert, and there's Epp and there's Ein: Gert's poems are bunk, Epp's statues are junk, And no one can understand Ein. ”

- Unknown

“ Touch the goblet no more! It will make thy heart sore To its very core! ”

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“ The important thing about women today is, as they get older, they still keep house. It's one reason why they don't die, but men die when they retire. Women just polish the teacups. ”

- Margaret Mead

“ Fill up the goblet and reach to me some! Drinking makes wise, but dry fasting makes glum. ”

- William R. Alger

“ When a pile of cups is tottering on the edge of the table and you warn that they will crash to the ground, in South Africa you are blamed when that happens. ”

- Desmond Tutu

“ However, one cannot put a quart in a pint cup. ”

- Charlotte Perkins Gilman

“ Bring in the bottled lightning, a clean tumbler, and a corkscrew. ”

- Charles Dickens

“ Ah, fill the cup: — what boots it to repeat How Time is slipping underneath our Feet: Unborn To-morrow, and dead Yesterday, Why fret about them if To-day be sweet! ”

- Omar Khayyam

“ The America's Cup, yachting's great and garish grail, is a tumorous tureen no handsomer than a camel. ”

- Tom Callahan
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