Quotes by Gourds The infernal flag-waving after 9/11 nearly drove liberals out of their gourds. For the left, 'flag-waving' is an epithet. Ann Coulter epithet gourds flags Like Jonah, you may lose your gourd, but you cannot lose your God. Charles Spurgeon jonah gourds may Friendship however is a plant which cannot be forced -- true friendship is no gourd spring up in a night and withering in a day. Charlotte Bronte gourds spring night The party in power, like Jonah's gourd, grew up quickly, and will quickly fall. Davy Crockett gourds party fall when a gourd is hollowed out it becomes empty and is of great use to the world because of its emptiness. Dorothy Gilman gourds use world As naturally as the oak bears an acorn and the vine a gourd, man bears a poem, either spoken or done. Henry David Thoreau gourds vines men Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun. John Keats gourds autumn fall Put a thorn in every enjoyment, a worm in every gourd, that would either prevent my being wholly thine, or in any measure retard my progress in the divine life. Thomas Cogswell Upham gourds progress growth