Quotes by Fog Fog and hypocrisy - that is to say, shadow, convention, decency - these were the very things that lent to London its poetry and romance. Ada Leverson fogromancehypocrisy Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where noone notices the contrast of white on white. Adam Duritz fogwhitedoors I liken myself to Henry Ford and the auto industry, I give you 90 percent of what most people need. Adam Osborne foggivingpeople I'd been depressed before, of course. But I'm talking about really depressed. Not just feeling a bit down or sad, a depression that has something to do with biorhythms. I'm talking about the kind of depressed that floats in upon you like a fog. You can feel it coming and you can see where it is going to take you but you are powerless, utterly powerless to stop it. I know now. Alan Cumming fogdepressiontalking I like these people swarming on the sidewalks, wedged into a little space of houses and canals, hemmed in by fogs, cold lands, and the sea streaming like a wet wash. I like them, for they are double. They are here and elsewhere. Albert Camus fogspacesea My trumpeting sounds like a goose farting in the fog. Alex O'Loughlin geesefogsound For the birth of something new, there has to be a happening. Newton saw an apple fall; James Watt watched a kettle boil; Roentgen fogged some photographic plates. And these people knew enough to translate ordinary happenings into something new. Alexander Fleming fogsciencefall The atmosphere of libraries, lecture rooms and laboratories is dangerous to those who shut themselves up in them too long. It separates us from reality like a fog. Alexis Carrel foglongreality But you can catch yourself entertaining habitually certain ideas and setting others aside; and that, I think, is where our personal destinies are largely decided. Alfred North Whitehead fogdestinythinking I'm one of those writers who can't talk about what they're working on. The entire four years I was writing 'House of Sand and Fog,' my wife never saw a word of it. I just have to keep it in the womb, and then everyone can have a crack at it. Andre Dubus fogwritingyears Writing is this act of faith - a bit like driving in the fog: you can hardly see just in front of you. But you trust God's leading you and you just write into the space you can see ahead of you. Ann Voskamp fogspacewriting The future is a fog that is still hanging out over the sea, a boat that floats home or does not. Anne Sexton fogseahome I can't find my car keys in the morning. Trying to get out of my house is a nightmare. 'Where's my wallet? Where are my keys? I have to go find a missing person.' Anthony LaPaglia fogkeysmorning I shall begin my march for Camp tomorrow morning. It was not in my power to move until I could procure shoes for the troops almost barefoot. Anthony Wayne fogmorningmoving You'll be bothered from time to time by storms, fog, snow. When you are, think of those who went through it before you, and say to yourself, 'What they could do, I can do.' Antoine de Saint-Exupery fogsnowthinking It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit. Antoine Rivarol enchantmentfogadd I cannot live without brainwork. What else is there to live for? Stand at the window here. Was ever such a dreary, dismal, unprofitable world? See how the yellow fog swirls down the street and drifts across the duncoloured houses. What could be more hopelessly prosaic and material? Arthur Conan Doyle foghouseyellow Am dining at Goldini's Restaurant, Gloucester Road, Kensington. Please come at once and join me there. Bring with you a jemmy, a dark lantern, a chisel, and a revolver. S. H." It was a nice equipment for a respectable citizen to carry through the dim, fog-draped streets. Arthur Conan Doyle fognicedark My window fogs and this makes me feel like there is no world outside of the car. Augusten Burroughs fogcarworld I see a lot of fog and a few lights. I like it when life's hidden. It gives you a chance to imagine nice things, nicer than they are. Ben Hecht fognicelight1234567891011»
