Quotes by Wisps Drowning men, it is said, cling to wisps of straw. Fyodor Dostoevsky wisps drowning men I have learned to regard fame as a will-o-the-wisp... L. Frank Baum wisps i-have-learned fame To the as-yet-unborn, to all innocent wisps of undifferentiated nothingness: Watch out for life. Kurt Vonnegut wisps innocent watches How do you stop longing for what you absolutely know you can't get? Which really means: How do you absolutely know you can't-and won't-get it, not ever? How do you pinch out that wisp of feeble, ruthless hope? Leigh Newman wisps longing mean Everybody born comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory. Maya Angelou wisps glory compassion Eradication of microbial disease is a will-o'-the-wisp; pursuing it leads into a morass of hazy biological concepts and half truths. Rene Dubos wisps disease half