Bliss Carman Quotes

I often wish... that I could rid the world of the tyranny of facts. What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease.
Bliss Carman

Indifference may not wreck a man's life at any one turn, but it will destroy him with a kind of dry-rot in the long run.
Bliss Carman

Set me a task in which I can put something of my very self, and it is a task no longer; it is joy; it is art.
Bliss Carman

There is a passion for perfection which you will rarely see fully developed; but you may note this fact, that in successful lives it is never wholly lacking.
Bliss Carman

What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease.
Bliss Carman

	Add the "Quote of the Day" to Your Site or Blog Now!
Home - Quote Topics - Quotes of the Day - Quote Keywords - Author Types - Quotation Trivia Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Bliss Carman Quotes

Type: Poet Quotes Category: Canadian Poet Quotes Date of Birth: April 15, 1861 Date of Death: June 8, 1929 Nationality: Canadian Find on Amazon: Bliss Carman Related Authors: John Barton George Murray Al Purdy Irving Layton Frank Scott Louis Dudek John McCrae Alden Nowlan	I often wish... that I could rid the world of the tyranny of facts. What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease. Bliss Carman Indifference may not wreck a man's life at any one turn, but it will destroy him with a kind of dry-rot in the long run. Bliss Carman Set me a task in which I can put something of my very self, and it is a task no longer; it is joy; it is art. Bliss Carman There is a passion for perfection which you will rarely see fully developed; but you may note this fact, that in successful lives it is never wholly lacking. Bliss Carman What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease. Bliss Carman