Withers Quotes

The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
Pearl S. Buck

Alone, Live, Mind

Intelligence flourishes only in the ages when belief withers.
Emile M. Cioran

Belief, Ages, Flourishes

Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk.
George MacDonald

Life, Age, Within

Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread before us every day, but it changes and withers at a touch.
J. B. Priestley

Life, Age, Before

One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast withers as rapidly; and that which grows slow endures.
J. G. Holland

Time, Fast, Slow

There is no royal road to anything, one thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures.
J. G. Holland

Time, Road, Fast

Bill Withers and Curtis Mayfield, those are the people who informed me in playing the bass.
Colin Greenwood

Playing, Bass, Informed

I was a huge Beatles fan. The Stones, Dylan. Later on, I got into Stevie Wonder, and Bill Withers - he's one of my heroes. Al Green, too.
Adam Levine

Wonder, Green, Later

The state is not abolished, it withers away.
Friedrich Engels

The main thing is dancing, and before it withers away from my body, I will keep dancing till the last moment, the last drop.
Rudolf Nureyev

Before, Moment, Away

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