Buzzing

Famous quotes containing the word buzzing:

    Mortals are easily tempted to pinch the life out of their neighbour’s buzzing glory, and think that such killing is no murder.
    George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)

    She wants to
    throw the tribute away, dis-
    gusted, and can’t,
    it goes on buzzing in her ear,
    it changes the pace of her walk....
    Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    Is America a land of God where saints abide for ever? Where golden fields spread fair and broad, where flows the crystal river? Certainly not flush with saints, and a good thing, too, for the saints sent buzzing into man’s ken now are but poor- mouthed ecclesiastical film stars and cliché-shouting publicity agents.
    Their little knowledge bringing them nearer to their ignorance,
    Ignorance bringing them nearer to death,
    But nearness to death no nearer to God.
    Sean O’Casey (1884–1964)