Helen Wills Moody

Famous quotes containing the words helen, wills and/or moody:

    “I wish I were where Helen lies,
    Night and day on me she cries;
    And I am weary of the skies,
    For her sake that died for me.”
    —Unknown. Helen of Kirconnell (l. 37–40)

    “... the will always wills to do something and thus implicitly holds in contempt sheer thinking, whose whole activity depends on “doing nothing.””
    —Hannah Arendt (1906–1975)

    “The price on the wanted
    poster was a-going down, outlaw alias copped my stance
    and moody greenhorns were making me dance; while my mouth’s
    shooting iron got its chambers jammed.”
    —Ishmael Reed (b. 1938)