Homer/period

Famous quotes containing the words homer and/or period:

“To him Homer was a great writer, though what his writing was about he did not know.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“I don’t like to be idle; in fact, I often feel somewhat guilty unless there is some purpose to what I am doing. But spending a few hours—or a few days—in the woods, swamps or alongside a stream has never seemed to me a waste of time.... I derive special benefit from a period of solitude.”
—Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)