Practiced

Famous quotes containing the word practiced:

“I am not afraid of praise, for I have practiced it on myself.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“The violent, neat and practiced skill
Was all he loved and all he learned;
When he was hit, his body turned
To clumsy dirt before it fell.

And what to say of him, God knows.
Such violence. And such repose.”
—Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)

“In middle age, I practiced feeling old, but the real thing has been a rude surprise.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)