Usable Breathing Time

Famous quotes containing the words usable, breathing and/or time:

    “It is written in the Book of Usable Minutes
    That all things have their center in their dying....”
    —John Ashbery (b. 1927)

    “Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their young when deprived of them; and, in short, I am not ashamed to profess a deep love for these quiet creatures.”
    —Thomas De Quincey (1785–1859)

    “To measure life learn thou betimes, and know
    Toward solid good what leads the nearest way;
    For other things mild Heaven a time ordains,

    And disapproves that care, though wise in show,
    That with superfluous burden loads the day,
    And, when God sends a cheerful hour, refrains.”
    —John Milton (1608–1674)