The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (97 page)
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Carter, Sydney
1915–
1915–
1
Dance then wherever you may be,
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he,
And I'll lead you all, wherever you may be
And I'll lead you all in the dance, said he.
One more step along the world I go.
Dance then wherever you may be,
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he,
And I'll lead you all, wherever you may be
And I'll lead you all in the dance, said he.
"Lord of the Dance" (1967)
One more step along the world I go.
"One More Step"
Cartier, Jacques
1491–1557
1491–1557
1
I am rather inclined to believe that this is the land God gave to Cain.
on discovering the northern shore of the Gulf of St Lawrence (now Labrador and Quebec) in 1534; after the murder of Abel, Cain was exiled to the desolate land of Nod (cf. )
I am rather inclined to believe that this is the land God gave to Cain.
on discovering the northern shore of the Gulf of St Lawrence (now Labrador and Quebec) in 1534; after the murder of Abel, Cain was exiled to the desolate land of Nod (cf. )
La Première Relation
; H. P. Biggar (ed.)
The Voyages of Jacques Cartier
(1924)
Cartier-Bresson, Henri
1908–
1908–
1
To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as of a precise organisation of forms which give that event its proper expression.
To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as of a precise organisation of forms which give that event its proper expression.
The Decisive Moment
(1952)
Cartland, Barbara
1901–2000
1901–2000
1
After forty a woman has to choose between losing her figure or her face. My advice is to keep your face, and stay sitting down.
After forty a woman has to choose between losing her figure or her face. My advice is to keep your face, and stay sitting down.
Libby Purves "Luncheon à la Cartland"; in
The Times
6 October 1993; similar remarks have been attributed since
c.
1980
Cartwright, John
1740–1824
1740–1824
1
One man shall have one vote.
One man shall have one vote.
The People's Barrier Against Undue Influence
(1780) ch. 1 "Principles, maxims, and primary rules of politics" no. 68
Casement, Roger
1864–1916
1864–1916
1
Self-government is our right, a thing born in us at birth, a thing no more to be doled out to us, or withheld from us, by another people than the right to life itself—than the right to feel the sun, or smell the flowers, or to love our kind.
Self-government is our right, a thing born in us at birth, a thing no more to be doled out to us, or withheld from us, by another people than the right to life itself—than the right to feel the sun, or smell the flowers, or to love our kind.
statement at the conclusion of his trial, the Old Bailey, London, 29 June 1916
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