John Masefield Quotes

God warms his hands at man's heart when he prays.

Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But surely once a minute something generous dies for want of it.

An art in which the artist by means of rhythm and great sincerity can convey to others the sentiment which he feels about life.

Best trust the happy moments. ... The days that make us happy make us wise.

I must go down to the sea...to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship, and a star to steer her by......

But Time and Tide and Buttered Eggs wait for no man.

Christmas ought to be brought up to date,” Maria said. “It ought to have gangsters, and aeroplanes and a lot of automatic pistols.

(...) It,s hard not to be able. There, look there!/ I cannot get the movement nor the light;/Sometimes it almost makes a man despair/To try and try and never get it right./Oh, if I could -oh, if I only might,/I wouldn,t mind what hells I,d have to pass,/Not if the whole world called me fool and ass."Dauber (A poem). John Masefield. 1916. London William Heinemann