A Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Hope has as many lives as a cat or a king.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Cat Hope King Lives Many

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American - Poet
February 27, 1807 - March 24, 1882

Oh cat, I'd say, or pray: be-ootiful cat! Delicious cat! Exquisite cat! Satiny cat! Cat like a soft owl, cat with paws like moths, jewelled cat, miraculous cat! Cat, cat, cat, cat.

Doris Lessing

Time was our very first king. We all live our lives to the aggressive ticking of the clock. We don't question that our lives are a grid of seconds; even our pulses oblige. No succeeding king can hope to hold this kind of power.

Lauren DeStefano

Yeah, I look at the box office as an indication as how many lives that you've touched, so my hope is touch as many lives as possible.

DeVon Franklin

The Queen of Air and Darkness tilted back her head and laughed. A more ghastly sound I hope never to hear. ‘Do you think I care about these trifles?’ ‘Murder is no trifle, woman,’ Arthur said. ‘No? How many men have you killed, Great King? How many have you slain without cause? How many did you cut down that you might have spared? How many died because you in your battle-rage would not heed their pleas for mercy?’ The High King opened his mouth to speak, but could make no answer.

Stephen R. Lawhead

The main difference between a cat and a lie is that a cat only has nine lives.

Mark Twain

A cat, I am told, has nine lives. If that is true, I know how a cat feels.

Caryl Chessman

One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.

Mark Twain

Cat people are different, to the extent that they generally are not conformists. How could they be, with a cat running their lives?

Louis J. Horvitz

There is always something else to do. A gardener should have nine times as many lives as a cat.

Vita Sackville-West

Who are you?" she inquired, as the cat passed by. I'm the cat that looked at a king," he replied. And I," she remarked with a toss of her head, "am the cow that jumped over the moon." Is that so?" said the cat. "Whatever for?" The cow stared. She had never been asked that question before. And suddenly it occured to her that there might something else to do than jumping over moons.

P. L. Travers

Just as Dr. King was a disciple of Gandhi and Christ, we must now be Dr. King's disciples. Dr. King challenged us to work for a greater humanity. I only hope that we are worthy of his challenge.

Cesar Chavez

I had - like a cat with nine lives, I've had so many different careers and tried so many different things.

Ron Ben-Israel

The life of King Jeongjo has previously inspired many films and TV dramas. 'The King's Wrath' will show the tough and charismatic sides of the king that have been undermined in past works.

Hyun Bin

I have been reading Stephen King since CARRIE and hope to read him for many years to come.

Dean Koontz

Giving the cat a name, like marriage, is not an easy thing. Soon I experienced the selection of name for a baby, a dog, a book, a warship, a sports team, even the king, the pope or a hurricane is just child's play compared to the selection of the cat's name.