“Whereas the gourmand bears a closer analogy to that class of great eaters ill-naturedly (we dare say) denominated, or classed with, aldermen”

The most choice delicacies, prepared in the most scientific manner

The difference between a gourmet and a gourmand we take to be this: a gourmet is he who selects, for his nice and learned delectation.

No young novelist should ever dare to imitate the style of Dickens.

My job is to bring out in people what they wouldn’t dare do themselves.

A poet dares be just so clear and no clearer… He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A poet utterly clear is a trifle glaring.

I don’t care if 1 is prime or not, if 2 is prime or not, if 3 is prime or not. All I care is that there are more stars in the heavens than primes in the earth.

The city of Memphis has demonstrated that neither character nor standing avails the Negro if he dares to protect himself against the white man or become his rival.

I once wrote a story about a writer who could not write anymore, and my friend Tennessee Williams said, ‘How could you dare write that story, it’s the most frightening work I have ever read.’ I was pretty well sunk while I was writing it.

Dare to believe, and then dare to speak, and you shall have whatsoever you say if you doubt not.

You may as well say, ‘That’s a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.