J. R. R. Tolkien
Novelist, Scholar
"The road goes ever on and on"
Errands quotes
Errands
40 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"The cheek Is apter than the tongue to tell an errand."
John Green
Author, YouTuber
"Not following her is the hardest thing I've ever done."
Amos Bronson Alcott
Philosopher, Educator
"Traveling is no fool's errand to him who carries his eyes and itinerary along with him."
Tim Ferriss
Author, Entrepreneur, Podcaster
"The blind quest for cash is a fool's errand."
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"O happy dogs of England, Bark well at errand boys, If you lived anywhere else, You would not be allowed to make such an infernal noise."
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"I've always shrunk from usurping the functions of Providence, and when I have to exercise them I decidedly prefer that it shouldn't be on an errand of destruction."
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"Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him. [Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.]"
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"O ye dead Poets, who are living still Immortal in your verse, though life be fled, And ye, O living Poets, who are dead Though ye are living, if neglect can kill, Tell me if in the darkest hours of ill, With drops of anguish falling fast and red From the sharp crown of thorns upon your head, Ye were not glad your errand to fulfill?"
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"I'm merely running some errands. This is now off the record."
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