Famous Quotes About Summer

“Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.”—Henry James, American-English writer

“Summer has always been my favorite season. I feel happier.”—Zooey Deschanel, American actress

“Let a man walk ten miles steadily on a hot summer’s day along a dusty English road, and he will soon discover why beer was invented.”—G.K. Chesterton, English writer

“Summer’s lease hath all too short a date.”—William Shakespeare

“Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.”—Russell Baker, American writer and humorist

“When the sun is shining, I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.”—Wilma Rudolph, American Olympic champion in track and field

“A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.”—St. Francis of Assisi

“In summer, the song sings itself.”—William Carlos Williams, American poet