Quotes with william

Quotes 821 till 840 of 1730.

  • William S. Burroughs Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has.
    William S. Burroughs
    American writer and artist (1914 - 1997)
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  • William James Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. Give your dreams all you've got and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Augustus William Hare Mountains never shake hands. Their roots may touch; they may keep together some way up; but at length they part company, and rise into individual, insulated peaks. So is it with great men.
    Augustus William Hare
    British writer (1792 - 1834)
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  • William Somerset Maugham Much pessimism is caused by ascribing to others the feelings you would feel if you were in their place.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • William Penn Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world.
    William Penn
    English religious leader, founder of Pennsylvania (1644 - 1718)
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  • William Congreve Music has charms to soothe the savage beast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.
    William Congreve
    British Dramatist (1670 - 1729)
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  • William Shakespeare My age is as a lusty winter, frosty but kindly.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • William Shakespeare My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep. The more I give thee, the more I have, For both are infinite
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • William Shakespeare My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, and every tongue brings in a several tale, and every tale condemns me for a villain.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • William Lloyd Garrison My country is the world; my countrymen are mankind.
    William Lloyd Garrison
    American abolitionist, journalist and suffragist (1805 - 1879)
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  • William Shakespeare My crown is in my heart, not on my head, Nor decked with diamonds and Indian stones, Nor to be seen: My crown is called content: A crown it is, that seldom kings enjoy.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Billy Connolly My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger.
    Billy Connolly
    Scottish stand-up comedian, musician, actor (1942 - )
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  • William S. Gilbert My family pride is something inconceivable. I can't help it. I was born sneering.
    William S. Gilbert
    English dramatist, poet and illustrator (1836 - 1911)
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  • Bobby Moynihan My first 'SNL' episode was with Michael Phelps and Lil Wayne. And if you go back and watch the monologue - it was supposed to feature Barack Obama, but we couldn't get him - it was with William Shatner. But if you watch it, Guy Fieri is sitting in the front row.
    Bobby Moynihan
    American actor, comedian, and writer (1977 - )
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  • William Shakespeare My library was dukedom large enough.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • William Blake My mother groaned, my father wept, into the dangerous world I leapt; helpless, naked, piping loud, like a fiend hid in a cloud.
    William Blake
    English poet (1757 - 1827)
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  • William Shakespeare My nature is subdued to what it works in, like the dyer's hand.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • William Faulkner My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whisky.
    William Faulkner
    American writer (1897 - 1962)
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  • William Shakespeare My salad days, when I was green in judgment.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • William Ellery Channing Natural amiableness is too often seen in company with sloth, with uselessness, with the vanity of fashionable life.
    William Ellery Channing
    American Unitarian minister (1780 - 1842)
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