Quotes by Sir James Matthew Barrie

Sir James Matthew Barrie

Sir James Matthew Barrie

British playwright

Lived from: 1860 - 1937

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 9 may 1860 Died: 19 june 1937

  • Strength instead of being the lusty child of passion, grows by grappling with and subduing them.
  • Every time a child says 'I don't believe in fairies' there is a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead.
  • Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, and lets it go at that.
  • If you have it [Love], you don't need to have anything else, and if you don't have it, it doesn't matter much what else you have.
  • Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always try to be a little kinder than is necessary.
  • There are few more impressive sights in the world than a Scotsman on the make.
  • The life of every person is like a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another.
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  • Men's second childhood begins when a woman gets a hold of him.
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  • .. it's a sort of bloom on a woman. If you have it you don't need to have anything else; and if you don't have it, it doesn't much matter what else you have.
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  • Every time a child says, ''I don't believe in fairies,'' there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead.
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  • I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.
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  • A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a crammed drawer. If you are searching for anything in particular you don't find it, but something falls out at the back that is often more interesting.
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  • Ambition - it is the last infirmity of noble minds.
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  • Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.
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  • Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, and lets it go at that.
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  • Every time a child says 'I don't believe in fairies' there is a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead.
    Peter Pan (1904)
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  • Heaven for climate, Hell for company.
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  • His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants hall.
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  • I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did not it seems to me that he missed the opportunity of his life.
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  • If you have it [Love], you don't need to have anything else, and if you don't have it, it doesn't matter much what else you have.
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  • Life is a long lesson in humility.
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  • Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
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  • Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.
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  • Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always try to be a little kinder than is necessary.
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  • Strength instead of being the lusty child of passion, grows by grappling with and subduing them.
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  • Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.
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  • That is ever the way. 'Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse.
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What are the most famous quotes from Sir James Matthew Barrie?

The two most famous quotes from Sir James Matthew Barrie are:

  • "Men's second childhood begins when a woman gets a hold of him."
  • ".. it's a sort of bloom on a woman. If you have it you don't need to have anything else; and if you don't have it, it doesn't much matter what else you have."

When did Sir James Matthew Barrie live?

Sir James Matthew Barrie was born in 1860 and died in the year 1937.