William Quotes
376 quotes by 289 authors
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But guys such as Allen and William are more supportive than most men.
— Kathy Acker
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I'm not only a lawyer, I have a post doctorate degree in federal tax law from William and Mary. I work in serious scholarship and…
— Michele Bachmann
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A skillful playwright might have a good time with the story of the assassination of President William McKinley, and especially with the three most flamboyant…
— Russell Baker
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I'm one of those people that feels that Americans that shouldn't do Shakespeare... The rhythms of the English language and the mannerisms of the English…
— Nicolas Cage
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I love the ideas of looking back to historical heroes to give us inspiration on how we can be today's heroes to move forward in…
— Kirk Cameron
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I was reading William Shawcross's biography of the Queen Mother, dressed in my witch outfit! And you know what? It was a really good mix;…
— Helena Bonham Carter
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I was so naive I didn't even know about agents. I telephoned the William Morris agency and asked to speak to Mr. Morris. I expected…
— Kirstie Alley
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The book I always say that influenced me, subconsciously, because at the time I didn't know I wanted to be a writer, was William Goldman's…
— Harlan Coben
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The neo-hippie-dips, the sentimentality-crazed iguana anthropomorphizers, the Chicken Littles, the three-bong-hit William Blakes- thank God these people don't actually go outdoors much, or the environment…
— P.J. O'Rourke
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And in this battle, Brother William (Guillaume), Master of the Templars, lost an eye; and he had lost the other on the previous Shrove Tuesday;…
— Jean de Joinville
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As William Penn put it: "Those people who are not governed by God will be ruled by tyrants." Remember... that those tyrants are often self-imposed…
— Wayne Dyer
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Tell the Truth, and speak from your pay-grade. Don't try to answer questions that would better be directed to the battalion commander or Gen. William…
— Hal Moore
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I called my cat William because no shorter name fits the dignity of his character. Poor old man, he has fits now, so I call…
— Josh Billings
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In 1891, during the Presidency of William Henry Harrison [Benjamin Harrison], electric lights were first installed in the White House, the residence of the leaders…
— Jimmy Carter
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He [William Harvey] did not care for chymistrey, and was wont to speake against them with an undervalue.
— John Aubrey
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On one occasion when [William] Smart found him engrossed with his fundamental theory, he asked Eddington how many people he thought would understand what he…
— Arthur Eddington
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As Karl Marx once noted: 'Hegel remarks somewhere that all great, world-historical facts and personages occur, as it were, twice. He forgot to add: the…
— Michael Shermer
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Only by following out the injunction of our great predecessor [William Harvey] to search out and study the secrets of Nature by way of experiment,…
— Ernest Starling
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Along with William Shakespeare and Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin is Britain's greatest gift to the world. He was our greatest thinker.
— Richard Dawkins
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One of the grandest figures that ever frequented Eastern Yorkshire was William Smith, the distinguished Father of English Geology. My boyish reminiscence of the old…
— William Crawford Williamson
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