William Quotes

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But guys such as Allen and William are more supportive than most men. — Kathy Acker
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
He [William Harvey] did not care for chymistrey, and was wont to speake against them with an undervalue. — John Aubrey
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
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
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
Along with William Shakespeare and Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin is Britain's greatest gift to the world. He was our greatest thinker. — Richard Dawkins
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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