William Quotes

376 quotes by 278 authors

The great thing that I appreciate - the fact that my godfather, William 'Sticky' Jackson, was a Tuskegee Airman because my father was first born… — Allen West
Ideas for my first experiments in human aggression came from discussions we had in a research seminar about William Golding's 'Lord of the Flies.' — Philip Zimbardo
One of the great things about being a writer/journalist is that my boss loves me to go out and do features on being someone else.… — Caitlin Moran
Evelyn Waugh: How do you get your main pleasure in life, Sir William? Sir William Beveridge: I get mine trying to leave the world a… — Evelyn Waugh
Hollis thought he looked like William Burroughs, minus the bohemian substrate (or perhaps the methadone). Like someone who'd be invited quail shooting with the vice-president,… — William Gibson
I found myself thinking about President William McKinley, the third American president to be assassinated. He lived for several days after he was shot, and… — John Green
He was a wild one as a lad, and there's a look about him that says he could be again." Kathy sighed. "I've always had… — Nora Roberts
As nearly as possible in the spirit of Matthew Salinger, age one, urging a luncheon companion to accept a cool lima bean, I urge my… — J D Salinger
A boy told me if he roller-skated fast enough his loneliness couldn't catch up to him, the best reason I ever heard for trying to… — Naomi Shihab Nye
You are old Father William,' the young man said, 'and your hair has become very white; and yet you incessantly stand on your head-do you… — Lewis Carroll
Let me be the first to admit that the naked truth about me is to the naked truth about Salvador Dali as an old ukulele… — James Thurber
Remember William Blake who said: "Improvement makes straight, straight roads, but the crooked roads without improvement are roads of genius." The truth is, life itself,… — Brenda Ueland
William: "I'm sure we can all pull together, sir." Vetinari: "Oh, I do hope not. Pulling together is the aim of despotism and tyranny. Free… — Terry Pratchett
Do you dance, Mr. Darcy?" Darcy: "Not if I can help it!" Sir William: "What a charming amusement for young people this is, Mr. Darcy!… — Jane Austen
O,speak to me no more;these words like daggers enter my ears.(a fancy way of saying SHUT UP!)" â€” William Shakespeare "hamlet — William Shakespeare
The Little Mute Boy The little boy was looking for his voice. (The king of the crickets had it.) In a drop of water the… — Federico Garcia Lorca
It's never too late to fix things with people you love, Massie. Kendra said. That's true. William agreed. — Lisi Harrison
Sometimes between lunch and dinner, when there's a lull, Jill and Shaniqua and I will sit around and fantasize about what we'd do if a… — Meg Cabot
I've always known that the quality of love was the mind, even though the body sometimes refuses this knowledge. The body lives for itself. It… — Ray Bradbury
...Your trouble, William, is that you have no ambition. You don't see that there is in life only ever one goal.' 'And what is that?'… — Philippa Gregory

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