William Quotes

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My mother Diana was a true-blue aristocrat, descended from William the Conqueror and listed in 'Burke's Peerage.' My father David, from a poor Scottish family,… — Celia Imrie
Year after year, author/historian William Loren Katz continues to mine the lodestone of Black culture, and it is simply amazing how often he manages to… — Herb Boyd
He (William Howard Taft) had little patience with the unconscious arrogance of conscious wealth and financial success. — Doris Kearns Goodwin
In the time it takes American literary titan William H. Gass to write a novel, other artists have been born, completed their life's work and… — Tony D'Souza
Skullcrack City messes with your mind the way William Burroughs or a bellyful of hallucinogens will do. I'm a longtime fan of Johnson. A master… — Laird Barron
Prince William looks good in uniform and Man-at-Hackett black and white tie (he has grown up wearing it constantly); less certain in his suits, which… — Peter York
Ah me! we wound where we never intended to strike; we create anger where we never meant harm; and these thoughts are the thorns in… — William Makepeace Thackeray
I knew once a very covetous, sordid fellow [perhaps William Lowndes], who used to say, `Take care of the pence, for the pounds will take… — Lord Chesterfield
Father calls me William, sister calls me Will, Mother calls me Willie, but the fellows call me Bill!. — Eugene Field
Fear accomplishes much in love. The husband of the Middle Ages was loved by his wife for his very severity. The bride of William the… — Jules Michelet
The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love. We can never really love anybody with whom we… — William Sloane Coffin
I did not vote Labour because they've heard of Oasis and nobody is going to vote Tory because William Hague has got a baseball cap. — Ben Elton
I would like to thank the incomparable William H. Macy for taking a chunky 22-year-old with a bad perm and glasses out into a cow… — Felicity Huffman
Coolidge made less speeches and got more votes than any man that ever run. (William Jennings) Bryan was listened to and cheered by more people… — Will Rogers
Absolutely delightful, at first for its unspoiled picture of late-nineteenth-century Japan as seen through the eyes of three remarkable but very different Americans, [the missionary… — Edwin O. Reischauer
William Hartnell was one of the great unsung character actors of his time — David Bradley
Even when I feared and detested Christianity, I was struck by its essential unity, which, in spite of its divisions, it has never lost. I… — C.S. Lewis
Representative William McK. Springer, remarks in the House, quoting Henry Clay: As for me, I would rather be right than be President. Reed: Well, the… — Bill Vaughan
William Bennett is my patron saint, one of them. Redd Foxx is another. — Kinky Friedman
I met Prince William at a musical festival and he let me know he was a fan of my music. But the invitation to sing… — Ellie Goulding

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