Astrology Quote by William Shakespeare

“This is the excellent foppery of the world, that when we are sick in fortune (often the surfeits of our own behavior) we make…

— William Shakespeare

“My father was a man of iron will. He had a red beard and eyes like caves. He married my mother sensibly for the…

— Robert Nye

Though you be sprung in direct line from Hercules, if you show a lowborn meanness, that long succession of ancestors whom you disgrace are…

— Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

My mother always seemed to me like a fairy princess: a radiant being possessed of limitless riches and power. She shone for me like…

— Winston Churchill

My mother was a domestic goddess and Mother Earth figure. She was sweet and placid - just what the perfect wife was supposed to…

— Joan Collins

From '41 to '51I was my folk's contrary son;I bit my father's hand right throughAnd broke my mother's heart in two.

— John Masefield

“Well," the Marsh King pursed his beak politely, "at any rate, your manliness need only last for a relatively brief period. I have already…

— Catherynne M. Valente

I had a very hard father. I had two sisters. He was soft on them and hard on me.

— Albert Gubay

I was born 'neath a clouded star.

— Julia Ward Howe

As a decrepit father takes delight To see his active child do deeds of youth, So I, made lame by fortune's dearest spite, Take…

— William Shakespeare

My mother, who was quite sharp when I was young, became utterly mild.

— Antonia Fraser

My mother and father were both much more remarkable than any story of mine can make them. They seem to me just mythically wonderful.

— Orson Welles