Famous Quotes & Sayings

Richard Whately

All men wish to have truth on their side; but few to be on the side of truth.

Richard Whately

In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed; we see the most indistinctly the objects which are close around us.

Edward Fitzgerald

Ah, take the Cash in hand and waive the Rest.

Luis Fortuno

Speaking and writing English perfectly should not be a privilege. To those who try to politicize this matter, I tell them now, do not mess with the future of our children.

Mary Shelley

Teach him to think for himself? Oh, my God, teach him rather to think like other people!

Mary Shelley

Life is obstinate and clings closest where it is most hated.

Mary Shelley

The very winds whispered in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade me weep no more.

James Fenton

The iambic line, with its characteristic forward movement from short to long, or light to heavy, or unstressed to stressed, is the quintessential measure of English verse.

Steven Gerrard

It will be a dream come true if I can go there and lift it.

Om Puri

Every person wants to stretch himself and widen his audience. Since Hollywood has got more exposure and is shown all over the world, it's obvious that every actor would want to do an English film and explore himself.

George Crabbe

In her experience all her friends relied, Heaven was her help and nature was her guide.

George Crabbe

Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way.

George Crabbe

To sigh, yet not recede; to grieve, yet not repent.

Gavin Bryars

I've heard though that there is a younger generation of tonal French composers who are reacting with vigour.

Gavin Bryars

The project which we developed, however, was for a sound piece and I was initially curious that a sculptor should be interested in working with a musician, especially on a project for radio.

Tom Wolfe

I had always looked down on sociology as this arriviste discipline. It didn't have the noble history of English and history as a subject. But once I had a little exposure to it, I said, 'Hey, here's the key. Here's the key to understanding life and all its forms.'

Syd Barrett

When we parted I had written everything for the group. My leaving sort of evened things out within the group.

Sid Vicious

I'll die before I'm 25, and when I do I'll have lived the way I wanted to.

Tony Visconti

I could never have a better teacher in those days than my father.

Robin Gibb

I think for anybody, any family, and I know there are families out there that are going through this even now, that it is the hardest thing in the world. Nobody is ever prepared for it.

Robin Gibb

Nobody will ever take Maurice's place, and he'll go on with us and he'll go on our music. He'll go on with us as the Bee Gees, and Maurice will always be with us.

Sara Sheridan

I've never seen an 'English' books section in, well, an English bookshop, but in Scotland, most bookshops have a set of shelves dedicated to Scottish authors.

Rio Ferdinand

I set myself high standards on the pitch and I know I have not always lived up to them this season.

Jean Ingelow

Against her ankles as she trod The lucky buttercups did nod.

Felicity Kendal

The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldn't get any roles other than as somebody dark.

Walter Bagehot

The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people who write know anything.

William Empson

You don't want madhouse and the whole thing there.

Wilkie Collins

Peace rules the day, where reason rules the mind.

Wilfrid Sheed

One reason the human race has such a low opinion of itself is that it gets so much of its wisdom from writers.

Will Champion

The first time we all played as a band, I think it was in January 1998, in Jonny's bedroom.

Will Champion

Two weeks later, we played our first concert and had 100 people there. It was pretty cool.

Manfred von Richthofen

There were sometimes from forty to sixty English machines, but unfortunately the Germans were often in the minority. With them quality was more important than quantity.

Algernon Charles Swinburne

Glory to Man in the highest! For Man is the master of things.