Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Shakespeare

Let me twine Mine arms about that body, where against My grained ash an hundred times hath broke And scarr'd the moon with splinters: here I clip The anvil of my sword, and do contest As hotly and as nobly with thy love As ever in ambitious strength I did Contend against thy valour. Know thou first, I loved the maid I married; never man Sigh'd truer breath; but that I see thee here, Thou noble thing! more dances my rapt heart Than when I first my wedded mistress saw Bestride my threshold.

William Shakespeare

And some that smile have in their hearts, I fear, millions of mischiefs.

William Shakespeare

Were I the Moor I would not be Iago. In following him I follow but myself; Heaven is my judge, not I for love and duty, But seeming so for my peculiar end. For when my outward action doth demonstrate The native act and figure of my heart In compliment extern, ’tis not long after But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve For daws to peck at. I am not what I am

William Shakespeare

Awake, dear heart, awake. Thou hast slept well. Awake.

William Shakespeare

Why, I can smile and murder whiles I smile, And cry 'content' to that which grieves my heart, And wet my cheeks with artificial tears, And frame my face for all occasions

William Shakespeare

He reads much; He is a great observer and he looks Quite through the deeds of men: he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music; Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort As if he mock'd himself and scorn'd his spirit That could be moved to smile at any thing. Such men as he be never at heart's ease Whiles they behold a greater than themselves, And therefore are they very dangerous.

William Shakespeare

My hands are of your color, but I shame to wear a heart so white.

William Shakespeare

As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, / I must not look to have; but, in their stead, / Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, / Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not" (5.3.25-28).

William Shakespeare

By innocence I swear, and by my youth, I have one heart, one bosom, and one truth, And that no woman has, nor never none Shall mistress be of it save I alone.

William Shakespeare

For this relief much thanks. 'Tis bitter cold, and I am sick at heart.

William Shakespeare

Oh, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope’s ear, Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear. So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows As yonder lady o'er her fellows shows. The measure done, I’ll watch her place of stand, And, touching hers, make blessèd my rude hand. Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.

William Shakespeare

Give me that man that is not passion's slave, and I will wear him in my heart's core, in my heart of heart, as I do thee.

William Shakespeare

Don't judge a man's conscience by looking at his face cause he may have a bad heart.

William Shakespeare

The very instant I saw you, did My heart fly to your service; there resides To make me slave to it. ...mine unworthiness, that dare not offer What I desire to give, and much less take What I shall die to want.

William Shakespeare

What showers arise, blown with the windy tempest of my heart

Pearl Cleage

I'm not one of those playwrights who says, 'Show up, hit your marks, and don't talk to me!' I always want to hear from the other artists involved, whether it's the director, the lighting tech, or the actors.

Beware, all too often we say what we hear others say. We think what we are told that we think. We see what we are permitted to see. Worse, we see what we are told that we see.

Philip Schultz

I not only couldn't read but often couldn't hear or understand what was being said to me - by the time I'd processed the beginning of a sentence, the teacher was well on her way through a second or third.

Piper Laurie

And even then when you take it, you've got to take it with your whole heart.

You always hear about how short life is, and to be kind. This was before his time.

You all heard Terry Nichols say in a clear, strong voice: 'I am innocent,'

We even heard the President was watching some of our matches. That's special to know.

David Saperstein

We really thought the proper thing to do was to wait and see what comes out of the hearings before making a decision, ... This is a person who is quite qualified, but raises many questions on fundamental rights.

We had heard some rumblings that it might close, but no one thought it would. We're kind of in a state of shock right now. They need to practice this week, they have sectional swim meet at the end of the week.

Bill Thompson

We had heard from parents and people outside the school that we were moving to Lafayette or in that area. But we like to think we're a vital part of the Opelousas community. We're not going anywhere.

John Huston

I wasn't there long enough to hear them say what they were.

Andrae Crouch

I would imagine that most of my writing is done spontaneously. I had no intention of writing, and then I'll just walk through the house, and I'll hear this melody, and I'll turn on the tape players and go back to it later on. Some days I'll get 3-5 songs a day.

Charles Jenkins

Most importantly, I am thankful to Prime Minister Koizumi, ... As I said openly during my court-martial, Prime Minister Koizumi will always remain in the heart and prayers of me and my family.

Jim Diamond

Most modern stuff I hear kinda sucks, someone should turn me onto something good, fast!

Kathleen Blanco

who opened your homes, your hospitals, your classrooms, your churches, your wallets and your hearts to our people.

Sathya Baba

Whoever withdraws their heart from wife, child, and parents and loves me, is my real lover.

Whoever the heart loves, she is the beauty.

We haven't really heard anything that would help us predict how this ultimately will be resolved.