Top 918 William The Conqueror Quotes & Sayings - Page 4

He [William Harvey] did not care for chymistrey, and was wont to speake against them with an undervalue.

William James was not a prophet. He was a philosopher whose philosophy reflected his profound humanity.

Out- out are the lights- out all! And, over each quivering form, The curtain, a funeral pall, Comes down with the rush of a storm, While the angels, all pallid and wan, Uprising, unveiling, affirm That the play is the tragedy, "Man," And its hero the Conqueror Worm.

I took William Zinsser's advice that you write to yourself and you hope that there are people out there who are like you.

An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger.

It was a dark period of my life when William Hung was the most famous Asian man.

The very best of all Merwin: I have been reading William since 1952, and always with joy.

Jon Snow had dreamed of leading men to glory just as King Daeron had, of growing up to be a conqueror. Now he was a man grown and the Wall was his, yet all he had were doubts. He could not even seem to conquer those.

I no longer believe that William Shakespeare the actor from Stratford was the author of the works that have been ascribed to him.

Prince William and Kate Middleton are in New York City. We have got to do something about immigration.

The question always is, has everything been done to make the sufferings of these exceptions as small as possible? Or, in the triumph of the crowded procession, have the helpless been trampled on, instead of being gently lifted aside out of the roadway of the conqueror, whom they have no power to accompany on his march?

The conqueror and king in each of us is the . . . Knower of truth. . . . Let that Knower awaken in us and drive the horses of the mind, emotions, and physical body on the pathway which that king has chosen.

A sub-clerk in the post office is the equal of a conqueror if consciousness is common to them. All experiences are indifferent in this regard. There are some that do either a service or a disservice to man. They do him a service if he is conscious. Otherwise, that has no importance: a man's failures imply judgment, not of circumstances, but of himself.

Greediness consists in ravishing the goods of another through violence or cunning, as in the two noble professions of the conqueror and courtier. But the merchant, like all other industrious men, seeks his benefit only in his talent, in virtue of freely arrived at agreements, and appealing to faith and the laws.

Don't kill the messenger, but I'm think you should change your dating profil to balding." -- Paris to William

William Kittredge's 'Hole in the Sky' is one of my favorite books. Ian Frazier's 'Family' I adore.

The only true conqueror who shall be crowned in the end is he who continues until war's trumpet is blown no more.... Christian, wear your shield close to your armor and cry earnestly to God, that by His Spirit you may endure to the end.

My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger.

He (William Howard Taft) had little patience with the unconscious arrogance of conscious wealth and financial success.

The mystical poetry of William Blake's artwork also forms the basis for the album cover.

Dylan is so brilliant. To me, he makes William Shakespeare look like Billy Joel.

When I was starting out, William Goldman took me under his wing, and he's still the person I show pages to.

I also believe I met William Gaddis once. He did not look Italian.

I'm honored to receive the support of former Republican candidate for governor, William Woods.

I fear theology is--in the words attributed to William Temple--"still in its infancy" when it comes to animals.

When I was starting to write, the great influence was T.S. Eliot and after that William Butler Yeats.

There's no one quite like William - I bet he's really kind. You can just tell by looking at him.

The GOP was once the party of William F. Buckley Jr., Ronald Reagan, and John McCain.

High culture is the ability to hear the William Tell Overture and not think of the Lone Ranger.

I'm William Wallace, and the rest of you will be spared. Go back to England and tell them... Scotland is free!

God raises up such men as John Bunyan and William Huntington but once in a century.

[On the birth of son William:] Thank goodness he hasn't got ears like his father.

William F. Buckley, Jr. does not so much speak as exhale, but he exhales polysyllabically, and the results are remarkable.

William Trevor is an author I admire; his stories are subtle and powerful, and beautifully written.

My ranch William S. Hart Park is for the benefit of the American Public of every race and creed.

I'd love Shakey Bill to tell me a story - I mean, William Shakespeare, he could squeak a nib couldn't he?

William and I feel that every child deserves to be supported through difficult times in their lives.

When it comes to physicians there is a common thread that is a major barrier to solving our concerns. We are divided. The result is a divide and conquer scenario, in which we negotiate as adversaries, first with government and then with one another about our relative worth, while the "conqueror" observes and continues to rule.

The best advice on writing I've ever received was from William Zinsser: 'Be grateful for every word you can cut.'

I would rather be the author of one original thought than conqueror of a hundred battles. Yet moral excellence is so much superior to intellectual, that I ought to esteem one virtue more valuable than a hundred original thoughts.

I am sure that if every leader who goes into battle will promise himself that he will come out either a conqueror or a corpse, he is sure to win. There is no doubt of that. Defeat is not due to losses but to the destruction of the Soul of the leaders-the 'live to fight another day' doctrine.

William Dalrymple called me a war junkie in his silly book. No, I don't have a desire for it. I'm appalled and infuriated by it.

If Beethoven could write his 'Eroica Symphony' stone deaf, then William Wyler can do a musical.

in the beginning William Shakespeare was a baby, and knew absolutely nothing. He couldn't even speak.

Whatever your Bible translation is, it stands on the shoulders of one man - William Tyndale.

I found out that superstars Winkler and William Shatner are real people, and I was so thankful for that.

I used to act in college, but always comedy. Didn't do [William] Shakespeare - did Ben Jonson.

The William Morris Agency handled me. In that business, you're only as good as your last picture.

I was the first black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960.

Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole.'-William Boot

First of all, Scripture draws our attention to this, that if we want ease and tranquility in our lives, we should resign ourselves and all that we have to the will of God, and at the same time we should surrender our affections to him as our Conqueror and Overlord.

You kill three people, they call you a murderer. You kill a million people, they call you a conqueror. Go figure.

I stopped modeling so I could go to drama school at the William Esper Studio. It's Meisner.

I subscribe to William Faulkner's' view that history is not just about what we were before but who we are now.

One may live as a conqueror, a king, or a magistrate; but he must die a man. The bed of death brings every human being to his pure individuality, to the intense contemplation of that deepest and most solemn of all relations - the relations between the creature and his Creator.

I wrote a paper [in school] on [William] Faulkner and no one could tell what the sentences meant.

My son William and my daughter Amy are both really into their hockey now and I can enjoy watching that.

Your responsibility as a parent is not as great as you might imagine. You need not supply the world with the next conqueror of disease or major motion picture star. If your child simply grows up to be someone who does not use the word "collectible" as a noun, you can consider yourself an unqualified success.

I will read anything at all by Kate Atkinson, Daniel Woodrell, and William Kennedy, who are all fearless.

William F. Buckley was a man who had a great capacity for fun and for amusing himself by amazing others.