Famous Quotes

Quotes by William

• Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round.
• Talking isn't doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well and yet words are not deeds.
• Tell me not of joy: there's none Now my little sparrow's gone He, just as you, Would toy and woo, He would chirp and flatter me, He would hang the wing awhile, Till at length he saw me smile, Lord! how sullen he would be!
• Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.
• Temporary success can be achieved in spite of lack of other fundamental qualities, but no advancements can be maintained without hard work.
• Tennis just a game, family is forever.
• Texas was such a welcoming place, and with its unbelievable history and tradition, it's extra special to be a part of that.
• That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.
• That the Jews assumed a right exclusively to the benefits of God will be a lasting witness against them and the same will it be against Christians.
• That they may have a little peace, even the best dogs are compelled to snarl occasionally.
• That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my sight. Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower. We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind.
• That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.
• That's all a man can hope for during his lifetime - to set an example - and when he is dead, to be an inspiration for history.
• The 'Net is a waste of time, and that's exactly what's right about it.
• The 6th of August in the morning we saw an opening in the land and we ran into it, and anchored in 7 and a half fathom water, 2 miles from the shore, clean sand.
• The accumulation of numbers always augments in some measure moral corruptions, and the consequences to health of the various vices incident thereto, are well known.
• The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number.
• The actual danger is nothing, and the positive advantages very great.
• The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one.
• The aim of education is the knowledge not of facts but of values.
• The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.
• The answer was that in Burundi, having a clean bill of health has taken on a very particular meaning: unless and until you have paid for your hospital treatment, you simply can't leave, you are in effect a captive.
• The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
• The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.
• The art of pleasing consists in being pleased.
• The attention of a traveller, should be particularly turned, in the first place, to the various works of Nature, to mark the distinctions of the climates he may explore, and to offer such useful observations on the different productions as may occur.
• The best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man who deserves one.
• The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought.
• The best Christmas present I got from my husband was a week to do whatever I wanted.
• The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.
• The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.
• The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.
• The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it.
• The best sermon is preached by the minister who has a sermon to preach and not by the man who has to preach a sermon.
• The best time to frame an answer to the letters of a friend, is the moment you receive them. Then the warmth of friendship, and the intelligence received, most forcibly cooperate.
• The big mistake that men make is that when they turn thirteen or fourteen and all of a sudden they've reached puberty, they believe that they like women. Actually, you're just horny. It doesn't mean you like women any more at twenty-one than you did at ten.
• The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust our own government statements. I had no idea until then that you could not rely on them.
• The Bill of Rights was intended to secure freedom of speech - the freedom of speech of members of parliament to speak freely rather than be at threat of... the threat of an over powerful monarch at the time.
• The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.