Percy Bysshe Shelley Quotes

And man … no longer now He slays the lamb that looks him in the face, And horribly devours his mangled flesh.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

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• I'm awful with directions, and I'm not very handy around the house.

  

  Taye Diggs
  • House
  • Very
  • Directions

• The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Always
  • Humanity
  • Save

• I studied the lives of jazz singers who would tour Europe, and... what I learned was life was big ride for them. They'd seen the dark side of humanity... but touring the world playing jazz, it was a truly carefree way of living. A great escapism, if you like.

  

  Gary Carr
  • Life
  • World
  • Great

• I really try to take care of myself. I really put forth the effort to make a regimen just a part of my life. When I can't, for instance if I'm in a location someplace and I can't work out because of the schedule of the picture or whatever it is, as much as I normally do when I'm home, I still do something.

  

  Carl Weathers
  • Life
  • Work
  • Home

• The same way you can see me sit at a table in a movie and be six different people, the mother and the uncle and all these different things, when I'm in the studio, I can do that, too. I'm not trying to be a recording artist and have a certain type of music for the radio.

  

  Eddie Murphy
  • People
  • Music
  • Different

• The TV business is soul crushing, talent destroying and human being destroying.

  

  Olivia De Havilland
  • Business
  • Soul
  • Talent

• You don't have to worry about being a number one, number two, or number three. Numbers don't have anything to do with placement. Numbers only have something to do with repetition.

  

  Ornette Coleman
  • Worry
  • Numbers
  • Repetition

• I love Shakira - she is such a beautiful person. She does so many good things for the world on top of making good music. And she is an awesome mom. When you are Latina, it is all about family, and to see that she prioritizes family and her career at the same time is really nice.

  

  Becky G
  • World
  • Music
  • Family

• Healthcare is a very complicated business and you need a very different business model to be successful in India; yet at a global level, there are a lot of challenges and opportunities.

  

  Malvinder Mohan Singh
  • Different
  • Business
  • Model

• As a brother and sister, our tastes were pretty different growing up. He liked a lot of early hip hop. My dad didn't understand it and would try to talk him out of it.

  

  Taryn Manning Boomkat
  • Up
  • Different
  • Pretty

• I respect the Hall of Fame, and if they think that I'm worthy enough, I would be very honored. And if they don't, I gave it all that I had to this game.

  

  Rafael Palmeiro
  • Game
  • Respect
  • Fame

• How can I convert the enthusiasm of voters into a practical programme of action that meets their desire for economic security and greater prosperity?

  

  Victor Ponta
  • Action
  • Desire
  • Security

• Some guys just slip under the radar.

  

  Victor Cruz
  • Just
  • Some
  • Radar

• I lived around the corner from Saul Bellow.

  

  Edith Pearlman
  • Around
  • Lived
  • Corner

• I call on the people of Tripoli to restrain themselves and not get drawn into conflict with anyone.

  

  Najib Mikati
  • People
  • Conflict
  • Themselves

• Our politicians may fail us, but Status Quo always delivers on the promise.

  

  Ian Anderson
  • May
  • Always
  • Promise

• I don't feel like a pop star. I like being able to live my life the same as my mates. I don't get recognised much.

  

  Gabrielle Aplin
  • Life
  • Live
  • Star

• The consequence of Mr. Bush's and Blair's historic lie that the reason for invading Iraq was weapons of mass destruction, is that everything is being doubted.

  

  Walid Jumblatt
  • Reason
  • Lie
  • Weapons

• During the week that I arrived in the United States, I saw an airport, used a telephone, used a library, talked with a scientist, and was shown a computer for the first time in my life.

  

  Philip Emeagwali
  • Life
  • Time
  • Library

• I am always in doubt; I am never sure of myself.

  

  Azzedine Alaia
  • Doubt

• First it was the whites, and then their Negro message bearers. And the word was always the same: 'Tell your sons to take their names off the books. Don't show up at the courthouse voting day.'

  

  Medgar Evers
  • Up

• Harry, we saw Uranus up close!” said Ron, still giggling feebly. “Get it, Harry? We saw Uranus — ha ha ha —

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Up
  • Said
  • Stills

• Self-confidence is apt to address itself to an imaginary dullness in others; as people who are well off speak in a cajoling tone to the poor.

  

  George Eliot
  • People
  • Imaginary
  • Self-confidence

• And man … no longer now He slays the lamb that looks him in the face, And horribly devours his mangled flesh.

  

  Percy Bysshe Shelley