T. H. White Quotes

Those who lived by the sword were forced to die by it.

T. H. White

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• I've never seen anyone die. It's hard to imagine what it would be like.

  

  Jack Gleeson
  • Die
  • Never
  • Seen

• To die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier.

  

  Walt Whitman
  • Different
  • Die
  • Luckier

• Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.

  

  Walker Evans
  • Long
  • Die
  • Listen

• It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before they die.

  

  S. I. Hayakawa
  • Die
  • Chance
  • Finding

• I came to Hollywood determined to follow in Jean Harlow's footsteps, but I was determined not to die young. My hope was to endure. And endure I have.

  

  Mamie Van Doren
  • Hope
  • Die
  • Young

• 'Carousel,' please! I would die to do that.

  

  Laura Osnes
  • Die
  • Would
  • Carousel

• Anyone can die. Rule number one is don't get too attached to a character, anyone can go.

  

  Jack Huston
  • Character
  • Die
  • Rule

• I was the big, bossy older sister, full of enthusiasms, mad fantasies, desperate urges to be famous, and anxious to be a saint - a settled sort of saint, not one who might have to suffer or die for her faith.

  

  Maeve Binchy
  • Faith
  • Die
  • Famous

• When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing to do is die at once.

  

  Samuel Butler
  • Die
  • Legacy
  • Him

• Kubrick's films have life - they just never die.

  

  R. Lee Ermey
  • Life
  • Die
  • Never

• Though the demonetisation move should be welcomed, govt should have planned well in advance to ensure that no common man suffer.

  

  Vijay
  • Man
  • Common
  • Planned

• There are some die-hard 'Chelsea Lately' fans, and that's where the majority of my fans come from. Chelsea is really helping make comedy audiences hipper and edgier.

  

  Natasha Leggero
  • Die
  • Comedy
  • Fans

• We are bits of energy floating about in various guises, and when we die we rejoin the big cosmic soup of the universe.

  

  Bat for Lashes
  • Energy
  • Die
  • Universe

• To retire is to begin to die.

  

  Pablo Casals
  • Die
  • Begin
  • Retire

• Don't let the secret recipe die with the inventor.

  

  Nathan Myhrvold
  • Die
  • Secret
  • Recipe

• Everyone is going to die.

  

  Jack Kevorkian
  • Die
  • Everyone
  • Going

• To save your world you asked this man to die; would this man, could he see you now, ask why?

  

  W. H. Auden
  • World
  • Why
  • Man

• Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die, but long after we are gone be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistence.

  

  Daniel Burnham
  • Work
  • Long
  • High

• Do not take up music unless you would rather die than not do so.

  

  Nadia Boulanger
  • Up
  • Music
  • You

• Let's face it: in advertising, you are paid more, but you die younger. It's not very forgiving. Like sports stars, you're in it during your better years, and then you're out looking for work.

  

  Jerry Della Femina
  • Work
  • Die
  • Sports

• The saying is, life is short, but what if it's not? But if life is short, is this how you would like to spend your last days? And if life is long, is this how you want to spend 50, 60, or 70 years? Being ashamed? Being quiet? Hoping no one notices you? Not telling the truth? Walking around heavy? If I die in my sleep tonight, God forbid, I am happy with how I've lived my life. I've lived it truthfully.

  

  Karrine Steffans
  • Life
  • God
  • Long

• If the benevolent ruler stays in power long enough, he eventually concludes that power and wisdom are the same thing. And as he possesses power, he must possess wisdom. He becomes converted to the seductive thesis that election to public office endows the official with both power and wisdom. At this point, he begins to lose his ability to distinguish between what is morally right and what is politically expedient.

  

  Ben Moreell
  • Power
  • Wisdom
  • Ability

• I can't make a movie unless I believe in the themes behind it. I mean, that's the first question I ask myself, always, is, 'What is this movie about?'

  

  Jake Gyllenhaal
  • Believe
  • Movie
  • Question

• Those who lived by the sword were forced to die by it.

  

  T. H. White
  • Die