Samuel Pepys Quotes

And so to Mrs. Martin and there did what je voudrais avec her, both devante and backward, which is also muy bon plazer.

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• It is no exaggeration to say that the English Bible is, next to Shakespeare, the greatest work in English literature, and that it will have much more influence than even Shakespeare upon the written and spoken language of the English race.

  

  Lafcadio Hearn
  • Work
  • English
  • Language

• I struggle with control.

  

  Kate Walsh
  • Control
  • Struggle

• I like to be home with my son, kickin' it and watching ESPN, a very normal life. I like to take him to school every day, watch his games.

  

  Taraji P. Henson
  • Life
  • School
  • Home

• Listening to music is such an uplifting, spiritual thing. It's far-fetched to some - I understand that. But the way dance music brings people together, it's not a big stretch from hymns.

  

  Kaskade
  • People
  • Music
  • Together

• On Earth, men and women are taking the same risks. Why shouldn't we be taking the same risks in space?

  

  Valentina Tereshkova
  • Men
  • Women
  • Why

• The ultimate search engine would basically understand everything in the world, and it would always give you the right thing. And we're a long, long ways from that.

  

  Larry Page
  • World
  • Long
  • Search

• When I was a lad in my 20s, as carefree and debonair as any other underpaid newspaperman, I happened to be a golfer who could flirt with par fairly often, and I was adventurous enough in those days to play any known or unknown thief who showed up at Goat Hills for whatever amount he fancied.

  

  Dan Jenkins
  • Up
  • Play
  • Enough

• Anonymity would be a fantastic umbrella. I don't like intrusion.

  

  Sam Taylor-Wood
  • Like
  • Anonymity
  • Umbrella

• First of all, I'm Middle Eastern; I'm Iranian, so to be playing a leading role in a big Hollywood movie, I think, is possibly one of the first times.

  

  Nazanin Boniadi
  • Movie
  • Think
  • First

• I thought maybe I could become like the next Van Gogh. I bought a sunflower and painted it, and it looked like the work of a 6-year-old.

  

  Takeshi Kitano
  • Work
  • Like
  • Thought

• I married a man whose Hindu father grew up in the rural north of India and whose Jewish mother grew up in the Bronx.

  

  Laura Moser
  • Up
  • Mother
  • Father

• What you do on tour is you build this 'You and me against the world' thing.

  

  Garth Brooks
  • World
  • Against
  • Tour

• I wasn't very good at school and couldn't get my head round it.

  

  Tamer Hassan
  • Good
  • School
  • Very

• I think everybody wants someone who understands them and is able to compromise and meet them halfway. I mean, it goes both ways, you know?

  

  OMI
  • Think
  • Know
  • Compromise

• My guess is that if David Beckham wants Ronaldo's jersey, he's going to get it.

  

  Landon Donovan
  • Going
  • Wants
  • Guess

• I'm not the Queen. I'm not a huge superstar; I don't get paparazzi around me.

  

  Fiona Apple
  • Me
  • Queen
  • Paparazzi

• I love working in America!

  

  Ed Oxenbould
  • Love
  • America
  • Working

• People misinterpret what I say all the time: They think I'm being offensive, when really, I'm only being opinionated.

  

  Taylor Momsen
  • People
  • Time
  • Think

• I think it's a mistake for young filmmakers to just buy digital equipment and shoot a feature. Make short films first, make your mistakes and learn from them.

  

  Jason Reitman
  • Mistake

• I haven't been with a woman in nine months.

  

  Mike Tyson
  • Woman
  • Nine Months

• I went through a lot of mental pains and anguish about choosing between jazz and classical. I realized that where I functioned was where I should be, and where I functioned was in jazz, so that was it.

  

  William John Evans

• Sunday morning, before we go to hear the Word of God preached...let us not rush into God’s presence careless, reckless, and unprepared, as if it mattered not in what way such work was done. Let us carry with us faith, reverence, and prayer. If these three are our companions, we will hear with profit, and return with praise.

  

  J. C. Ryle
  • Work
  • God
  • Done

• You can be whoever you want to be when you are writing songs.

  

  Ruston Kelly
  • Writing
  • Songs
  • Can Be

• And so to Mrs. Martin and there did what je voudrais avec her, both devante and backward, which is also muy bon plazer.

  

  Samuel Pepys