William Butler Yeats Quotes

Come near; I would, before my time to go, Sing of old Eire and the ancient ways: Red Rose, proud Rose, sad Rose of all my days.

William Butler Yeats

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• My views on everything from welfare to a balanced budget to affirmative action can be traced to what Buddy and Helen Watts taught me as a young boy growing up poor but proud in Eufaula.

  

  J. C. Watts
  • Up
  • Growing
  • Action

• The bad news is, I have worked less than I have liked. The good news is, I can look back on my body of work and feel truly proud of the work I have done.

  

  Laura Dern
  • Good
  • Work
  • Done

• I'm so proud and honored to have been in 'Lonesome Dove' and 'Eight Men Out.' How come I'm not known for one of those?

  

  D. B. Sweeney
  • Men
  • Proud
  • Dove

• You know, I'm very proud of the large number of Hispanic endorsements that I've received.

  

  Carly Fiorina
  • Know
  • Proud
  • Hispanic

• Nobody should be too boastful or too proud about their security because there are people who have a major interest in cracking the security of networks, the security of companies.

  

  Randall L. Stephenson
  • People
  • Proud
  • Security

• Japanese are very proud and workaholics. Proud workaholics.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Proud
  • Very
  • Japanese

• I am not very proud of being an human being; in fact, I distinctly dislike the species in many ways. I can readily conceive of beings vastly superior in every respect.

  

  H. P. Lovecraft
  • Respect
  • Proud
  • Human

• The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor.

  

  Samuel Butler
  • Taken
  • Old
  • Ancient

• I am so proud to have the endorsement of a distinguished leader like Glenn Poshard.

  

  J. B. Pritzker
  • Proud
  • Leader
  • Endorsement

• Songs like Reach and S Club Party are pop classics. I'm really proud that I had a part in them.

  

  Rachel Stevens
  • Party
  • Proud
  • Club

• My connections to Broward are long, and they are deep, and I'm proud of them.

  

  Ted Deutch
  • Long
  • Proud
  • Deep

• I'm proud of my work and how far I've come, and I'm proud of the way that I did it.

  

  Bebe Rexha
  • Work
  • Proud
  • How Far

• I want to be remembered like Pete Rose. 'Charlie Hustle.' I want people to say, 'Wherever he was, he was always giving it his all.'

  

  Walter Payton
  • People
  • Giving
  • Rose

• Oregonians have many good reasons to be proud of our election system.

  

  Kate Brown
  • Good
  • Proud
  • Election

• Looking back, I'm so proud to have gone to five Olympics - I believe only three other Americans have achieved that. My true gold medal, though, is my daughter, Karsen, who is 18 months old. And I have a wonderful husband, Mike.

  Gail Devers
  • Believe
  • True
  • Proud

• Try and understand: cricket was played by Commonwealth countries only; now it has started in other countries as well, and I am proud of that.

  

  Kapil Dev
  • Proud
  • Countries
  • Cricket

• When you're on the victory podium, you're a queen, but when you come down from it, you're nobody. You cannot be too proud of yourself.

  

  Yana Kudryavtseva
  • Proud
  • Yourself
  • Victory

• I am a spiritualist, a proud wearer of the spiritualist badge.

  

  Dan Aykroyd
  • Proud
  • Spiritualist

• Everyone I know is fervently proud to be Welsh but you try not to be preachy about it. It's difficult at times. But when I go home to north Wales, or to somewhere I've never been in south Wales, I still feel at home because I'm in Wales. It's hard to explain.

  

  Gary Speed
  • Home
  • Know
  • Proud

• I gotta say - if I clicked on a movie interview, and the first part was all about Walt Whitman, I'd love that article.

  

  Adam McKay
  • Movie
  • Say
  • Interview

• I've never made a penny being a doctor, so that makes it not a job. My sense of a doctor is that one is a presence caring for health. So I'm never not a doctor. People call me from all over the world who are hurting, and I care for them. Chatting is what more people want than anything.

  

  Patch Adams
  • People
  • World
  • Job

• My real education began when I entered the University of Chicago in September 1951 as a graduate student.

  

  James Cronin
  • Real
  • Education
  • Chicago

• I love to clean my ears. I've heard that you're not supposed to do it every day, but I throw caution to the wind for some quality time with a strong Q-Tip.

  

  Rachel Nichols
  • Time
  • Love
  • Strong

• Come near; I would, before my time to go, Sing of old Eire and the ancient ways: Red Rose, proud Rose, sad Rose of all my days.

  

  William Butler Yeats
  • Proud
  • Rose
  • Ancient