William Butler Yeats Quotes

I know of the leafy paths that the witches take Who come with their crowns of pearl and their spindles of wool, And their secret smile, out of the depths of the lake.

William Butler Yeats

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• I don't know if acting is what I want to do for the rest of my life, it's just what I've, you know, ended up doing when I was little, and I've kinda grown up with it.

  

  Natalie Portman
  • Life
  • Up
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• I am a sportsman and not a politician. I am a sportsman and will always remain one. I am not going to enter politics giving up cricket, which is my life. I will continue to play cricket.

  

  Sachin Tendulkar
  • Life
  • Up
  • Giving

• I had a really dark time after the Olympic Games... But then I said to myself, 'This is a sport that's blessed me with a home, with an education, with some money. I can't hate this sport. This sport took me out of Louisiana. This sport gave me a chance when so many people don't get a chance. And I love this sport.'

  

  Daniel Cormier
  • Time
  • Love
  • Education

• The Palestinian election is something that was really a turning point. It's a mandate for peace.

  

  Warren Christopher
  • Peace
  • Point
  • Election

• I cry at random things, like a flower, or someone giving me a present, or my sister giving me a nice hug.

  

  Naomie Harris
  • Giving
  • Nice
  • Present

• I always say, I'm certain I changed 'Watchmen' less than the Coen brothers changed 'No Country for Old Men.' I'm certain of it. But you don't hear the Cormac McCarthy fans, like, up in arms about it. They should be. It's like an amazing Pulitzer Prize-winning book.

  

  Zack Snyder
  • Up
  • Men
  • Country

• There is a lot of strength and intelligence in Hollywood.

  

  Fay Wray
  • Strength
  • Intelligence
  • Lot

• I don't know if I'm a method actor.

  

  Caleb Landry Jones
  • Know
  • Actor
  • Method

• I have a lot of faith in the power of joking to make something thoughtful.

  

  Mallory Ortberg
  • Power
  • Faith
  • Thoughtful

• Whether you're a Democrat or Republican, I want everyone to know that I'm here. We'll talk; we'll visit.

  

  Vance McAllister
  • Want
  • Know
  • Republican

• If you want to be a writer, don't worry so much about writing. Read as much as you can. Read as many different writers as you can. Soak up the styles.

  

  R. L. Stine
  • Up
  • Different
  • Writing

• If you know somebody is going to be awfully annoyed by something you write, that's obviously very satisfying, and if they howl with rage or cry, that's honey.

  

  A. N. Wilson
  • Know
  • Annoyed
  • Rage

• The vulgar crowd values friends according to their usefulness.

  

  Ovid
  • Friends
  • Values
  • Vulgar

• In many ways, I feel like having the opportunity to play Gogol in 'The Namesake' really was my dream role in many ways.

  

  Kal Penn
  • Dream
  • Opportunity
  • Play

• My father established the first women's university in the kingdom, abolished slavery, and tried to establish a constitutional monarchy that separates the position of king from that of prime minister.

  

  Basmah bint Saud
  • Women
  • Father
  • King

• We talk about toughness as a quarterback: it's not sometimes the physical part that you see; it's the mental toughness and the 'I'm going to stand in here, take this shot,' and 'I'm going to deliver it to my guy.'

  

  Dan Quinn
  • Guy
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• visiting Jackson Pollock’s studio: You do not work from nature. This is no good, you will repeat yourself. You work by heart, not from nature. Pollock reacted: 'I am nature

  

  Hans Hofmann
  • Good
  • Work
  • Heart

• There are uncertain truths - even true statements that we may take to be false - but there are no uncertain certainties. Since we can never know anything for sure, it is simply not worth searching for certainty; but it is well worth searching for truth; and we do this chiefly by searching for mistakes, so that we have to correct them.

  

  Karl Popper
  • May
  • Truth
  • True

• It's very easy for people to put out music.

  

  Charlie Puth
  • People
  • Music

• I've never wanted to be a witch, but an alchemist, now that's a different matter. To invent this wizard world, I've learned a ridiculous amount about alchemy. Perhaps much of it I'll never use in the books, but I have to know in detail what magic can and cannot do in order to set the parameters and establish the stories' internal logic.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • World
  • Different
  • Book

• Maybe it's legitimate criticism, though it can be hurtful. Maybe I haven't paid sufficient attention to the people with whom I would have a natural affinity as a liberal, and they feel let down by that.

  

  Paddy Ashdown
  • People
  • Attention
  • Criticism

• In terms of pots and pans, I just use the basics - I'm not a snob like that.

  

  Aerin Lauder

• Then he said in his most excellent Mick impression, "Your powers are useless against Ninja Lords, O great zombie hunter! Surrender or feel the sting of the shuriken!

  

  Alan Goldsher
  • Lord
  • Impression
  • Surrender

• I know of the leafy paths that the witches take Who come with their crowns of pearl and their spindles of wool, And their secret smile, out of the depths of the lake.

  

  William Butler Yeats
  • Path
  • Secret
  • Halloween