William Butler Yeats Quotes

Endure what life God gives and ask no longer span; Cease to remember the delights of youth, travel-wearied aged man; Delight becomes death-longing if all longing else be vain.

William Butler Yeats

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• If we do a little bit of insight into history, how many times have there been people doing hate discourse, blaming everything on a certain group of people. That really is the genesis of genocide, where it kind of sparks.

  

  Gael Garcia Bernal
  • People
  • History
  • Hate

• Animals are companions on this planet, not necessarily our feedbags.

  

  D. A. Pennebaker
  • Animals
  • Planet
  • Companions

• It took me a long time to figure out how to act, and how to conduct myself in the business so I could get what I felt I needed to support my potential and give them what they wanted.

  

  Harrison Ford
  • Time
  • Long
  • Business

• I think the hardest thing I went through in the UFC was my first loss. It was terrible. It was traumatizing. But it's just going back and rebuilding and getting better.

  

  Paige VanZant
  • Better
  • Loss
  • Getting Better

• I don't regret the passing of time. I try to live in the present, which should mean my life's full.

  

  Francesca Annis
  • Life
  • Time
  • Live

• A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing.

  

  Samuel Butler
  • Man
  • Humor
  • Sense Of Humor

• Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money.

  

  J. Edgar Hoover
  • Money
  • Society
  • Almost

• My feeling is that maintaining financial independence is also a healthy way to keep my feet on the ground.

  

  Valerie Trierweiler
  • Feeling
  • Financial
  • Independence

• Marriage requires a special talent, like acting. Monogamy requires genius.

  

  Warren Beatty
  • Marriage
  • Talent
  • Genius

• In Australia, I grew up watching 'The Mickey Mouse Club,' my son grew up watching 'Sesame Street,' my grandson's growing up watching 'Dora The Explorer.' So we are sort of saturated with American culture from the day we're born, and to those of those who do have an ear for it, it's second nature.

  

  Jacki Weaver
  • Up
  • American
  • Nature

• I like the MAC Face and Body foundation. Sometimes it can't cover all my flaws, but I like it because it looks really natural and it evens out my skin tone.

  

  Zhu Zhu
  • Face
  • Foundation
  • Flaws

• The past two decades revolutionized the way we access information. You and I can have our questions answered with the click of a mouse at any time of day. If America, both corporation and citizen alike, can use these services to solve problems, why can't Washington?

  

  J. C. Watts
  • Time
  • Why
  • America

• I try to play my game and that's being emotional because I'm that kind of guy.

  

  Dan Marino
  • Guy
  • Game
  • Kind

• It was an interesting way to come across in my first big role. To work with Robert DeNiro was very exciting.

  

  Illeana Douglas
  • Work
  • Way
  • Interesting

• You can't totally rebel, otherwise you have to go live on your own, on a desert island. It's as simple as that.

  

  Patrick McGoohan
  • Live
  • Simple
  • Desert

• Mike Bloomberg may be a Republican these days. But he has been a Democrat for most of his adult life.

  

  Randi Weingarten
  • Life
  • May
  • Republican

• A lot of my emotional issues come from dealing with the opposite sex. I've come to terms with the fact that I'll be retired before I can finally enter into a healthy relationship.

  

  Adam Levine Maroon 5
  • Relationship
  • Emotional
  • Sex

• The most underused, under-appreciated group of people in the world is our youth.

  

  Ian Somerhalder
  • People
  • World
  • Youth

• I don't know if I have a technique. I'm just trying to remember the words.

  

  Dennis Farina
  • Trying
  • Remember
  • Words

• It's just different today. Nobody seems to last too long these days. I wouldn't know how to get started today.

  

  Stanley Robert Vinton
  • Different
  • Long
  • Today

• When you're teaching creative nonfiction, it helps to have written about your life in a very open way, because you can say, 'Look, how much are you willing to risk emotionally to write? How careful can you be with the other people you're writing about?'

  

  Marya Hornbacher
  • People
  • Life
  • Writing

• These pictures were supposed to be erotic, and I thought they were, at the time; but I see now what they were really about. They were paintings about suspended animation; about waiting, about objects not in use. They were paintings about boredom. But maybe boredom is erotic, when women do it, for men.

  

  Margaret Atwood
  • Time
  • Men
  • Women

• I enjoy working with complicated equipment. A lot of my things started just with a rhythm box, but I feed it through so many things that what comes out sounds very complex and rich.

  

  Brian Eno Roxy Music

• Endure what life God gives and ask no longer span; Cease to remember the delights of youth, travel-wearied aged man; Delight becomes death-longing if all longing else be vain.

  

  William Butler Yeats
  • Life
  • Men
  • Remember