William Butler Yeats Quotes
The desire that is satisfied is not a great desire, nor has the shoulder used all its might that an unbreakable gate has never strained.
Quotes to Explore
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I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.
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I really enjoy English and poetry and writing classes.
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I'm going to do the old 'plaster removal' technique and just get the pain over with in one go: 'Life's Too Short' isn't funny to me.
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A victim is a victim is a victim. We should stop setting up standards that say we will have one standard of law enforcement for one group of victims but not for another.
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If you want your children to bring original ideas into the world, you need to let them pursue their passions, not yours.
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Jane Austen's characters for women are always very strong, opinionated and elegantly written, so they're always great for an actress to have a chance to do.
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That you get booed belongs to professional sports.
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I know a lot of people struggle with the idea of Jesus and their idea of God. I think, if you don't even know what you're praying to or who you're praying to, based on what I know to be true, regardless, God's always listening.
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Personally I had the opportunity to go on several ride alongs with the LA County Sheriff's Department with some amazing detectives, who were invaluable to me.
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I'm not a good loser. I get sick physically... I take it to heart. I hate it.
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I'm a fast learner. I may not run as fast as I used to, but I think I still learn as fast.
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I'm a fighter, and I don't take no for an answer.
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Fans can never accuse R. Kelly of doing the same thing; I keep mixing it up.
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The Wild West attracts cowboys. A sheriff is a good thing.
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Strip away the phony tinsel of Hollywood and you'll find the real tinsel underneath.
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I've always wanted to make movies that are fever dreams.
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Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.
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You can't build another bridge that's so close to ours. It's stupid.
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I think it is immensely difficult to get the U.S. interested in non-U.S. topics. I don't think this is because the average American reader is disinterested, but more because of publishers playing it safe: if a thriller based in L.A. is a sure winner, why spend money plugging one based in Paris - or Bangkok?
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I didn't grow up with a mother, so I don't have that resource to rely on and ask a million questions.
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I think in high school and college, you don't really know what your routine is going to be; you're still trying to come up with it.
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Erotic acts are instinctive; they fulfill a role in nature. The idea is familiar, but it is one that contains a paradox: there is nothing more natural than sexual desire; there is nothing less natural than the forms in which it is made manifest and satisfied.
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The desire that is satisfied is not a great desire, nor has the shoulder used all its might that an unbreakable gate has never strained.
