William Congreve Quotes
Thus grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure; Married in haste, we may repent at leisure.William Congreve
Quotes to Explore
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
Tamae Watanabe -
The gift of sobriety is clarity and a sense of connection - and travel only enhances that.
J. Maarten Troost -
Actually, I didn't like Dartmouth very much, but the whole theater scene I really liked.
Rachel Dratch -
I don't hurt or want for visibility, but people seem to forget pretty easily.
Gary Coleman -
Playing the good guy is tough because you know as well as I do, in real life, you have to watch your P's and Q's and conduct yourself in a respectable manner if you expect to have friends.
R. Lee Ermey -
Artists are like everybody else.
Damien Hirst
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I've fought with everyone . And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.
Qandeel Baloch -
Overall, the anarchy was the most creative of all periods of Japanese culture for in it there appeared the greatest landscape painting, the culmination of the skill of landscape gardening and the arts of flower arrangement, and the No drama.
J. M. Roberts -
I have never been asked to be in a movie musical. Other than 'Yentl,' which I didn't sing in.
Mandy Patinkin -
We have to hate our immediate predecessors to get free of their authority.
D. H. Lawrence -
I'm from Houston. I think I was thirty-seven before I ever set foot in Dallas, and that was just in the airport. So I've never really been there. Dad grew up in Port Arthur, Texas and all I can ever get out of him is, 'I wanted my first son to be named Dallas.'
Dallas Roberts -
Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche.
Tanith Lee
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I have never made a game that wasn't explicitly about empowering players to tell their own story.
Warren Spector -
I am happy everywhere except in places where I see glitz and rich farts. I am happiest in Brooklyn, where the concentration of rich farts is minimal.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb -
I've really loved steampunk for a long time, ever since 'Wild Wild West,' and it's always been a genre and an era that's fascinated me. But so often it's set in England, and that doesn't really resonate with me, or maybe it just seems a little overdone.
M. K. Hobson -
Studies have proven that early childhood education returns to society as much as $12 for every dollar invested. Our goal is to identify the most important development opportunities for children five years and younger, providing insight to transform early childhood education from a social policy issue into an economic imperative.
J. B. Pritzker -
I'm very intolerant and I get fed up with people easily.
Gary Numan -
Every word we speak calls on 37 muscles and thousands of nerves. It's not surprising that sometimes these nerves and muscles fail us.
Kate Forsyth
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Nothing is inevitable until it happens.
A. J. P. Taylor -
I speak for all Malaysians in expressing my admiration for the Queen and the grace, poise and selflessness with which she has carried out her duties during her long reign. She represents the very best of British traits: dignity, resilience and hard work.
Najib Razak -
The evils of tyranny are rarely seen but by him who resists it.
John Hay -
I realize that much will be asked of me, yet I am resolved to accept it as a great and splendid task.
Beatrix of the Netherlands -
When I first made the comeback it was more about getting fit and hopefully inspiring others to lead a better life... for me to achieve what I have achieved over the last two years has been a dream come true.
Geoff Huegill -
Thus grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure; Married in haste, we may repent at leisure.
William Congreve