William Godwin Quotes

The first duty of man is to take none of the principles of conduct upon trust; to do nothing without a clear and individual conviction that it is right to be done.

William Godwin

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• I've done quite a few things based on real events or real people, and I think that's always really interesting that you can read about them or, if you're lucky, you can meet them.

  

  Sam Heughan
  • People
  • Real
  • Done

• High heels weren't always a girl thing. In the fifteen-hundreds, the riding shoes of French noblemen were fitted with raised heels so that their feet stayed put in the stirrups. Over the next few decades, heels inched higher on dress shoes, particularly among men of privilege.

  

  Patricia Marx
  • Men
  • High
  • Girl

• You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception.

  

  Victor Kiam
  • Men
  • You
  • Serving

• Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that.

  

  Carlos Fuentes
  • Writing
  • Done
  • Nothing

• Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.

  

  B. F. Skinner
  • Society
  • Individual
  • Early

• It is the duty of our men to enroll themselves in the national services. We need all our manpower for defence. For the military and... we need a quarter of a million men.

  

  Eamon de Valera
  • Men
  • Military
  • Duty

• It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.

  

  Harriet Beecher Stowe
  • People
  • Done
  • Strong

• It is absolutely true in war, were other things equal, that numbers, whether men, shells, bombs, etc., would be supreme. Yet it is also absolutely true that other things are never equal and can never be equal.

  

  J. F. C. Fuller
  • Men
  • War
  • True

• I don't know what my label is. I just think of myself as a plain forward. I like to think I have some finesse to my game, but inside the paint is where men are made. If you can't play there, you should be home with your mama.

  

  Karl Malone
  • Men
  • Home
  • Game

• I like to think of my behavior in the sixties as a 'learning experience.' Then again, I like to think of anything stupid I've done as a 'learning experience.' It makes me feel less stupid.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Done
  • Experience
  • Learning

• I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Men
  • Women
  • Love

• I done made music with Makonnen, Frank Ocean. We all make great music.

  

  Quavo Migos
  • Great
  • Music
  • Done

• I haven't done a marathon for a long time. So we'll see. I will need good luck.

  

  Haile Gebrselassie
  • Time
  • Good
  • Long

• When you wait to the last minute, you rush to get things done, and the closer you get to the deadline, the less options you have.

  

  Dan Webster
  • Done
  • Deadline
  • Options

• Bloody Christmas, here again, let us raise a loving cup, peace on earth, goodwill to men, and make them do the washing up.

  

  Wendy Cope
  • Up
  • Men
  • Earth

• To a generation beaten down by skyrocketing unemployment, plunging retirement savings, and mounting home foreclosures, 'Mad Men' offers the schadenfreude-filled message that their predecessors were equally unhappy - and that the bleakness meter in American life has always been set on high.

  

  Adam Cohen
  • Life
  • Men
  • Home

• I'm the only girl out of three children. I have two younger brothers. I've grown up around boys and men my whole life. I get them. I get men.

  

  Tamala Jones
  • Life
  • Up
  • Men

• Fat jokes to me are always, always hilarious, as long as they're done towards yourself.

  

  Zach Galifianakis
  • Long
  • Always
  • Jokes

• I haven't done anything. I'm innocent. It's a conspiracy.

  

  Gary Glitter
  • Done
  • Innocent
  • Conspiracy

• The visa lottery system poses a national security threat. Under the program, each successful applicant is chosen at random and given the status of permanent resident based on pure luck.

  

  Bob Goodlatte
  • Luck
  • Random

• I'm just very keen to have a family and both Catherine and I, you know, are looking forward to having a family in the future.

  

  Prince William
  • Family
  • Future

• We in the FBI have created a malware repository and analysis tool known as the Binary Analysis Characterization and Storage System, or BACSS, which provides near real-time investigative information. BACSS helps us link malware in different jurisdictions and paint a picture of cyber threats worldwide.

  

  James Comey
  • Time
  • Different
  • Real

• The first duty of man is to take none of the principles of conduct upon trust; to do nothing without a clear and individual conviction that it is right to be done.

  

  William Godwin
  • Men
  • Done
  • Individual