William Golding Quotes

Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood.

William Golding

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• Man's idea of God, and a God's collusion, is an essential part of the equation to wage war.

  

  Ralph Steadman
  • God
  • War
  • Man

• As an actress, I think it's important to look back and realize that we aren't always quite as original as we think we are. There's this grand, textured history for us over the last 100 years of incredible writers, directors, and performers.

  

  Natalie Dormer
  • Important
  • History
  • Think

• Any writer worth the name is always getting into one thing or getting out of another thing.

  

  Fannie Hurst
  • Always
  • Name
  • Writer

• Technologically, I live in the 17th century; I don't have a computer, I don't have any of that stuff. I don't look at the Internet, although I know people tell me I'm all over it. Somebody told me they Googled me, and they said I was mentioned two million times, some stupid thing... but who cares?

  

  Iris Apfel
  • People
  • Live
  • Stupid

• If you love a young writer, maybe the best thing you can do is give them a little bit of space.

  

  Zadie Smith
  • Space
  • Best
  • Thing

• Any writer will be happy and good only if they know what they're doing and why they're doing it.

  

  Yann Martel
  • Good
  • Why
  • Happy

• For a long time, I said I didn't want to model. I was a dancer.

  

  Hailey Bieber
  • Time
  • Long
  • Want

• There was no blueprint or how-to manual for fixing a global financial meltdown, an auto crisis, two wars and a great recession, all at the same time.

  

  Rahm Emanuel
  • Time
  • Great
  • Financial

• I love dresses, and I've definitely thought about designing them someday. I just want to make sure that I wait until the time is perfect and I can do it right.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Time
  • Love
  • Perfect

• We may define therapy as a search for value.

  

  Abraham Maslow
  • May
  • Value
  • Search

• Remember that whatever may be said by a lady or her friends, it is not part of conduct of a gallant or generous man to take up arms against a woman.

  

  Sam Houston
  • Up
  • May
  • Friends

• The last paragraph, in which you tell what the story is about, is almost always best left out.

  

  Irwin Shaw
  • You
  • Best
  • Story

• We have the American people properly concerned about the future of our country and the world.

  

  Hamilton Jordan
  • People
  • World
  • Country

• Our first phase was inviting all the women Ambassadors who were here from other countries and trying to get in touch with all the peace centers around the country in order to focus on increasing the volume and activity toward peace.

  

  Eddie Bernice Johnson
  • Women
  • Country
  • Trying

• In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Safety
  • Speed
  • Ice

• I think we need people with stronger ideals than John Kerry or Bill Clinton. I think we need people with more courage and vision.

  

  Octavia E. Butler
  • People
  • Vision
  • Courage

• Revision has its own peculiar pleasures and its own peculiar frustrations. The ground rules are already established; the characters already exist. You don't have to bring the characters to life, but you do have to make them more convincing.

  

  Vikram Seth
  • Life
  • You
  • Rules

• I could play for the worst team if they paid the most... If the last-place team offers $200 million and the first-place team offers $10, I'm going to go for the $200-million no matter what team it was.

  

  Zack Greinke
  • Team
  • Matter
  • Most

• If there is something very slightly wrong in our definition of the theories, then the full mathematical rigor may convert these errors into ridiculous conclusions.

  

  Richard Feynman
  • Ridiculous
  • Conclusion
  • Definitions

• My slogan when I ran was that there is no such thing as government money, there is only taxpayer's money, and that cut pretty deep.

  

  William Weld
  • Money
  • Cutting
  • Ran

• For just a few dollars a dose, vaccines save lives and help reduce poverty. Unlike medical treatment, they provide a lifetime of protection from deadly and debilitating disease. They are safe and effective. They cut healthcare and treatment costs, reduce the number of hospital visits and ensure healthier children, families and communities.

  

  Seth Berkley
  • Children
  • Community
  • Poverty

• Since childhood, I have been painting, for no special reason, numerous dots and nets, drawing from the hallucinations that seem to appear endlessly. I can't explain why if you ask me.

  

  Yayoi Kusama
  • Why
  • Childhood
  • Painting

• What one does in one's art, that is the breath of one's being. What one does in one's life, that is a bagatelle for the outsiders to fuss about.

  

  D. H. Lawrence
  • Life
  • Art

• Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood.

  

  William Golding
  • Cutting
  • Blood
  • Pigs