William Herschel Quotes

The undevout astronomer must be mad.

William Herschel

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• Being on 'The Sopranos' definitely prepared me for the militant secrecy of 'Mad Men.'

  

  Cara Buono
  • Men
  • Mad
  • Being

• Journalists always explain that people are mad at them because they tell the truth, which is often unpleasant or uncomfortable to hear. However, they fail in situations where there is more than one truth.

  

  Yair Lapid
  • People
  • Truth
  • Always

• The process of making a movie is what I love. I thrive on that. It's an exciting miracle, a mad adventure. I love being part of it.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Process
  • Adventure
  • Miracle

• I was the big, bossy older sister, full of enthusiasms, mad fantasies, desperate urges to be famous, and anxious to be a saint - a settled sort of saint, not one who might have to suffer or die for her faith.

  

  Maeve Binchy
  • Faith
  • Die
  • Famous

• All my life, people have asked me what I was so mad about. 'Why you so mad?' And I was never mad. I'm not mad, I just look mad.

  

  M. C. Gainey
  • People
  • Life
  • Why

• Stupidity often saves a man from going mad.

  

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • Man
  • Mad
  • Stupidity

• It's where you come from that's the strange, exotic, quirky, mad place.

  

  Irvine Welsh
  • Place
  • Mad
  • Strange

• I'm not an easy customer. My attention to detail could probably drive you mad. My eye still always goes toward the single flaw.

  

  L'Wren Scott
  • Attention
  • Single
  • Eye

• I'm a born athlete. Weight-lifting is in my blood. I used to do the powerlifting thing. I gained a little weight, but I still got it; I'm mad built.

  

  Action Bronson
  • Mad
  • Athlete
  • Blood

• I work like a dog, really. I go over scripts like a mad man and just want to make sure I have my house built, so that I can just kind of go nuts inside of it.

  

  Haley Webb
  • Work
  • House
  • Man

• I never have tantrums. If anything makes me mad, I'm silent. If I'm not talking, leave me alone.

  

  Pat Nixon
  • Me
  • Alone
  • Mad

• I wasn't that bothered with school; I was too mad into horses. But I liked reading and was good enough at English and always liked music.

  

  Kate Thompson
  • Good
  • Music
  • School

• After reading Eminem's autobiography, which I did because I'm so interested in him as an artist, I respect him a lot. Even though he seems angry and mad, he's had to fight so many demons in his life.

  

  Taryn Manning Boomkat
  • Life
  • Respect
  • Reading

• You can draw inspiration from anything. If you're a good storyteller, you can take a dirty look somebody gives you, or if a guy you used to have flirtations with starts dating a new girl, or somebody you're casually talking to says something that makes you so mad - you can create an entire scenario around that.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Guy
  • Inspiration
  • Create

• If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.

  

  Ramakrishna
  • World
  • God
  • Love

• Women have a way of contorting things sometimes. We all have our moods, ups and downs. Or if the guy doesn't say anything when you walk out with a new top and the guy has no idea why you're mad at him. So of course, women are complicated.

  

  Malin Akerman
  • Women
  • Why
  • Guy

• I'm too tired most of the time. Why do I have to take a stand on everything? Sometimes, I'm just not mad at it.

  

  Larry Wilmore
  • Time
  • Why
  • Tired

• Rage only works if it is justified. That's the trick with rage. You gotta have a reason to be mad.

  

  Sam Kinison
  • Reason
  • Mad
  • Rage

• I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!

  

  Paddy Chayefsky
  • Mad

• Proponents of same-sex marriage regularly label opponents 'radical' and 'extremist.' However, given that no society in thousands of years has allowed same-sex marriage, it is, by definition, the proponents of same-sex marriage whose position is radical and extreme.

  

  Dennis Prager
  • Society
  • Marriage
  • Sex

• I was always active, always running and working out. I was a wrestler and ran track and, out of interest, started boxing. It's always been a part of me.

  

  T. J. Thyne
  • Me
  • Working
  • Interest

• You are not dead until you are in that grave, so don't close the book. Don't give up.

  

  Lillete Dubey
  • Up
  • Book

• The undevout astronomer must be mad.

  

  William Herschel
  • Mad
  • Astronomers