William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes

Novels are sweets. All people with healthy literary appetites love them-almost all women; a vast number of clever, hardheaded men.

William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray

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It's hard to give advice. There are so many people, how do you give major advice to a group of people, it's very presumptuous.

Vidal Sassoon
- People
- Advice
- Group
Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honoured.

Isaac Hayes
- People
- Religious
- Beliefs
'Pyrapshere' began as a sketch for a variety show I produced called 'A Pretty Good Show.' My partner, Andersen Gabrych, and I expanded it into a full-fledged faux-religion, including a list of 21 tenets, sacred symbols, testimonials, and even a clothing line. Many people believed it was a real thing and wanted to join.

Maggie Rowe
- People
- Good
- Real
The true Islam has shown me that a blanket indictment of all white people is as wrong as when whites make blanket indictments against blacks.

Malcolm X
- People
- True
- Wrong
If you're having a down time at school and people are bullying you, they don't know you. They don't have the right to have an opinion on you.

Maisie Williams
- People
- Time
- School
Some people like just sitting down and being taken for a ride. That's a beautiful thing that fiction can do. But it's not the only thing. In television and film, people are ready to accept any kind of jump cut, but the slightest disturbance on the page ruffles their feathers.

Zadie Smith
- People
- Beautiful
- Taken