William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
The wicked are wicked, no doubt, and they go astray and they fall, and they come by their deserts; but who can tell the mischief which the very virtuous do?
Quotes to Explore
-
I don't even own a television. I don't watch network television.
-
Jesus was not denying the legitimacy of biblical law. On the contrary, He was affirming biblical law. We love God first; God commands us to keep His word; therefore, we must enforce the law on ourselves.
-
If something is mine, then I want to keep it.
-
Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.
-
I'm waiting for them to make 'Thundercats'. I would love to be Cheetara.
-
With 'Mad Men,' people who grew up or were living in that time, they love to talk about what it was really like.
-
I like to smile. I smile even when I'm nervous since it calms me down and shows my friendliness.
-
We expect 'Narcos' will be an enormous success throughout everywhere in the world and maybe out-index in Latin America, given the Brazilian star and Brazilian director and heavy Latin American cast and that we shot the show entirely on location in Colombia.
-
My father taught me photography. It was his hobby, and we had a small darkroom in the fruit cellar of our basement. It was the kind of makeshift darkroom that was only dark at night.
-
Music has no subject beyond the combinations of notes we hear, for music speaks not only by means of sounds, it speaks nothing but sound.
-
I'm a holy man minus the holiness.
-
There was no military reason to drop atomic bombs on Japan. They were used as terrorist weapons - killing innocent people to influence other people.
-
It is better that one's customers come to one's shop than to have to look for them abroad.
-
If India has to achieve exponential growth, it would have to be on the back of strong growth in the manufacturing sector.
-
There are far too many people in university in Britain. If you want to make money, be a plumber.
-
I came from Canada, where it's freezing cold for seven months out of the year.
-
My grandfather gave me my first guitar, an old acoustic with palm trees and dancing girls painted on it.
-
While the eyes of the world will be on us let's show everyone that we have a great sense of humour.
-
Rock guitar has been around for decades now, and there are so many strong traditions, and so much of it is just burned into my fingers. So, nine times out of 10, when I pick up the guitar to jam something, it sounds pretty cliche.
-
Look at what goes on in our heads when we think about our family or we think about sex. There are things in there that you'd never really say to anybody. You're even ashamed to think it yourself.
-
Science is to find something unknown, while invention is to make something new out of the known theory.
-
It's funny, I often think about how, if we were all placed in an apocalyptic situation, you'd realize quickly how stupid, petty things just don't matter anymore. Who you love is who you love, and it doesn't matter.
-
Oh, that feels good! I don't know who invented ties and then insisted a man was only properly dressed when he wore one, but if I ever meet him, I'll strangle him with his own invention.
-
The wicked are wicked, no doubt, and they go astray and they fall, and they come by their deserts; but who can tell the mischief which the very virtuous do?
