William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write.
Quotes to Explore
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Most of Google's home technologies have failed to catch on in a major way.
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I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.
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Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
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My number one thing is to recycle everything from newspaper to aluminum cans, and I even use a canvas bag instead of the plastic ones when I go to the grocery store.
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History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.
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The three great problems of this century; the degradation of man in the proletariat, the subjection of women through hunger, the atrophy of the child by darkness.
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I was a very physical child... I was a tree-climber; I was a tomboy.
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After a long day, my favorite way to unwind is by going running. Not exactly the most relaxing activity, granted, but I always imagine I'm sweating out all the things weighing on my mind.
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The four walls of paper are like a prison because every idea wants to spring out in all directions - everything is connected with everything else, sometimes more than others.
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The burden for achieving disarmament cannot be borne by peace groups alone. Everybody, regardless of age, income, profession, gender or nationality, has a stake in this quest.
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My reading of philosophy and history is desultory; I know so much and yet so little.
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Creating more and better jobs is how you build a strong economy.
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I have been in America only once since Mr. Clinton became your president - as a speaker at the United Nations.
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Keep in mind that no matter how perfectly you get your life in order, you will never be rid of all your problems. Problems are a way of life, always have been, always will be. But how you elect to view those problems is all up to you.
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If I sit down to write a young-adult novel, then I'm going to write either to the punch-pulling expectation of what I can't do, or I'm going to go the other way and think about what can I sneak in to be 'down with the kids' - which would be excruciating.
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I love action movies.
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To feel valued, to know, even if only once in a while, that you can do a job well is an absolutely marvelous feeling.
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I am fascinated with religion or things that people believe in and question that. I think it's interesting.
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I am putting every effort toward creating my works from morning till night on every single day.
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Misery is a communicable disease.
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To me, it's not the end of the world if I end up not being with someone. I love romance. I love sex. I love men's company, but I don't feel I have to be married. Men are a wonderful part of life, like chocolate. But my life goes on whether they're there or not.
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The history of American women is all about leaving home - crossing oceans and continents, or getting jobs and living on their own.
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I lost the love of all the homosexuals in the world by saying that Princess Diana was trash and got what she deserved. She could have been Queen of England - and she was swanning about Paris with Arabs. What disgraceful behavior. Going about saying she wanted to be the queen of hearts. The vulgarity of it is so overpowering.
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There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write.
