William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes

Oh, brother wearers of motley, are there not moments when one grows sick of grinning and trembling and the jingling of cap and bells?

William Makepeace Thackeray

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• I was quite nervous about meeting William's father, but he was very, very welcoming, very friendly, it couldn't have gone easier really for me.

  

  Kate Middleton
  • Father
  • Me
  • Friendly

• I am not saying we are categorizing Ellen White in the biblical context of a false prophet.

  

  Walter Martin
  • Context
  • Prophet
  • Biblical

• I've always, especially through old Hollywood musicals, loved just to watch tap dancing; I adore it. I think it's fantastic.

  

  Damien Chazelle
  • Think
  • Loved
  • Old

• I was 12 years old when I had my first job, delivering packages.

  

  Damon Wayans
  • Job
  • First
  • Old

• We have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices.

  

  Abdullah II of Jordan
  • People
  • Hope
  • Humanity

• I'm blonde and tanned and normal-sized! I'm sweet, shy, funny, have a big heart and I'm nice - and I like to eat.

  

  Paris Hilton
  • Heart
  • Funny
  • Nice

• 'Caught' is a novel of forgiveness, and the past and the present - who should be and who shouldn't be forgiven. None of my books are ever just about thrills, or it won't work.

  

  Harlan Coben
  • Work
  • Past
  • Present

• Saying that you are advocating on behalf of small business does not grant a license to spend at will on more and more programs without congressional input, oversight, or statutory authority.

  

  Sam Graves
  • Business
  • Small
  • Saying

• I come home from trying to pretend to know about astronomy and physics all day and turn on 'The Real Housewives'.

  

  Eddie Redmayne
  • Real
  • Trying
  • Home

• I have no pretension that I belong in D.C. I mean, I have to be cautious on how we do our restaurant.

  

  Daniel Boulud
  • Mean
  • Restaurant
  • Belong

• Football is a team sport and not an individual sport. We win as a team, and every individual is better if we are part of the team.

  

  Fernando Torres
  • Team
  • Football
  • Win

• If we do everything right, the best we can do is live out our potential with as little age-related disease and disability as possible.

  

  S. Jay Olshansky
  • Live
  • Age
  • Best

• The important thing is to build up my cardiovascular system, so I have the stamina to do stunts. To me, stepping over the line, taking a chance and succeeding is the ultimate freedom, be it in rock and roll or when executing a really challenging routine.

  

  Wendy O. Williams
  • Up
  • Important
  • Freedom

• I hope that I can continue to champion Dr. Paul's efforts to audit the Fed, protect state's rights, and getting our nation back on track.

  

  Ted Yoho
  • Hope
  • Champion
  • I Can

• I'm not cynical.

  

  Laura Schlessinger
  • Cynical

• Black women's feelings of responsibility for nurturing the children in their own extended family networks have stimulated a more generalized ethic of care where black women feel accountable to all the black community's children.

  

  Patricia Hill Collins
  • Women
  • Children
  • Family

• As an individual, not as the boss of a company, I am very interested in motor racing.

  

  Carlos Ghosn
  • Company
  • Boss
  • Racing

• Human history in essence is the history of ideas.

  

  H. G. Wells
  • History
  • Ideas
  • Human

• I mean, I think I just it added to my excitement to playing today, and just going out there and doing the best I could, and no matter what happened, the end of the day was going to be a good end.

  

  Karrie Webb
  • Good
  • Today
  • Day

• You have to hit the fastball to play in the big leagues.

  

  Ted Williams
  • You
  • Play
  • Big

• We go to the opening arguments or the closing arguments of a case, and we'd see which actor got the big one. I had a seven-page one once which just about killed me, and I thought, 'Oh, I'm going to get fired, that's it, I can't do it.' It was like a one-act play, and I had a few weeks to learn it, luckily. But it's terrifying.

  

  Kelli Williams

• Successful writers are not the ones who write the best sentences. They are the ones who keep writing. They are the ones who discover what is most important and strangest and most pleasurable in themselves, and keep believing in the value of their work, despite the difficulties.

  

  Bonnie Friedman
  • Successful
  • Writers
  • Believing

• I think about being married again, having a home and a wife. No one can ever be married too many times, and maybe if I keep trying I'll get it right one day.

  

  Richard Pryor
  • Home
  • Wife
  • Married

• Oh, brother wearers of motley, are there not moments when one grows sick of grinning and trembling and the jingling of cap and bells?

  

  William Makepeace Thackeray
  • Moments
  • Brother
  • Sick