William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes

Certain it is that scandal is good brisk talk, whereas praise of one's neighbor is by no means lively hearing. An acquaintance grilled, scored, devilled, and served with mustard and cayenne pepper excites the appetite; whereas a slice of cold friend with currant jelly is but a sickly, unrelishing meat.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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• A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.

  

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• We have made mistakes. In our haste to do all things for all people, we did not foresee the full consequences of our actions. And when the people raised their voices, we didn't hear. But our deafness was only a temporary condition, and not an irreversible condition.

  

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• I spend all my time right now trying to combat music retail and copyright.

  

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• Love shouldn't be about jealousy or anything like that. It should be about commitment and being able to trust that person. If you can't have that from the get-go, there's a problem.

  

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• When Paris has to pee, Paris has to pee!

  

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• Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves.

  

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• I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.

  

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• I like to feel that all my best photographs had strong personal visions and that a photograph that doesn't have a personal vision or doesn't communicate emotion fails.

  

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• I love fast food, but you have to try to eat healthy.

  

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• I learned that five- and-six-year-old kids have already figured out how to be intolerant.

  

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• Whenever you're in a relationship, you have that favorite song that reminds you of when you first got together or when you first kissed, and then every time you hear that song, it reminds you of that person.

  

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• I'm learning slowly to not be as much of a control freak. I can't afford to be all the time, but I'm getting better at communicating. Delegating parts of my vision for other people to execute has made it an easier process for knowing what I want, and what people can handle, and what I should probably save for myself.

  

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• Music is my heart, but I see television and more movies in the next stage of my life.

  

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• It's great fun to play with a really good band.

  

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• I am fascinated by Omega's history. Particularly the First World War stuff, when they made watches for the flying corps, and the NASA side of it.

  

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• I once made love for an hour and fifteen minutes, but it was the night the clocks are set ahead.

  

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• But I have a list of books that I want to read before I die, and whenever I get time to read something that isn't a script, I'll read something from that.

  

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• If you have health care, my plan will lower your premiums. If you don't, you'll be able to get the same kind of coverage that members of Congress give themselves.

  

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• Am I R&B because I'm black? Am I pop because I have a song called 'Milkshake'? Or can I just be who the hell I am? Good Lord, people make it seem like we're doing heart transplants here, but we're just making music!

  

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• Certain it is that scandal is good brisk talk, whereas praise of one's neighbor is by no means lively hearing. An acquaintance grilled, scored, devilled, and served with mustard and cayenne pepper excites the appetite; whereas a slice of cold friend with currant jelly is but a sickly, unrelishing meat.

  

  William Makepeace Thackeray
  • Friends
  • Cold
  • Praise