William Manchester Quotes
Japanese naval officers in dress whites are frequent guests at Pearl Harbor's officers' mess and are very polite. They always were. Except, of course, for that little interval there between 1941 and 1945.
Quotes to Explore
-
When I was drafted to Smackdown, I was like, 'Hell yes, I'm going to captain this ship.' Then I was like, 'Oh, wait, you're losing your best friend and travel partner and the person you enjoy having matches with the absolute most.' That's Charlotte. We travel together, and she is my best friend.
-
Verse in itself does not constitute poetry. Verse is only an elegant vestment for a beautiful form. Poetry can express itself in prose, but it does so more perfectly under the grace and majesty of verse. It is poetry of soul that inspires noble sentiments and noble actions as well as noble writings.
-
A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.
-
I do mixed martial arts, mainly kickboxing.
-
Ireland is such a young society. The British were the ruling class up until they left about a hundred years ago, and we've been trying to work out what our class hierarchy is ever since.
-
I don't like to make a big splash anyway.
-
I eat two breakfasts, two lunches, and two dinners throughout the day. It's always eating.
-
I accept challenges, I have always done that in writing.
-
There is no more apartheid in South Africa than in the United States.
-
Only Congress has the authority to adequately and holistically address our broken immigration system.
-
The guy who knows about computers is the last person you want to have creating documentation for people who don't understand computers.
-
Wine, like food, is so emotional. If you think about it, so much of the courting ritual is surrounded by wine and food. There's a built-in romance to wine.
-
No idea is isolated, but is only what it is among all ideas.
-
Whenever I come out with a hit record, they'll say, 'Ah, that's because of R. Kelly. Oh, it's because of Ashanti. Oh, he's lucky.'
-
But I'm very happy to work within tight parameters, and when you know you have an actor for two days, and you have to get that work done in two days, that focuses the mind wonderfully.
-
Knowing who you are is good for one generation only. You haven't the foggiest idea where you stand now or who you are.
-
It is my considered opinion that in the fullness of time history will record the greatness of Michael Collins and it will be recorded at my expense.
-
Even miracles take a little time.
-
I never trust a fighting man who doesn't smoke or drink.
-
Trying to be true to everyone doesn’t mean that you are good; It is complete stupidity
-
Today the United States has the highest prison population in the world, over 2.1 million people. ... We lock people up at a rate that is seven to ten times that of any other democracy.
-
Japanese naval officers in dress whites are frequent guests at Pearl Harbor's officers' mess and are very polite. They always were. Except, of course, for that little interval there between 1941 and 1945.
