William Morris Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I don't think there was a definite day, but it would have been around my mid-20s. I was always interested in the media side of things. When we travelled with England away, or to World Cups, I used to sit with journos while they wrote their copy.
-
'Obvious' is the most dangerous word in mathematics.
-
When I first got back from the war, I said, 'I'm gonna write the Great American Novel about the Vietnam War.' So I sat down and wrote 1,700 pages of sheer psychotherapy drivel. It was first person, and there would be pages about wet socks and cold feet.
-
There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free.
-
Some people ask, 'How do you attract the young and so many different people when your poetry is complicated and different?' I say, 'My accomplishment is that my readers trust me and accept my suggestions for change.'
-
If you seek violence, we will seek to put you in jail.
-
You don't go out and change your gender for a television show, O.K.? It ain't happening. I don't care who you are.
-
I loved London. In the 1970s... it was very exciting, really wild.
-
One cannot be too careful in the selection of adjectives for descriptions. Words or compounds which describe precisely, and which convey exactly the right suggestions to the mind of the reader, are essential.
-
I tell people all the time, 'Don't give up.' We get almost to our blessing, whether you believe spiritually in God or in a good force and an evil force. We get almost to our blessing, and we quit. Don't stop.
-
I find the whole situation of confronting an audience terrifying.
-
My defensiveness in life really helps me as a driver.
-
But once the ants and termites jumped the high barrier that prevents the vast variety of evolving animal groups from becoming fully social, they dominated the world.
-
I had been playing for about a year and a half when the Beach Boys formed. When our folks went to Mexico on business, we would take the food money they had left us and we would rent instruments.
-
People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?
-
Most actors and actresses are performative as people.
-
My journey has been that of a character actor.
-
In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.
-
People will do and think whatever it is they have to in order to survive.
-
I want to be promoted in the urban areas. A lot of African-American people should know more about me.
-
The U.N. brings everybody together. And without it, we can't deal with Ebola or terrorism or climate change. But it's 70 years old. It's tired. It's acquired a lot of bad habits. And often it feels like only new bad habits get added and old bad habits don't get taken away.
-
There's an old saying amongst players in football talking about your general manger and coaches, they speak with a forked tongue.
-
I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.
