Alfred the Great Quotes

All things have rest: why should we toil alone, We only toil, who are the first of things.

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• I'd say that Spanish football is probably the best I've seen.

  

  Gareth Bale
  • Best
  • Football
  • Say

• I don't really care about gossip. I care about building great businesses.

  

  Tamara Mellon
  • Great
  • Building
  • Gossip

• I had a moment where I was like, 'I'm so tired of waiting for other people to accept me.'

  

  Bebe Rexha
  • People
  • Me
  • Waiting

• I haven't listened to much music lately; I've been out of it.

  

  Adam Jones
  • Music
  • Been
  • Out

• The promotion of family continuity and stability is a legitimate state interest.

  

  Pam Bondi
  • Family
  • Stability
  • Promotion

• I don't think anybody's really been successful with theorizing about value or creating a price theory.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Think
  • Value
  • Successful

• I was a shy gay man at a time when it was illegal to be gay.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Time
  • Man
  • Gay

• Only a mediocre person is always at his best.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • Best
  • Always
  • Person

• I really loved animals when I was little - my friend and I had an imaginary vet's office; we would mime doing surgery on animals. We treated more injuries than illnesses - fixing with a baby bear with a broken leg, removing a tumor. Of course, our surgeries would take about five seconds; that's how good we were.

  

  Hannah Murray
  • Good
  • Friend
  • Baby

• When I wake up every morning, I thank God for the new day.

  

  F. Sionil Jose
  • Up
  • God
  • Day

• I'm not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.

  

  Eddie Van Halen Van Halen
  • Sound
  • Drunk
  • Tongue

• I had always thought of Egypt as a rather secular country. And I think it is, but people are quite observant of the strictures of Ramadan.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • People
  • Country
  • Thought

• Whether you're a Democrat or Republican, I want everyone to know that I'm here. We'll talk; we'll visit.

  

  Vance McAllister
  • Want
  • Know
  • Republican

• I'm not really interested in politics, because I think it's just too removed from my own life. If there's a war, though, or a disaster, I want to know what's happening.

  

  Zhang Ziyi
  • Life
  • War
  • Politics

• Being in love is the best thing in my life.

  

  Olivia Newton-John
  • Life
  • Love
  • Best

• I have lived my whole life with high intensity.

  

  Rafael Nadal
  • Life
  • High
  • Intensity

• For me, photography is not just about exposing film, it's about exposing the viewer to something new, a place they haven't gone before, but most importantly, to people that they might be afraid of.

  

  iO Tillett Wright
  • People
  • Film
  • Photography

• As a designer, I'm not a guy that can be put in a niche.

  

  Olivier Theyskens
  • Guy
  • Designer
  • Niche

• Dissimulation is the refuge of the slave.

  

  C. L. R. James

• Now every person edits the story they tell about themselves, carefully ensuring what the world looks at - whether it's over Instagram, Twitter or Facebook.

  

  Om Malik
  • World

• I'm a huge believer in you don't really need anybody to make you feel validated or make you feel secure. When you go to sleep at night, you're with yourself, and when you wake up, you're with yourself. Be happy, just alone, regardless if you're with somebody or not.

  

  Brittany Snow
  • Up
  • Happy
  • Night

• The blues is nothing but a story... The verses which are sung in the blues is a true story, what people are doing... what they all went through. It's not just a song, see?

  

  David Edwards
  • People
  • True
  • Song

• People may take a job for more money, but they often leave it for more recognition.

  

  Bob Nelson
  • People
  • Money
  • May

• All things have rest: why should we toil alone, We only toil, who are the first of things.

  

  Alfred the Great
  • Alone
  • Rest
  • Toil