William Watson Quotes
Personally, I do not believe that we shall have greater armaments in the future than we have had in the past. On the contrary, I believe there will be a gradual diminution in this respect.
Quotes to Explore
-
A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
-
All genius is a conquering of chaos and mystery.
-
I find very often people like to confront rumors. It depends on how much they trust you. And you have to have a line between what is tasteful and what isn't.
-
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
-
I crave attention and adventure.
-
I played softball for a few years growing up. Both my brothers played baseball.
-
I am in the infantry for 17 weeks and after that I don't know where I am going.
-
It used to be that watching a film was a very special occasion, the same way flying was. Before, if you took a flight from New York to L.A., most of the windows would be open. Now, we get on planes and we just close them because we're so used to what it feels like. I think the same thing has happened with cinema.
-
You know, when I did 'American Idol' the three times, I tried to tell these kids you have to tell the story of the lyric.
-
I'm really proud that the LGBT community has gotten behind me because, as I said, I am part of the community, so I do as much as I possibly can for our community and for our rights, so it's nice that everyone is supporting me as well.
-
When you try to find funding for a VVA function, it doesn't seem like it's any trouble at all. People come out of the woodwork with their money to help out because we went over and fought a war.
-
Having a place out of the city is a shortcut toward the mental reset I need.
-
We signed up for Showtime, which I think put us on a Homeland Security list somewhere.
-
Poetry seems to sink into us the way prose doesn't. I can still quote verses I learned when I was very young, but I have trouble remembering one line of a novel I just finished reading.
-
There were uncles in my life that definitely knew the street life.
-
I guess I'm a bit of a romantic.
-
I think that the poorest of the poor... look up to wealthy and successful Indians with some degree of respect and pride.
-
I think the concept of polo that people had in the 1920s and the 1930s was much more accurate, when going to a polo match was seen as a great day out and great fun on a more popular level.
-
How Long Is the Coast of Britain?
-
When I went to law school, I went to learn about justice and equal rights.
-
I find above all that the expression, 'atonal music,' is most unfortunate - it is on a par with calling flying 'the art of not falling,' or swimming 'the art of not drowning.'
-
I believe luck is preparation meeting opportunity. If you hadn’t been prepared when the opportunity came along, you wouldn’t have been lucky.
-
It is the duty of every cultured man or woman to read sympathetically the scriptures of the world. If we are to respect others' religions as we would have them respect our own, a friendly study of the world's religions is a sacred duty.
-
Personally, I do not believe that we shall have greater armaments in the future than we have had in the past. On the contrary, I believe there will be a gradual diminution in this respect.
