William Prynne Quotes

A woman with cut hair is a filthy spectacle, and much like a monsterit being natural and comely to women to nourish their hair, which even God and nature have given them for a covering, a token of subjection, and a natural badge to distinguish them from men.

William Prynne

• Cutting
• Natural
• Covering
• Badges
• Subjection

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• My cares come from a very selfish place 'cause in reality I'm young, and I haven't had the experience to be mature yet.

  

  Vince Staples
  • Experience
  • Reality
  • Selfish

• We have a world minus a whole lot of talent that has stepped out of contention for leadership, only because they don't want to seem too aggressive, too smart, unattractive, or too male.

  

  Abigail Disney
  • World
  • Smart
  • Leadership

• Music is very spiritual, it has the power to bring people together.

  

  Edgar Winter
  • People
  • Music
  • Power

• We convinced him quickly that the possibility of war was absolutely nil and continued our festivity. On the next day we were ordered to take the field.

  

  Manfred von Richthofen
  • War
  • Day
  • Him

• The whites come to applaud a Negro performer just like the colored do. When you've got the respect of white and colored, you can ease a lot of things.

  

  Nat King Cole
  • You
  • Respect
  • White

• The Wild West attracts cowboys. A sheriff is a good thing.

  

  Cameron Winklevoss
  • Good
  • WIld
  • Sheriff

• Robots of the world, you are ordered to exterminate the human race. Do not spare the men. Do not spare the women. Preserve only the factories, railroads, machines, mines, and raw materials. Destroy everything else. Then return to work. Work must not cease.

  

  Karel Capek
  • World
  • Work
  • Men

• Sound is a huge influence on peoples' attention.

  

  Walter Murch
  • Attention
  • Sound
  • Influence

• There are secrets at the heart of every story; there is something that must be uncovered or discovered, both by the reader and by the characters.

  

  Hannah Kent
  • Heart
  • Story
  • Secrets

• A great song can make a terrible singer sound good, but a good singer - you put a great song on top of that, you're really in great shape!

  

  Quincy Jones
  • Good
  • Great
  • Song

• I'm an inventor.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Inventor

• He had discharged his destiny; now, perhaps, he could begin to live.

  

  Arthur C. Clarke
  • Live
  • Destiny

• Children in early adolescence tend to exaggerate or romanticize sexual experiences and that adolescents with disorganized families, such as the complainant, are even more prone to such behavior.

  

  Hillary Clinton
  • Children

• I'm far from a saint.

  

  Clay Guida

• Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart.

  

  Arthur Erickson
  • Great
  • Heart
  • Unique

• My worldview, my philosophy, my attitudes, my relationships, my parenting, my marriage - everything has been transformed by my relationship with Christ.

  

  Lee Strobel
  • Relationship
  • Marriage

• To be a young Irishman in London and go to the theater to see 'Rosemary's Baby'... it scared the crap out of me.

  

  Pierce Brosnan
  • Baby

• I don't want to produce anymore small or independent movies because it's just too hard these days.

  

  John Cusack
  • Small
  • Independent

• I live intimately with my characters before starting a book. I cut out pictures of them for my wall. I do time lines for each major character and a time line for the entire novel: What is going on in the world as my characters struggle with their problems?

  

  Walter Dean Myers
  • Time
  • World
  • Live

• I like Victoria Beckham's fashion sense. In Bollywood, Kangana Ranaut is really out-of-the-box and quirky.

  

  Karishma Tanna
  • Fashion

• When it comes to something like Brexit, I am part of the liberal-media London bubble, and so, to me, voting to leave was madness. My perspective was that it was cutting off your nose to spite your face.

  

  Charlie Brooker
  • Perspective
  • Cutting

• Deryn felt brilliant, rising through the air at the center off everyone's attention, like an acrobat aloft on a swing. She wanted to make a speech: Hey, all you sods, I can fly and you can't! A natural airman, in case you haven't noticed. And in conclusion, I'd like to add that I'm a girl and you can all get stuffed!

  

  Scott Westerfeld
  • Girl
  • Attention
  • Natural

• A woman with cut hair is a filthy spectacle, and much like a monsterit being natural and comely to women to nourish their hair, which even God and nature have given them for a covering, a token of subjection, and a natural badge to distinguish them from men.

  

  William Prynne
  • Cutting
  • Natural
  • Covering