William Mathews Quotes
[A]s if it were not the masterful will which subjugates the forces of nature to be the genii of the lamp... that forces a life-thought into a pregnant word or phrase, and sends it ringing through the ages!
Quotes to Explore
-
Scandinavia was awash with Maoism in the '70s. Sweden had Maoist groups with a combined membership and periphery of several thousand members, but it was Norway where Maoism became a genuine popular force and hegemonic in the culture.
-
The yogi should meditate on a firm seat, one that is clean - untainted by dirt or unspiritual vibrations of others. The thought or life force emanating from an individual saturates the objects he uses and his dwelling.
-
My mother had a lot of phobias. She's pregnant with me and she was a very phobic person. So I was born into phobia, basically.
-
If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament.
-
No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
-
Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible - it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could.
-
There's no substitute to actually being in the room and having people in the room feel the force of your audition. It's very hard to beat that.
-
The thrill of terror is passive, masochistic, and implicitly feminine. It is imaginative submission to overwhelming superior force.
-
I've found that doing interviews forces you to face yourself; I'm constantly having to search within myself, to see why I do certain things.
-
I have a kind of remarkable ability to, for want of a better phrase, get what I want. I kind of project. I guess it's called dreaming.
-
Unfortunately, we both lead incredibly hectic lives that force us to spend a majority of our time apart. I will always admire and respect Tiger. He and his beautiful family will always hold a special place in my heart.
-
I really romanticized being pregnant. Then I realized, this is awful!
-
Being pregnant was the healthiest I've ever been in my life. Except for the cupcakes.
-
You must lie upon the daisies and discourse in novel phrases of complicated state of mind. The meaning doesn't matter if it's only idle chatter of a transcendental kind.
-
At midlife, you're pregnant with the best self you can be - someone who has learned enough from both successes and failures to add up to a fine human being.
-
A great designer does not seek acceptance. He challenges popularity, and by the force of his convictions renders popular in the end what the public hates at first sight.
-
Force is all conquering, but it's victories are short lived.
-
We are continually shaped by the forces of coincidence.
-
The most fun in breaking a rule is in knowing what rule you're breaking.
-
I'm a catalyst for change. You can't be an outsider and be successful over 30 years without leaving a certain amount of scar tissue around the place.
-
Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.
-
I think it'll help. There's nowhere else to eat but IHOP.
-
Confronted by outstanding merit, there is no way of saving one's ego except by love.
-
[A]s if it were not the masterful will which subjugates the forces of nature to be the genii of the lamp... that forces a life-thought into a pregnant word or phrase, and sends it ringing through the ages!
