William Quotes

He was one of life’s great helpers, for he cleaned up foul places and made them sweet.

Wills aren't really strong or weak

The human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants

I might paraphrase Churchill and say: never have I received so much for so little.[Exemplifying humility, upon accepting the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.]

Vanity breeds insanity

All places that the eye of heaven visits are to a wise man ports and happy havens. Teach thy necessity to reason thus

The optimist lives on the peninsula of infinite possibilities

GON. How lush and lusty the grass looks! how green!ANT. The ground indeed is tawny.SEB. With an eye of green in 't.ANT. He misses not much.SEB. No

No one has something original or important to say will willing we run the risk of being misunderstood

But on the question of who you're writing for, don't be eager to please.

Writers will often find themselves steering by stars that are disturbingly in motion.

We are not the policy department, except for those of us who are, " Jackaby revised.

When he went to go get groceries, though, he asked Mercer to come. 'There's no one I'd rather get stuck in a snowdrift and freeze to death with, ' William said.

The framers of the constitution knew human nature as well as we do. They too had lived in dangerous days

My thoughts are whirled like a potter's wheel

This is how social change ultimately happens: enlightened values do not change behavior

Tessa touched his wrist lightly with her hand. "Be brave, " she said. "It's not a duck, is it?

My hands are of your colour

William Shakespeare: You will never age for me, nor fade, nor die.

When she straightened, he leaned back in the chair, his eyelids heavy. “My God, woman, you know how to make a man melt.

You are charismatic. Men are drawn to you. I am drawn to you. And by your size, let alone your skill with weapons, they will be in awe of you.

He opened his eyes to half-cast. With a low rumble he lifted her onto his hips. "Take me to heaven, lassie. For no one but ye can cool the fire thrumming in my blood.

To be depressed or neurotic is passive. It has happened to all of us

Mr Lysander Rief looks like someone who is far more at ease occupying the cold security of the dark

I must be overtired', Buttercup managed. 'The excitement and all.''Rest then', her mother cautioned. 'Terrible things can happen when you're overtired. I was overtired the night your father proposed.

I’ve watched you for a very long time now. And in this time, I’ve come to discover just as I first suspected. We are perfect for one another.

Some are born mad, some achieve madness, and some have madness thrust upon 'em.

Wisdom and goodness to the vile seem vile

The philosopher seeks a generality beyond the boundaries of science

He [Alexander von Humboldt] was to science what Shakespeare was to the drama.

A bird without wings and a man without art are both condemned to wander in low places

A big city is a big ocean

Thy youngest daughter does not love thee least

Perhaps not, " said Will, who had ears like a bat's. "But I would make a radiant bride.

Blake said Milton was a true poet and of the Devil's party without knowing it. I am of the Devil's party and know it.

Men's evil manners live in brass

I realized that I'm a child."William looked point-blank at her chest. "No.

They are but beggars that can count their worth

It were for me To throw my sceptre at the injurious gods

Adversity causes some men to break

I think I know what military fame is

Oh, Gods."His eyes shone with want and predatory satisfaction. "The name's William. It's a common mistake.

In the eleventh century obese English king William the Conqueror took to bed and consumed nothing but alcohol to shed pounds, a practice many of his countrymen seem to continue to this day.

Every student, Shadowhunter and mundane alike, knew the name Herondale. It was Jace’s last name. It was the name of heroes.

I am here

Be yourself and your readers will follow you anywhere.Try to commit an act of writingand they will jump overboard to get away.

Boys are always inarticulate where their deepest feelings are concerned

Necessity is the plea for every infringement on human rights. It is the argument of tyrants

The displacement of water is equal to the something of something.