Watch out he's winding the watch of his wit, by and by it will strike.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE He's winding up the watch of his wit. By and by it will strike.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE He is a heavy eater of beef. Methinks it doth harm to his wit.
Wm Shakespeare in Twelfth Night.
WM SHAKESPEARE Dramatic fiction - William Shakespeare made his biggest mark writing dramatic love stories.
NICHOLAS SPARKS William H. Rehnquist is by nature quiet and humble. His legacy is that he has shown us how to disagr...
DOUGLAS KMIEC William Shakespeare: You will never age for me, nor fade, nor die.
MARC NORMAN A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599
JAMES SHAPIRO The sweetest honey is loathsome in its own deliciousness. And in the taste destroys the appetite. Th...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE His wit invites you by his looks to come,
But when you knock, it never is at home.
WILLIAM COWPER Heavy is the head that wears the crown
William Shakespeare
CHARMAINE J. FORDE He that tries to recommend (Shakespeare) by select quotations, will succeed like the pedant in "Hier...
SAMUEL JOHNSON I heard that if you locked William Shakespeare in a room with a typewriter for long enough, he'd eve...
WILLIAM SAROYAN The great William Shakespeare said, "What's in a name?" He also said, "Call me Billy one more time a...
CUTHBERT SOUP Watch the turtle. He only moves forward by sticking his neck out.
LOU GERSTNER Watch the turtle. He only moves forward by sticking his neck out.
LOUIS V. GERSTNER, JR. William Shakespeare: 'Close up this din of hateful decay, decomposition of your witches' plot! You t...
GARETH ROBERTS Wit. The salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.
AMBROSE BIERCE Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.
AMBROSE BIERCE To move is to stir, and to be valiant is to stand; therefore, if tou art mov'd, thou runst away. (To...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE He is genial, warm, welcoming, not quick to take umbrage or disagree. He will be very effective by w...
DOUGLAS W. KMIEC If he is convicted, Dr. Kevorkian says he will die a martyr's death by going on a hunger strike.
BILL DEDMAN O wonderful, wonderful, and most wonderful wonderful! And yet again wonderful, and after that, out o...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Pain Is Caused By Pleasure
SULLY ERNA A man is known by the books he reads, by the company he keeps, by the praise he gives, by his dress,...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON A man is known by the books he reads, by the company he keeps, by the praise he gives, by his dress,...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON He was not of an age, but fo...
BEN JONSON All rising to great place is by winding stair.
FRANCIS BACON Wrong?
So you are saying, I'm wrong okay then... It's not possible every time to be right, one ...
DEYTH BANGER Man's mind is a watch that needs winding daily
WELSH PROVERB Each of us literally chooses, by his way of attending to things, what sort of universe he shall appe...
WILLIAM JAMES William Shakespeare: My muse, as always, is Aphrodite.
Philip Henslowe: Aphrodite Baggett, who ...
MARC NORMAN All rising to great place is by a winding stair.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS Commemoration of William Augustus Muhlenberg of New York, Priest, 1877 To put it shortly, the Chu...
WILLIAM TEMPLE Poetry should surprise by a fine excess and not by singularity --it should strike the reader as a wo...
JOHN KEATS Poetry should surprise by a fine excess and not by singularity, it should strike the reader as a wor...
JOHN KEATS Poetry should surprise by a fine excess and not by singularity -it should strike the reader as a wor...
JOHN KEATS I hate ingratitude more in a man
than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
or any taint...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE There is no greater mistake in life than seeing things or hearing them at the wrong time. Shakespear...
AGATHA CHRISTIE One of a parent’s most important tasks is teaching their children how to communicate effectively a...
BY FAMOUS Every day may not be good, but there is something good in every day.
BY ALEFLETCHER I am a close friend of Robert Loggia. And I just love how, with actors, there's the screen perso...
LUANNE RICE He made us feel we were present at a feast of wit, fed by his good sense, and thrilled to be, for th...
BEVERLY FRANKEL FIELDS Poetry should please by a fine excess and not by singularity. It should strike the reader as a wordi...
JOHN KEATS Commemoration of William Augustus Muhlenberg of New York, Priest, 1877 Nobody seriously believes t...
JOHN CALVIN The 'Robben Island Bible' has arrived at the British Museum. It's a garish thing, its co...
DANIEL HANNAN All rising to a great place is by a winding stair
FRANCIS BACON SR. Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to...
THOMAS JEFFERSON I always judge a man by his shoes and his watch.
TAMER HASSAN To stand on the
brink of what is coming, feeling eager, optimistic anticipation—with no feeli...
ASK AND IT IS GIVEN what ho, apothecary!
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Well, in that hit you miss. She'll not be hit
With Cupid's arrow. She hath Dian's wit,
And...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favor.
HENRY FIELDING He who is not aware of his ignorance will only be misled by his knowledge.
RICHARD WHATLEY Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES Feast of Luke the Evangelist He is my Altar, I His holy place; I am His guest, and He my living foo...
FRANCIS QUARLES Poets by Death are conquer'd but the wit
Of poets triumphs over it.
ABRAHAM COWLEY We live aware of God moment by moment. He is not part of our lives; He is our life.
CRAIG GROESCHEL He uses his folly like a stalking-horse, and under the presentation of that he shoots his wit.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Shakespeare very rarely makes the least attempt to surprise by his catastrophes. They are felt to be...
ANDREW COYLE BRADLEY I thought I'd begin by reading a sonnet by Shakespeare, but then I thought, why should I? He never r...
SPIKE MILLIGAN The traveler that resolutely follows a rough and winding path will sooner reach the end of his journ...
SAMUEL JOHNSON By listening to his language of his locality the poet begins to learn his craft. It is his function ...
WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Wit, by itself, is of little account. It becomes a moment only when grounded on wisdom.
MARK TWAIN Her joke of a name aside, her general unprettiness aside, she was, in terms of permanently memorable...
J.D. SALINGER For his religion, it was fit
To match his learning and his wit;
'Twas Presbyterian true blue;
...
SAMUEL BUTLER (1) This goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory, this most excellent canopy, the air,...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Sense is our helmet, wit is but the plume;
The plume exposes, 'tis our helmet saves.
Sense is ...
EDWARD YOUNG "We know who we are, but not what we may be." William Shakespeare
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Man could direct his ways by plain reason, and support his life by tasteless food, but God has given...
SYDNEY SMITH To see him act is like reading Shakespeare by flashes of lightning.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE He means to make his subjects merciful and wise; sorrow and struggle bringeth both. We will, he tell...
ANDREW PETERSON Wit must be foiled by wit: cut a diamond with a diamond.
WILLIAM CONGREVE Wit must be foiled by wit : cut a diamond with a diamond
WILLIAM CONGREVE Those wanting wit affect gravity, and go by the name of solid men.
JOHN DRYDEN I thought I'd begin by reading a poem by Shakespeare, but then I thought, why should I? He never...
SPIKE MILLIGAN Infected minds to their deaf pillows will discharge their secrets.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE So fair and foul a day I have not seen.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Many live by their wits but few by their wit
DR. LAURENCE J. PETER We are the characters in a lucid dream of God, which he is controlling by his will.
DR HITESH C SHETH Nothing is either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
RHONDA BYRNE One of our efforts in doing a lot of Shakespeare is, the more we do it, the more proficient our stud...
JACK CIRILLO Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety."
Antony and Cleopatra (II.ii) ~Wi...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A third...candidate for Shakespearean authorship was Christopher Marlowe. He was the right age (just...
BILL BRYSON Well, the thing that I suppose is closest to my heart is Shakespeare. I really am a nerd about Shake...
TOM HIDDLESTON In the works of JOSEPH DEVLIN The opponent strikes you on your cheek, and you strike him on the heart by your amazing spiritual au...
E. STANLEY JONES I believe that whoever tries to think things through honestly will soon recognize how unworthy and e...
ALBERT EINSTEIN The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.
FRANCIS BACON I wouldn’t put it past you,” Kaldar said. “Or him. Who knows what the hell he might do?”
ILONA ANDREWS A woman knows very well that, though a wit sends her his poems, praises her judgment, solicits her c...
VIRGINIA WOOLF Any discussion of the problems of being funny in America will not make sense unless we substitute th...
FLORENCE KING Any discussion of the problems of being funny in America will not make sense unless we substitute th...
FLORENCE KING He is not affected by the reality of distress touching his heart, but by the showy resemblance of it...
THOMAS PAINE He kept his wit and humor right to the bitter end.
JOANNE CORTESE I'm one of those people that feels that Americans that shouldn't do Shakespeare... The rhyth...
NICOLAS CAGE The fire of literacy is created by the emotional sparks between a child, a book, and the person read...
MEM FOX A man who knows the world will not only make the most of everything he does know, but of many thin...
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