Thou truly art in jest. Art thou not small/Of stature, if thou art a stormtrooper?

-Leia Organa


Ian Doescher

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O help/ Me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, help. Thou art/ Mine only hope.

-Leia Organa
IAN DOESCHER
How art thou out of breath when thou hast breath
To say to me that thou art out of breath?
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Blow, blow, thou winter wind
Thou art not so unkind,
As man's ingratitude.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
My house, my house, though thou art small, thou art to me the Escuriall.
GEORGE HERBERT
Be always displeased at what thou art, if thou desire to attain to what thou art not; for where thou...
FRANCIS QUARLES
Be always displeased at what thou art, if thou desire to attain to what thou art not; for where thou...
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR
Lo, thou, my Love, art fair;
Myself have made thee so;
Yea, thou art fair indeed,
Whe...
WILLIAM BALDWIN
Study what thou art Whereof thou art a part What thou knowest of this art This is really what thou a...
WILLIAM DRUMMOND
Thou art not dead! Thou art the whole Of life that quickens in the sod.
CHARLES HANSON TOWNE
In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it, thou art a fool.
RABBI BEN AZAI
In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.
PHILIP STANHOPE, 4TH EARL OF CHESTERFIELD
Thou art as wise as thou art beautiful.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Seriousness is the very thing wherein consisteth our sincerity. If thou art not serious, thou art no...
RICHARD BAXTER
Thou seest, thou wicked varlet, now, what’s come upon thee: thou art to continue, now, thou varlet...
LORNA SAGE
If thou canst walk on water, thou art no better than a straw. If thou canst fly in the air, thou art...
ANSARI
Death be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadfull, for thou art not so,
Fo...
JOHN DONNE
When thou art at Rome, do as they do at Rome.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof t...
SAINT AUGUSTINE
Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof t...
SAINT AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO
Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof t...
ST. AUGUSTINE
Art thou a man? thy form cries out thou art:
Thy tears are womanish; thy wild acts denote
...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
By the will art thou lost, by the will art thou found, by the will art thou free, captive, and bound...
ANGELUS SILESIUS
Thou art thine art
MARCO D. EVCI
No, thou villain, thou art full of piety
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Laugh, if thou art wise.
MARTIAL
And what art thou, thou idol Ceremony? What kind of god art thou, that suffer'st more Of morta...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Happy art thou, as if every day thou hadst picked up a horseshoe.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
Thou art all the comfort,
The Gods will diet me with.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Thou art not for the earth, nor for the Heaven the world is for thee, thou art not for the world.
MUHAMMAD IQBAL
Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As man's ingratitude: Thy tooth is ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Blow, blow thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As man's ingratitude; Thy tooth is not so keen, ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Thou art God.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN
However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant
MUSLIH-UDDIN SADI
Where 'er thou art be thou (w)holy there.
MURRAY I. MESZAROS
There is not room for Death, / Nor atom that his might could render void: / Thou - Thou art Being an...
EMILY BRONTE
Thou art my glory and the exultation of y heart: thou art my hope and refuge in the day of my troubl...
THOMAS KEMPIS
Blow, blow, thou winter wind! Thou art not so unkind as Man's ingratitude.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Blow, blow, thou winter wind, thou art not so unkind as man's ingratitude.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
BIBLE
London, thou art the flower of cities all!
WILLIAM DUNBAR
Now let it work. Mischief, thou art afoot. Take thou what course thou wilt.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
When thou art quiet and silent, then art thou as God was before nature and creature; thou art that w...
JACOB BOEHME
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with...
BIBLE
For dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
BIBLE
for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return
PHILIP PULLMAN
THOU ART NO THOR!
MARK MILLAR
If thou art willing to suffer no adversity, how wilt thou be the friend of Christ?
THOMAS À KEMPIS
Tekel: Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
BIBLE
If thou rise with an Appetite, thou art sure never to sit down without one.
WILLIAM PENN
Others abide our question. Thou art free. We ask and ask--Thou smilest and art still, Out-top...
MATTHEW ARNOLD
Thou art the Mars of malcontents.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Art thou a friend to Roderick?
SIR WALTER SCOTT
Thou art a very ragged Wart.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Resolve and thou art free.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
Resolve, and thou art free.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
Strength of my heart, I need not fail,
Not mind to fear but to obey,
With such a Leader, w...
AMY CARMICHAEL
Truly thou art damned, like an ill-roasted egg, all on one side.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Rome, Rome, thou art no more As thou hast been! On thy seven hills of yore Thou sat'st a...
MRS. FELICIA D. HEMANS
Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art ra...
JUNIUS
Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art ra...
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
Art thou like me, child of my darkest heart? And dost thou think my untamed thoughts and speak my va...
KAHLIL GIBRAN
Ancient person, for whom I
All the flattering youth defy,
Long be it ere thou grow old,
...
JOHN WILMOT (2ND EARL OF ROCHESTER)
Thou can'st not die. Here thou art more than safe Where every book is thy epitaph.
HENRY VAUGHAN ("THE SILURIST")
Art thou the King of the Jews?
PONTIUS PILATE
. . . for thou art a stiff-necked people. . .
BIBLE
Oh gravity, thou art a heartless bitch.
JIM PARSONS
Thou art to me a delicious torment.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Where thou art, that is home.
EMILY DICKINSON
Whither art thou rushing to destruction?
UNKNOWN
O woman, thou art my imperfection!
PAWAN MISHRA
Sweet Benjamin, since thou art young, and hast not yet the use of tongue, make it thy slave, while t...
JOHN HOSKINS
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves eyes within thy locks: thy ha...
BIBLE
Love me sweet
With all thou art
Feeling, thinking, seeing;
Love me in the Lightest...
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING
Is this a dagger which I see before me,
The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast...
BIBLE
Thou art sure of me:--go, make money
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
There is beautiful you are."
"No," said Marged, between a sigh and a sob.
"Yes," said Owen...
RICHARD LLEWELLYN
Thou art all ice. Thy kindness freezes.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
If thou art a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf
THOMAS FULLER
Dost thou think because thou art virtuous there shall be no more cakes and ale?
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Tell me thy company, and I'll tell thee what thou art.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
Bloody thou art, bloody will be thy end;
Shame serves thy life and doth thy death attend.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
If thou art master to thyself, circumstances shall harm thee little
MARTIN FRAQUHAR TUPPER
O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name;
Or, if thou ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
If thou art called to pass through tribulation; if thou art in perils among false brethren; if thou ...
JOSEPH SMITH JR.
Mist to mist, drops to drops. For water thou art, and unto water shalt thou return.
KAMAND KOJOURI
Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Oh Ignorance Thou art fall'n man's best friend!
WILLIAM WATSON 1
Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible to feelings as to sight?
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Judge not thy neighbor until thou art come into his place
HEBREW PROVERB
Have thine own way, Lord! Have thine own way!
Thou art the Potter and I am the clay.
CHAIM POTOK
Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so. For, thos...
JOHN DONNE
Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so, For those...
JOHN DONNE
Thou art a cat, and a rat, and a coward.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps tho...
CONFUCIUS
Love, thou art absolute sole Lord Of life and death
RICHARD CRASHAW
Love, thou art absolute sole Lord Of life and death
RICHARD CRASHAW
Pain, scorned by yonder gout-ridden wretch, endured by yonder dyspeptic in the midst of his dainties...
SENECA (SENECA THE ELDER)
O, Thou precious Lord Jesus Christ, we do adore Thee with all our hearts. Thou art Lord of all.
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IAN MCDIARMID
Consistency is very important when you're making films.
IAN MCDIARMID
It was a scene I was really looking forward to, and one that I embraced, and when we were filming it...
IAN MCDIARMID
Ultimately, I'm not the most prolific person, but I've been doing this for a long time, and ...
IAN MACKAYE
At every election, my vote goes to the candidate less likely to declare war. You're dropping hug...
IAN MACKAYE
I was into Ted Nugent, I was a Nugent guy. I was a skateboarder listening to Ted Nugent.
IAN MACKAYE
Yeah, if someone's selling downloads and collecting money for our songs I would be unhappy about...
IAN MACKAYE
Basically we just created our own label, but again we just did it to document our own music and crea...
IAN MACKAYE
I consider the guitar a tool for the most part. I do pick up the acoustic now and then, I certainly ...
IAN MACKAYE
I have thousands of tapes, and photos and fliers, letters, posters, artwork - basically everything t...
IAN MACKAYE
I feel completely fortunate to have this outlet for something I don't really feel like I have a ...
IAN MACKAYE
I stand behind all the lyrics I've ever written; I don't have a problem with that.
IAN MACKAYE
What I find interesting as a 40-year-old is the idea of trying to be a part of a pronounced, continu...
IAN MACKAYE
I'm not a religious person, and I'm not too interested in being a part of a religion, but I ...
IAN MACKAYE
I never, ever had it in my mind that I wanted to be in the record industry, because I still contend ...
IAN MACKAYE
I just have work to do; I just do it.
IAN MACKAYE
The first time I ever recorded, which was into my boom-box, I was like, 'Wow, check that out....
IAN MACKAYE
To me, music is no joke and it's not for sale.
IAN MACKAYE
Music is a language and different people who come along are each using that language to do something...
IAN MACKAYE
An unlocked door means that, occasionally, you might get a devil come in, but a locked door means yo...
IAN MACKAYE
What we did ten years ago with the Playstation was a phenomenal success story for the company. That ...
IAN JACKSON
I think PSP is going to be the most successful handheld entertainment device ever. What it will do i...
IAN JACKSON
I think it's going to deliver on the promises we've said it's going to and it is going t...
IAN JACKSON
If we deliver on those promises, we'll have done our job, and we did it with PSOne, and we certa...
IAN JACKSON
I'm sorry if the following sounds combative and excessively personal, but that's my general ...
IAN JACKSON
We're going to create a portable handheld environment, and you should expect the same things you...
IAN JACKSON
The hardest thing is the idea. Ideas come from somewhere but as far as we know they come from nowher...
IAN HUNTER
I think writers, by nature, are more observers instead of participators.
IAN HUNTER
It was a labor of love and they did really well.
IAN HUNTER