William Lyon Phelps Quotes

The happiest people in this world are those who have the most interesting thoughts.

William Lyon Phelps

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: educator
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 2, 1865 - August 21, 1943

Topics

PeopleThoughtsWorldInteresting

Guantanamo allows us to secure dangerous detainees without the risk of escape, while at the same time providing us with valuable intelligence information on how best to proceed in the war against terror and prevent future attacks.

Jim Ryun

FutureTimeBestIntelligenceWar

Anybody who's lived in the ghetto knows that you don't move during the daytime. Here's why: You don't want anyone to know you're leaving, and you don't want anyone knowing where you're going.

Tracy Morgan

YouGhettoKnowWantLeavingWhy

I still enjoy watching films more than making them.

Michael Winterbottom

EnjoyMoreWatchingStillThanThem

Don't paint a nasty picture of your exes. We'll justifiably wonder what made you stay in those heinous situations in the first place.

Liz Vassey

PictureYouWonderPlaceFirstStay

The home is the planet. Unless you're a Martian, you know, we're sharing the planet. And - and the emissions don't stop and CO2 doesn't stop with the border between France, Spain or between Canada and the United States.

Jose Angel Gurria

HomeBorderYouCanadaStopKnow

I don't remember the first stunt I ever did.

Johnny Knoxville

RememberFirstStuntDidEver

Isn't it amazing that we are all made in God's image, and yet there is so much diversity among his people?

Desmond Tutu

GodDiversityPeopleAmazingImage

In this business, you have a hierarchy of stars. Russell Crowe, Tom Hanks - you name 'em, they can play any part they want. Guys like me who are somewhere down in the middle of the pack, that's a different story. I can do things in the theater that I can't do anyplace else.

Brian Dennehy

StarsBusinessMeStoryNameYou

There are a lot of bands using self-abuse as a marketing gimmick.

Bruce Dickinson

MarketingBandsGimmickLotUsing

When you're poor and black in America, you stand a greater chance of going to prison for something you didn't do.

Anthony Ray Hinton

ChanceBlackPrisonStandAmerica

It's kind of hard for you to be doing huge things and still be knowing what's happening on the street level.

ASAP Ferg

DoingYouKindStreetKnowingHard

War is at its best barbarism.

William Tecumseh Sherman

BestWarBarbarism

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