William Godwin Quotes

What is high birth to him to whom high birth has never been the theme of his contemplation? What is a throne to him who has never dreamed of a throne?

William Godwin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: March 3, 1756 - April 7, 1836

Topics

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Some news managers have been slow to grasp that good television news is always substance over form.

Jessica Savitch

GoodSlowTelevisionNewsOverBeen

I see all the red carpet paparazzi stuff and I'm like, 'Really? Do I have to?!' I like to work and I know that's part of the job. But you kind of take it in stride.

Jensen Ackles

WorkJobRedYouKnowKind

As much as I long for a sort of security and consistency sometimes, I do enjoy sort of being busted around. I really don't know what's happening sometimes next week, let alone this year.

Matthew Macfadyen

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Life is fleeting. It is to be enjoyed.

Tori Amos

LifeFleetingEnjoyed

Not a lot of movies have their own feel.

Robert Ben Garant

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I like to think that I can run, but I remember once running up and down through different terrains while on set in Iceland, and I face planted.

Rose Leslie

FaceThinkRememberDownI CanRun

My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961.

Lou Holtz

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Housekeeping ain't no joke.

Louisa May Alcott

JokeHousekeeping

You have safety and soundness as primary purpose of the Federal Reserve, the OCC, and the other agencies which control banking regulation.

Judd Gregg

PurposeSafetyControlYouBanking

I would cry after losses when I was a kid and pout. But I played like that.

Jon Beason

CryKidLossesWouldLikePout

The most important thing to realize is we're not blank slates at birth. We don't start off with nothing in our heads, and then get imprinted entirely by our environment. There's something in our heads on the day we're born, and then we grow up and make choices.

Jonathan Haidt

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Every time I had a book come out, I'm like, 'Is it going to be number one?'

Chelsea Handler

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