William Blake Quotes

The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.

William Blake

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: November 28, 1757 - August 12, 1827

Topics

WaterManMindOpinionsNeverLike

Other than fishing and a little bird-hunting, all I do is write.

Jim Harrison

FishingWriteLittleThanOther

The game is not lost - or won - until the last bell goes.

John Curtin

GameLostBellLastGoesUntil

Music is my love.

Melissa Auf der Maur

LoveMusic

Nobody's really unsympathetic, I think. People do good and bad things. If a character's totally unsympathetic, they're not real and I'm not interested. Even the real monsters have to have a spark of something you can relate to.

Matthew Macfadyen

GoodCharacterPeopleThinkSpark

I'm happy that I have a beautiful, wonderful, amazing child who's made me a better person.

Solange Knowles

BeautifulHappyChildAmazingMe

I grew up on misogynist, devil-worshipping heavy metal music, and then it was groups like The Clash and Public Enemy that reminded me that there were a different set of ideas that could be expressed with great music.

Tom Morello

MusicGreatMeIdeasEnemyHeavy

Apart from the fact that any hardy exercise conduces much to the training and formation of a soldier, pig-sticking tends to give a man what is called a 'stalker's eye,' but which, par excellence, is the soldier's eye.

Robert Baden-Powell

ExcellenceManTrainingEyeExercise

When you grow up with parents that are known worldwide and having so much attention from media and all of the tabloid magazines, it's really tough.

Rumer Willis

ParentsToughGrowMediaAttention

Our team at Duolingo is really cohesive, but this did not just happen. I made a concerted effort to hire people who are going to play nice.

Luis von Ahn

EffortPeopleTeamPlayNiceHappen

People transform in some ways, and they remain exactly the same in others. Often, the thing you'd like to change the most about yourself is where you will forever remain stuck.

Lisa Lutz

ChangeYourselfPeopleYouWill

I smashed my tailbone and couldn't sit for five years, and I broke my clavicle because I thought I was a great surfer, and of course, I could be a great snowboarder, too. Man, was I wiped out!

Dick Dale

GreatManThoughtYearsOutSit

Michael Jackson was my friend before he was anything else. I saw him, and I would say, 'Oh my God, I know him...' And I would think, 'I'm so flipping lucky.'

Debbie Rowe

FriendGodThinkKnowSayLucky

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