William Butler Yeats Quotes

Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing.

William Butler Yeats

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: June 13, 1865 - January 28, 1939

Topics

GrowthHappinessHappyGrowingThing

Most of the people I know who work out seriously do so because they have such an amazing outlook on life. To be who I want to be, I'm going to work out to be more positive, more active. It's proactive.

John Krasinski

LifePositiveWorkPeopleAmazing

If it wasn't for KISS, there would be no Guns N' Roses. Bands like that made Guns N' Roses. We were five guys with five personalities and five different influences. The stars were aligned for us.

Steven Adler

StarsKissRosesGunsUsDifferent

If you can find interesting ways to be clear, you're really onto something.

Steven Soderbergh

InterestingYouFindSomethingClear

Gates is the ultimate programming machine. He believes everything can be defined, examined, reduced to essentials, and rearranged into a logical sequence that will achieve a particular goal.

Stewart Alsop

TechnologyGoalAchieveProgramming

Taking joy in living is a woman's best cosmetic.

Rosalind Russell

BeautyBestWomanJoyLivingTaking

We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.

Denis Diderot

MoreVicesCatchVirtuesFarThan

Finding original source material is not easy, but when something special like 'Edge of Tomorrow' comes along, everybody recognized it. I wasn't swimming against the stream. Warner Brothers immediately supported it, Tom Cruise signed on instantly; Emily Blunt, who was our first choice, signed on immediately.

Doug Liman

TomorrowSwimmingFindingChoice

I was invited to a dinner party by an ex, and I was convinced that he wanted to rekindle our relationship. I prohibited my friends from coming with me because I didn't want to make it awkward for them when he professed his love to me.

Chrissie Fit

LoveRelationshipMeDinnerFriends

Painting, I think it's like jazz.

Brian Eno

PaintingThinkJazzLikeI Think

The point of a philosophical spirit is to rely primarily upon one's own thinking.

Brendan Myers

ThinkingSpiritPointOwnRely

If you've never stepped in a wrestling ring, and you're with me, we can still have an excellent wrestling match, because that's how good I believe I am.

Bobby Lashley

GoodI AmMeBelieveYouRing

I like debating policy. I never once attacked personally Secretary Clinton. I have found that when I have attacked people personally, that's been a stupid mistake on my part. And so whoever I have attacked personally, I apologize for.

Anthony Scaramucci

MistakePeopleStupidNeverPolicy

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