William Congreve Quotes

Come, come, leave business to idlers, and wisdom to fools: they have need of 'em: wit be my faculty, and pleasure my occupation, and let father Time shake his glass.

William Congreve

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: January 24, 1670 - January 19, 1729

Topics

FatherBusinessWisdomTimeFools

Fake fat, fake colours, fake flavours, fake sweeteners: this is poison.

Jillian Michaels

FakeFatPoisonColours

I've lived in Los Angeles for over 70 years.

Jerry Perenchio

Los AngelesOverYearsLivedLos

It was a slow understanding that my kidnappers really are a product of their environment.

Amanda Lindhout

SlowUnderstandingEnvironmentReally

Rudeness makes me very angry.

Stephen Graham

AngryMeRudenessVeryMakes

It is this research into pure painting that is the problem at the present moment. I do not know any painters in Paris who are really searching for this ideal world.

Robert Delaunay

MomentPaintingResearchWorldKnow

Catfish has a nice firm texture and mild flavor.

Tom Douglas

NiceTextureFlavorFirmCatfish

I don't respect phoniness.

Ron Johnson

Respect

A lot of people think the body is just about genetics, but the right approach can change its shape.

Mary Helen Bowers

ChangePeopleThinkBodyGenetics

In a great many stories that deal with time travel, there's usually somebody who knows how time travel works. They lay out the rules.

Diana Gabaldon

GreatTimeTravelRulesTime Travel

There's something so glorious in giving control to the world. I think that's what I'm trying to do in my films - control the world but also let it be chaotic, let there be life.

Derek Cianfrance

LifeControlWorldThinkGiving

Literature, not scripture, sustains the mind and - since there is no other metaphor - also the soul.

Christopher Hitchens

SoulMindLiteratureMetaphorSince

I was doing 'Homeland' and read the first two episodes, and all I wanted was episode three to know what would happen next.

Art Malik

DoingKnowThreeFirstTwoHappen

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