Lady Gregory Quotes

I don't know in the world why anyone would consent to be a king, and never to be left to himself, but to be worried and wearied and interfered with from dark to daybreak and from morning to the fall of night.

Lady Gregory

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: dramatist
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: March 15, 1852 - May 22, 1932

Topics

MorningKingWorldNightFallDark

When I'm at home I practice everyday.

Jimmy Chamberlin

HomePracticeEveryday

To be honest, I'm a bit of a snob now; give me a Four Seasons anywhere in the world and I'm happy. Also, they've just opened a Ritz-Carlton in County Wicklow, Ireland, which is stunning and has great views.

Joe Elliott

GreatHappyMeWorldSeasonsNow

I was with my dad 20 years ago as he was dying. I was there at the moment of his death, and I kept wondering the whole while what it must feel like from his point of view to still be there thinking, hearing all that was going on as people came and went, and life continued all around him.

Jill McCorkle

LifeMomentDeathPeopleThinking

Everyone, when there's war in the air, learns to live in a new element: falsehood.

Jean Giraudoux

LiveWarNewAirEveryoneElement

People have nannies and big cars, and they want to go to Maui for Christmas. When there are those kind of stakes involved, people get ruthless.

Amy Sherman-Palladino

PeopleGoWantKindChristmasBig

The decline of violence isn't a steady inclined plane from an original state of maximal and universal bloodshed. Technology, ideology, and social and cultural changes periodically throw out new forms of violence for humanity to contend with.

Steven Pinker

TechnologyViolenceHumanityNewOut

Dad's Jewish and Irish, Mom's German and Scotch. I couldn't say I was anything. My last name isn't even Downey. My dad changed his name when he wanted to get into the Army and was underage. My real name is Robert Elias. I feel like I'm still looking for a home in some way.

Robert Downey, Jr.

HomeMomLookingNameFeelArmy

The big producer is going to figure out how to deal with whatever the rules are, but the little guy who is running a few hundred units or maybe feeding 1,500 cattle a year, how will they ever comply with these requirements?

Mike Johanns

YearRulesWillWhateverOutBig

For many characters, the prospect of having a child in their life brings up a lot of issues about their own parents. And who doesn't love that? Bad mommy or daddy issues are a delicious staple in romance novels.

Molly O'Keefe

LifeLoveChildParentsBadRomance

I'm really awkward when people recognize me. I'm not good at it, and for the most part it hadn't happened to me until 'True Blood,' and then, all of a sudden, it started happening all the time.

Lizzy Caplan

GoodTimePeopleMeBloodTrue

When you convince sci-fi fans you've done something cool, you get them in huge numbers.

Dean Devlin

CoolYouNumbersDoneConvinceFans

There are those people who are in your corner no matter what, you can't do any wrong, even when you do wrong. And then there are those people that no matter what you do they are going to dislike you and that's not going to change.

Brett Favre

ChangePeopleYouWrongMatterYour

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