Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Shakespeare

Were I the Moor I would not be Iago. In following him I follow but myself; Heaven is my judge, not I for love and duty, But seeming so for my peculiar end. For when my outward action doth demonstrate The native act and figure of my heart In compliment extern, ’tis not long after But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve For daws to peck at. I am not what I am

William Shakespeare

Awake, dear heart, awake. Thou hast slept well. Awake.

William Shakespeare

Why, I can smile and murder whiles I smile, And cry 'content' to that which grieves my heart, And wet my cheeks with artificial tears, And frame my face for all occasions

William Shakespeare

He reads much; He is a great observer and he looks Quite through the deeds of men: he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music; Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort As if he mock'd himself and scorn'd his spirit That could be moved to smile at any thing. Such men as he be never at heart's ease Whiles they behold a greater than themselves, And therefore are they very dangerous.

William Shakespeare

My hands are of your color, but I shame to wear a heart so white.

William Shakespeare

As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, / I must not look to have; but, in their stead, / Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, / Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not" (5.3.25-28).

William Shakespeare

By innocence I swear, and by my youth, I have one heart, one bosom, and one truth, And that no woman has, nor never none Shall mistress be of it save I alone.

William Shakespeare

For this relief much thanks. 'Tis bitter cold, and I am sick at heart.

William Shakespeare

Oh, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope’s ear, Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear. So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows As yonder lady o'er her fellows shows. The measure done, I’ll watch her place of stand, And, touching hers, make blessèd my rude hand. Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.

William Shakespeare

Give me that man that is not passion's slave, and I will wear him in my heart's core, in my heart of heart, as I do thee.

William Shakespeare

Don't judge a man's conscience by looking at his face cause he may have a bad heart.

William Shakespeare

The very instant I saw you, did My heart fly to your service; there resides To make me slave to it. ...mine unworthiness, that dare not offer What I desire to give, and much less take What I shall die to want.

William Shakespeare

What showers arise, blown with the windy tempest of my heart

Pearl Cleage

I'm not one of those playwrights who says, 'Show up, hit your marks, and don't talk to me!' I always want to hear from the other artists involved, whether it's the director, the lighting tech, or the actors.

Beware, all too often we say what we hear others say. We think what we are told that we think. We see what we are permitted to see. Worse, we see what we are told that we see.

Philip Schultz

I not only couldn't read but often couldn't hear or understand what was being said to me - by the time I'd processed the beginning of a sentence, the teacher was well on her way through a second or third.

Piper Laurie

And even then when you take it, you've got to take it with your whole heart.

We will make mistakes. Some of the things we have spoken about will take time, ... We need to hear from you where we make mistakes, and we will try to improve.

We will hear it from him first. Whatever happens, I'm sure we'll hear it from him first.

Linda Martin

When I woke up I could hear kids squealing.

We've played in a lot of loud places. I've heard this place is especially loud, and with this scenario I'm sure it's going to be ear-splitting. But there's always ways to quiet down the crowd, and we want to get to that point. Certainly, we'll have to use every tool at our disposal.

Unfortunately even young people can be struck without warning by a heart attack.

When shooting a mime, don't use a silencer or his friends will hear you.

Marsha Norman

When she called me and I heard her voice, I just went to pieces. The rest of the day, I lost all my strength.

When seniors hear about graffiti, they think it's of the 'Harry Loves Susie' variety on the sidewalk. When they see a lot of graffiti they think it's just a mess. They don't know whether it's gang-related. They don't know what to look for.

There are many of us (volunteers) that put our heart and soul in this organization. These volunteers are precious, and they need to be treated that way.

Franklin Graham

I saw my father preach in Madison Square Garden, and I was a little embarrassed, I think, the first time I heard him preach. That's my father up there, and I kind of slid down in my chair.

Chris Martin

Well, once we finish something, I can't really listen to it because all I hear are problems.

Diane Ackerman

Even without seeing the crickets, grasshoppers, cicadas and katydids, we hear them shrilling in this season and trust that they're the tiny living gargoyles entomologists claim.

Don Johnson

I could hear and feel music going on in me, and I couldn't get it out. You can always depend on a guitar.

Don Cheadle

No, it's not comfortable; I hate watching myself. You don't like when you hear your voice on your voicemail; imagine having to see yourself 30 feet wide and 30 feet big.

Hill Harper

It's heartening when people hear for the first time that their vote really matters.

Hilary Mantel

Writers do not want to think they are less rational than other people, and at the mercy of compulsions, but in their hearts they know they are like those people who are taken for walks by their dogs, towed through hedges and ditches by an untrained sub-human energy.