He talked on for ever; and you wished him to talk on for ever.
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He [Coleridge] talked on for ever; and you wished him to talk on for ever.
WILLIAM HAZLITT No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,
WILLIAM HAZLITT She had a hit for every syllable: 'Don't. You. Ever. Talk. To. Me. Like. That. Ever. Again.&...
MISTY MAY-TREANOR Everyone I've ever talked to who has played with Josh Beckett says no one likes him. And that's why....
CORY LIDLE He helped so much with the young guys. He was just easy to talk to and would give you a straight ans...
LARRY ROTHSCHILD Ever since he had been a kid, he had wished and waited, and there had been no change except for the ...
JAMES T. FARRELL If you talk to him for a couple hours, you'll probably know more about them than I ever did.
EVERETT RICE ... the devil doesn't come dressed in a red cape and pointy horns. He comes as everything you've eve...
TUCKER MAX He remembered the troop ship that he went over on. I don't think he ever talked about the troop ship...
PAUL WILSON He who comes up to his own idea of greatness, must always have
had a very low standard of it in his...
WILLIAM HAZLITT We rely on him. I don't think he ever wears out. We try to keep him on the floor as much as possible...
ROCKY PETERSON Don't waste your time to appease people who have already stumbled in you because of what you stand f...
ASSEGID HABTEWOLD This got me thinking - if there are things inside us too tiny to see, might there be things outside ...
RENE DENFELD This is a short book because most books about writing are filled with bullshit. Fiction writers, pre...
STEPHEN KING One commending a Tayler for his dexteritie in his profession,
another standing by ratified his opin...
WILLIAM HAZLITT Never met Levinson. Ever. He directed those American Express spots for us for Seinfeld, and I was of...
PATRICK WARBURTON He was like nothing she’d ever known.
Marcii hoped she would come to know him, for he was all...
ROSS TURNER I love coach Capers. He's the only coach I've ever known, but I like him, especially this season. He...
CHESTER PITTS Keeping what you have is hard like searching for what you've lost.
AULIQ ICE Will you stand up an fight? he wondered bitterly. Or do you intend to remain on your knees for ever?
PAUL STEWART There's no other governor who's done that. There's governors who came and left, but he came and stay...
DONALD BOYLEN I chased him in the woods for over an hour. He fired several shots, none of which ever hit me. We di...
BOB AHRING He asked for that. Since the first one, he wasn't on me for that one, but after that one, they put h...
BON BEAN We talked to Michael, who explained it to us the way he did to AP, ... We will continue to talk with...
JOSH KRULEWITZ He's an experienced and capable warden and well respected by his peers. Everyone I've ever talked to...
STEVEN OWEN Hence, viper thoughts, that coil around my mind, Reality's dark dream!
I turn from you, and li...
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE We don't ever talk about rankings. The biggest thing we talked about was stopping the run.
ANTHONY MCFARLAND We've talked to Michael, who explained the situation to us the way he did to the AP, and we will con...
JOSH KRULEWITZ We've talked to Michael, who explained the situation to us the way he did to the AP, and we will con...
JOSH KRULEWITZ We've talked to Michael, who explained the situation to us the way he did to the AP, and we will con...
JOSH KRULEWITZ Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him...
BIBLE My bosses said, 'He's a mean, old man. He's not going to talk to a kid like you who's just starting ...
ERNIE HARWELL If you have ever wanted to serve god, go on and serve him. Don't wait to be authorized by anybody. H...
BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA No wise man ever wished to be younger.
JONATHAN SWIFT We talked before the game and I wished him good luck, ... It was good to see him out there.
RICKY WILLIAMS It depends on who you talk to. Tunnels are either the greatest thing or the dumbest idea ever.
DON WAGNER Don't you ever, EVER talk that way about television.
DAN CASTELLANETA The world is dictated by our desires rather than our thoughts. The prior puts the latter in motion.
SARAH NOFFKE [Magnus] held on to the boy, newborn in grave dirt and blood, and he wished that he had found him de...
CASSANDRA CLARE I'll say this and I don't want to talk about it anymore. It's interesting to me that for somebody wh...
TOM GLAVINE One said he wondered that leather was not dearer than any other
thing. Being demanded a reason: b...
WILLIAM HAZLITT It'll solidify him in western Pennsylvania. He gets to capitalize on the nostalgia for Pittsburgh an...
LARRY CEISLER I've worked with many executive directors, and Jeff is the best thing that ever happened to United W...
JENNIFER ROSS You and I have a connection that nothing, not on heaven or earth, or even hell, could ever break. If...
CYNTHIA HAND Jake, I saw that you talked to him. What adjective did he use for what he said?
DIANE SAWYER Lesson learned: Don’t ever put a guy up on a pedestal. It’s too easy for him to tip over and fal...
KATE MADISON He's one of the greatest players ever to play college football. He's the most competitive person I'v...
MACK BROWN You cannot go on 'explaining away' for ever: you will find that you have explained explanation itsel...
C.S. LEWIS That's all he ever talked about. He wanted to make sure they were taken care of.
TREMAIN MURPHY Even though you may want to move forward in your life, you may have one foot on the brakes. In order...
MARY MANIN MORRISSEY All Christian worship is a witness of the resurrection of Him who liveth for ever and ever.
Because ...
LYMAN ABBOTT All Christian worship is a witness of the resurrection of Him who liveth for ever and ever. Because...
LYMAN ABBOTT I didn't get to talk to him, I just kept looking at him. Elvis had all this greasy hair and pimples ...
JOHNNY RIVERS They congratulated him on his re-election and wished him well.
MIKE MCCURRY He said that if I ever hurt you, he'd find me and kill me. I told him that if I ever hurt you, I'd w...
CYNDI TEFFT Never forget the importance of history. To know nothing of what happened before you took your place ...
SOURCE UNKNOWN He's for you and wants to help you be the person He created you to be.
CRAIG GROESCHEL The reason I kept up with him is because he was probably one of the best hitters ever to come throug...
DAN UGGLA Tony made it clear to myself and Jim that he wished for the team and organization to carry on. We wi...
BILL POLIAN William Shakespeare has had an impact on the artistic imagination, on language, literature and all t...
PETER SELLEY If you ever think about giving up, remember why you held on for so long.
HAYLEY WILLIAMS They talked about putting him on the punt team -- and he said he wouldn't come to the meetings.
HOWIE LONG The morning was a wretched time of day for him. He feared it and it never brought him any good. On n...
HERMANN HESSE I thought it was a good way for me to say thanks to him, ... He left me every piece of musical gear ...
ALAN YATES Jem told me what Ragnor Fell said about my father,” Will said. “That for my father, there was on...
CASSANDRA CLARE The minute you try to talk business with him he takes the attitude that he is a gentleman and a scho...
RAYMOND CHANDLER He's a good receiver. He talked the talk and he backed it up. All you can do is respect that. A lot ...
CHARLES TILLMAN When I talked to him (on Friday), he was so excited to come down.
ALISHA LONSDALE I'm still waiting for him to ask [on boyfriend Andy Scott-Lee]. We have talked about marriage and it...
MICHELLE HEATON You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.
You could not step twice into the same river; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.
HERACLITUS Do you ever get that feeling where you don't want to talk to anyone anymore? You just want to be lef...
MAHMOUD EL HALLAB He's got a real good feel for the game, and if there's something he needs to work on, you sit there ...
DAVE MCKAY If that blue could stay for ever; if that hole could remain for ever." There was nothing to make him...
JENNIFER NIVEN Crazy isn't being broken or swallowing a dark secret. It's you or me amplified. If you ever told a l...
SUSANNA KAYSEN Ever since the first Princeton match in Hartford and with all the talk about Princeton down here, we...
PAUL ASSAIANTE It changes you for ever, but you are changing for ever anyway.
MARGARET MAHY A man's desire is to find a good woman, that can make him smile, a woman that can understand him and...
LIAH BARE I was just real happy for Dan, ... I watched the induction on TV and he's just the greatest, in my o...
DAN MORGAN The first place I ever performed was at CU Boulder. I went there my freshman year and discovered sta...
NIKKI GLASER If you write great songs with meaning and emotion, they will last for ever because songs are the key...
ELTON JOHN I started on television. I had five years of network television before I ever got up on a stage. The...
ALBERT BROOKS Jane: Mr. Rochester, if ever I did a good deed in my life-if ever I thought a good thought-if ever I...
CHARLOTTE BRONTë If he ever wanted vengeance on me for all I did, he has it now. This is the worst thing he could do ...
ROBIN HOBB He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.
BIBLE I thought it was a good way for me to say thanks to him, ... He left me every piece of musical gear ...
ALAN YATES Some people have compared him walking on the court to Muhammad Ali getting into the ring. He was one...
GREG GONZALES we can't stop here this is bat country.""If we're ever going to get out of here alive, we're going t...
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS Ever since childhood, when I lived within earshot of the Boston and Maine, I have seldom heard a tra...
PAUL THEROUX The generations of men run on in the tide of time, but leave their destined lineaments permanent for...
WILLIAM BLAKE Garth Fundis is a song guy. He is in it for the right reasons; he's about the music. He doesn...
TRISHA YEARWOOD You have to go on, for the kids, We just talk about him all the time, like he's here.
SHARON BOYCE He was just somebody you could talk to and carry on with. He could pick at me and I could pick at hi...
EARL HATCHER That was incredible. He has been focused on this since yesterday afternoon. He knew he had to come t...
GREG MCCLALLEN Truth was the last thing on my mind, and even if there was such a thing, I didn't want it in my hous...
BOB DYLAN This wasn't an easy situation to start with. Nate wished he had been a candidate for the permanent p...
JOE BAKER I'm sure they were disappointed. As you can imagine, the players listened intently. But they all wis...
JAMES DICKEY If I ever lay my hands on you,” he said low and husky, “You’ll want it.
PENELOPE DOUGLAS You can tell Bussie and I rubbed off on him. One thing about the kid, he listens -- and he's got mor...
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WILLIAM HAZLITT The worst old age is that of the mind.
WILLIAM HAZLITT Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.
WILLIAM HAZLITT To a superior race of being the pretensions of mankind to extraordinary sanctity and virtue must see...
WILLIAM HAZLITT I like a friend the better for having faults that one can talk about.
WILLIAM HAZLITT Old friendships are like meats served up repeatedly, cold, comfortless, and distasteful. The stomach...
WILLIAM HAZLITT The most violent friendships soonest wear themselves out.
WILLIAM HAZLITT There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we profess to entertain f...
WILLIAM HAZLITT There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.
WILLIAM HAZLITT There are persons who cannot make friends. Who are they? Those who cannot be friends. It is not the ...
WILLIAM HAZLITT The title of Ultracrepidarian critics has been given to those
persons who find fault with small and...
WILLIAM HAZLITT One said he wondered that leather was not dearer than any other
thing. Being demanded a reason: b...
WILLIAM HAZLITT If we wish to know the force of human genius we should read
Shakespeare. If we wish to see the ins...
WILLIAM HAZLITT One commending a Tayler for his dexteritie in his profession,
another standing by ratified his opin...
WILLIAM HAZLITT I should like to spend the whole of my life in travelling abroad, if I could anywhere borrow another...
WILLIAM HAZLITT He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a very low standard of it in mind
WILLIAM HAZLITT Those only deserve a monument who do not need one
WILLIAM HAZLITT Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them
WILLIAM HAZLITT A person may be indebted for a nose or an eye, for a graceful carriage or a voluble discourse, to a ...
WILLIAM HAZLITT There was a time when we were not: this gives us no concern - why then should it trouble us that a t...
WILLIAM HAZLITT Those who from a constant change and dissipation of outward objects have not a moment's leisure left...
WILLIAM HAZLITT The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are the more leisure we have
WILLIAM HAZLITT One of the pleasantest things in the world is going on a journey; but I like to go by myself. I can ...
WILLIAM HAZLITT Our energy is in proportion to the resistance it meets. We attempt nothing great but from a sense of...
WILLIAM HAZLITT Art must anchor in nature, or it is the sport of every breath of folly.
WILLIAM HAZLITT