I was so naive I didn't even know about agents. I telephoned the William Morris agency and asked to speak to Mr. Morris. I expected Bill Morris to be waiting for my call. Kirstie Alley American Actress More Kirstie Alley Quotes 0
I thought I'd be a success even back in the mailroom at William Morris. David Geffen American Businessman More David Geffen Quotes 0
From William of Orange to William Pitt the younger there was but one man without whom English history must have taken a different turn, and that was William Pitt the elder. Albert Bushnell Hart American Historian More Albert Bushnell Hart Quotes 0
A lot of poets too live on the margins of social acceptance, they certainly aren't in it for the money. William Blake - only his first book was legitimately published. Jim Jarmusch American Director More Jim Jarmusch Quotes 0
When he died, Emerson was thought of as the representative American writer par excellence, and his point of view was still so potent that William James was honored to be asked to speak at a centenary celebration. Howard Mumford Jones American Writer More Howard Mumford Jones Quotes 0
My bravery however was the effect of assurance for could I have believed the current report, I should have fled as fast as any man, no man can possibly have a greater reluctance to an intimacy with Sir William Howe than my Self. Henry Laurens American Politician More Henry Laurens Quotes 0
With us tonight is William Warfield, who is with us tonight. He is a wonderful man, and so is his wife. Eugene Ormandy American Musician More Eugene Ormandy Quotes 0
With us tonight is William Warfield, who is with us tonight. He is a wonderful man, and so is his wife. Eugene Ormandy American Musician More Eugene Ormandy Quotes 0
An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger. Dan Rather American Journalist More Dan Rather Quotes 0
I just finished writing an essay about William Maxwell, an American writer whose work I admire very much. Donna Tartt American Novelist More Donna Tartt Quotes 0
I would take William H. Macy as a teacher any day of the week. He's incredible. He's got a lot of hard-earned experience. Skeet Ulrich American Actor More Skeet Ulrich Quotes 0
I'm William Wallace, and the rest of you will be spared. Go back to England and tell them... Scotland is free! William Wallace Scottish Revolutionary More William Wallace Quotes 0
The honorable William Penn, late governor of Pennsylvania, was chosen agent to the Court of Britain, and directed to deliver the petition to the King himself and to endeavor by his personal influence to procure a favorable reception to this last address. Mercy Otis Warren American Playwright More Mercy Otis Warren Quotes 0
I had a lot of success from the start. I never really was tested for long periods of time. I got my first professional job while I was a senior in college. I signed with the William Morris Agency before I graduated. Denzel Washington American Actor More Denzel Washington Quotes 0
But guys such as Allen and William are more supportive than most men. Kathy Acker American Activist More Kathy Acker Quotes 0
I'm not only a lawyer, I have a post doctorate degree in federal tax law from William and Mary. I work in serious scholarship and work in the United States federal tax court. My husband and I raised five kids. We've raised 23 foster children. We've applied ourselves to education reform. We started a charter school for at-risk kids. Michele Bachmann American Politician More Michele Bachmann Quotes 0
Allen Ginsberg was a world authority on the writing of William Blake, and had an incredible knowledge of classic literature and world politics. David Amram American Composer More David Amram Quotes 0
My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger. Billy Connolly Scottish Comedian More Billy Connolly Quotes 0
For example I don't work with William Hurt the same way that I will work with Viggo. They're different guys and they work in different ways. So a good sensitive director has his general style and technique and personality that he uses but you don't impose that on the actors. David Cronenberg Canadian Director More David Cronenberg Quotes 0
I subscribe to William Faulkner's' view that history is not just about what we were before but who we are now. Ken Burns American Director More Ken Burns Quotes 0
The mystical poetry of William Blake's artwork also forms the basis for the album cover. Bruce Dickinson English Musician More Bruce Dickinson Quotes 0
William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect. Benjamin Disraeli British Statesman More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes 0
I was aware that everybody said I was going to be a vast mega-flop, and that William Hague was just oh-so intelligent, and oh such a great parliamentarian, and therefore so different from me! So I thought, I must deprive them of the satisfaction of proving themselves right. Harriet Harman British Politician More Harriet Harman Quotes 0
Two more years were to go by before I knew anything about William Blake. Many years later, when his wife died, my godfather gave me the two books as a remembrance. Laurence Housman English Playwright More Laurence Housman Quotes 0
In the early days of his reign, Bismarck confided to a friend that it would some day be necessary for Germany to confine William II in an insane asylum. Kelly Miller American Sociologist More Kelly Miller Quotes 0