English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Laurence Housman Quotes

My best chance is that, in a happy moment, I hit upon St Francis as the subject for a series of plays. Others might have written them better: but, as I have written them, the advantage will probably remain mine.

Laurence Housman

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Sherman Alexie quote: "I wasn't just defending myself. I was defending Indians, black..."
I wasn't just defending myself. I was defending Indians, black people, and buffalo. Sherman Alexie
John Ruskin quote: "Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness."
Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness. John Ruskin
George Harrison quote: "We were the Spice Boys."
We were the Spice Boys. George Harrison
He had just settled in his mind what sort of palace he would have and how many cars and all about his private cinema and where the principal railways would run and what laws he would make against beavers and dams and putting the finishing touches to some schemes for keeping Peter in his place, when the weather changed. C. S. Lewis
Leo Tolstoy quote: "prendre.”‡70"
prendre.”‡70 Leo Tolstoy
The only actor who I think probably might have possibly taken a swing at me if he could have would be Burt Reynolds. He used to call Roger and me the Bruise Brothers, out of Chicago. Gene Siskel
Rodney Dangerfield quote: "My wife wants sex in the back of the car and she wants me to..."
My wife wants sex in the back of the car and she wants me to drive. Rodney Dangerfield
Women say they have sexual thoughts too. They have no idea. It's the difference between shooting a bullet and throwing it. If they knew what we were really thinking, they'd never stop slapping us. Larry Miller
Rowan D. Williams quote: "One of the most powerful defences the media can offer for..."
One of the most powerful defences the media can offer for controversial actions is, of course, public interest. Rowan D. Williams
Morarji Desai quote: "As long as man eats animals how can cruelty to animals be..."
As long as man eats animals how can cruelty to animals be removed. Morarji Desai
Mildred sat quite still, and when she heard Veda drive off she was consumed by a fury so cold that it almost seemed as though she felt nothing at all. It didn't occur to her that she was acting less like a mother than like a lover who had unexpectedly discovered an act of faithlessness, and avenged it. James M. Cain
Jodi Picoult quote: "If you ask me, music is the language of memory"
If you ask me, music is the language of memory Jodi Picoult
Enya quote: "The ocean is a central image. It is the symbolism of a great..."
The ocean is a central image. It is the symbolism of a great journey. Enya
I think most people will tell you that. They can go along and, while they're denying that they are addicted, say it's stress this, it's this, it's that. But I - it's - I think - I really believe there is a gene. Some people become addicted and others don't. Dick Van Dyke
Charles Baudelaire quote: "A frenzied passion for art is a canker that devours everything..."
A frenzied passion for art is a canker that devours everything else. Charles Baudelaire