English Medieval Quotes

#1. My tastes went all over the place, from Strauss to Mahler. I was never a big Wagner or Tchaikovsky fan. Benjamin Britten, Tallis, all the early English Medieval music, Prokofiev, some Russian composers, mostly the people that were the colorists, the French.

James Horner

#2. They have a lot of trouble with pronunciation, because they can't move their jaw muscles, because of malnutrition caused by wisely refusing to eat English food, much of which was designed and manufactured in medieval times during the reign of King Walter the Mildly Disturbed.

Dave Barry

#3. Gratification comes when you help someone else.

Trenice Carter

#4. People who don't want to do anything that doesn't come to them immediately rarely learn anything worthwhile

Edward Burke

#5. There are a lot of talkers in the world. There are a lot of people who know what's right and what's powerful, yet still aren't producing the results they desire. It's not enough to talk the talk. You've got to walk the talk

Tony Robbins

#6. The phantom-host has faded quite, Splendor and Terror gone
Portent or promise
and gives way To pale, meek Dawn.

Herman Melville

#7. The boys laughed and peered in the direction of the girl with Kitty Wells dyed black hair.

Nancy B. Brewer

#8. He pushed his glasses up on his nose and gave me a sidelong look, the one that meant he was so sure you were wrong that he could just wait and let you find out for yourself the hard way.

Patricia C. Wrede

#9. When everyone believes they are the life coaches, who are the players?

Criss Jami

#10. Money could be found, worked at, saved. But the spirit, when gone, was gone forever.

Caroline Jantz

#11. Sometimes being a nice person is all about knowing when to be an asshole.

John Cheese

#12. I didn't read so much Japanese literature. Because my father was a teacher of Japanese literature, I just wanted to do something else.

Haruki Murakami

#13. I was very priggish as a child. I saved up for a book on medieval English nunneries, for which I was despised by my friends.

Claire Tomalin

#14. I have a master's degree in medieval literature. Wyverns - or firedrakes, if you prefer - were once common in European mythology and legends." "But you . . . you're my accountant," Sarah sputtered. "Do you have any idea how many English majors are accountants?" Vivian asked with raised eyebrows.

Deborah Harkness

#15. What I don't want is to be in the public's face all the time. I know there are people who will do anything and everything to be out there. That's not my agenda. I love doing what I do and doing it for a period of time and then stopping.

Anthony Warlow

#16. His spirit chaunged house and wente ther,
As I cam nevere, I kan nat tellen wher.

Geoffrey Chaucer