William Butler Yeats Birthday Quotes

#1. I tend to write about more than one generation because as a child I had contact with more than one generation; it was normal to be around older people.

Joanne Harris

#2. But at the same time who would ever think, "I'm an unimportant little person, and if I end up just a cog in society's system, gradually worn down until I die, hey - that's okay"?

Haruki Murakami

#3. Youth is a disease from which we must never recover.

J. Williams

#4. From our birthday, until we die, Is but the winking of an eye.

William Butler Yeats

#5. Tempers were as short as the days. "Hungry bellies make angry hearts," as Birdsong liked to say. Tanglewhisker

Erin Hunter

#6. We have reached the time when it is morally right to "shoot the bastards", but it is not yet practical to do so.

Vin Suprynowicz

#7. Reading a text is more like tracing this process of constant flickering than it is like counting the beads on a necklace.

Terry Eagleton

#8. The way to write American music is simple. All you have to do is be an American and then write any kind of music you wish.

Virgil Thomson

#9. President Obama is coming under criticism now for not meeting with his jobs council. He hasn't met with his jobs council in over six months. You know the reason Obama hasn't met with his job council in six months? They're all out looking for jobs.

Jay Leno

#10. Women had always fought for men, and for their children. Now they were ready to fight for their own human rights. Our militant movement was established.

Emmeline Pankhurst