William Howe Quotes

#1. I propose going up the Delaware, In order to be nearer this place than I should be by taking The course of the Chesapeake which I once intended."1 - William Howe, July 16, 1777

Michael Harris

#2. 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

#3. Stranger! henceforth be warned; and know that pride,
Howe'er disguised in its own majesty,
Is littleness; that he, who feels contempt
For any living thing, hath faculties
Which he has never used; that thought with him
Is in its infancy ...

William Wordsworth

#4. Even if my mother had no qualms of conscience concerning ownership of negroes, her sense of duty carried her far beyond the mere supplying of their physical needs, or requiring that they render faithful service.

John Sergeant Wise

#5. As a civilian, I know nothing about combat, the Marine Corps experience or modern man's struggle adjusting to peace after war. I only know what's been shared with me; confidences I would never betray, nor use as details in a novel.

Tiffany Madison

#6. From the long range point of view, I do not know of anything we can do more important than to make some contribution to the preservation of religion as a vital force in America.

Louis Finkelstein

#7. What you see is what you see. What you know is different

Mutabaruka

#8. I had a jeep made up for Michael, and he would take it on tour, and he would hide behind it, like a curtain.

Rick Dees

#9. No, Freedom has a thousand charms to show
That slaves, howe'er contented, never know.

William Cowper

#10. I feel that I was a useful contributor to society, and that I couldn't be a contributor to society in any other way.

Sinead O'Connor

#11. It was important to me that people know that you can make plays and raise children at the same time - for other mothers, for other parents, for other women considering having children and who want to be working and thinking and contemplating and making things while they're raising children.

Sarah Ruhl

#12. In a digitally connected world a byte of data can boost or bite your brand

Bernard Kelvin Clive

#13. I think we live only through our dreams and our imagination.

Diana Vreeland

#14. When asking about ones age the question asked is how old are you.I would hereby like to advocate rephrasing this as - how young are you?

Amit Abraham

#15. The rebels did more in one night than my whole army would have done in one month.

William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe