Quotes by english authors

The pious pretense that evil does not exist only makes it vague, enormous and menacing. Aleister Crowley

Evil Enormous Pretense Menacing Only Makes Does Exist Pious Vague

Someone asked me what the key to being a good frontman was, and I think having a sense of humor about it is pretty near the top of that list. It's a very strange place to be in, and I don't take that role too seriously. Alex Turner

You can only go forward by making mistakes. Alexander McQueen

You Mistakes Making Mistakes Only Making Go Forward

I want people to be afraid of the women I dress. Alexander McQueen

Women People Dress Afraid Want

True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. Alexander Pope

Art Writing Dance Ease Those Easiest True Move Who Chance

Wit is the lowest form of humor. Alexander Pope

Humor Wit Form Lowest Lowest Form

Order is heaven's first law. Alexander Pope

Law First First Law Heaven Order

If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business. Alexander Pope

Character Man Business Relative Nobody Abuse Like

They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake. Alexander Pope

Marriage Dream Wedlock Courtship Wake

The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture. Alfred Hitchcock

Picture More Successful Villain

What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out. Alfred Hitchcock

Life Drama Bits Out Dull Cut

Such a one do I remember, whom to look at was love. Alfred Lord Tennyson

Love Remember Look Whom

We cannot be kind to each other here for even an hour. We whisper, and hint, and chuckle and grin at our brother's shame; however you take it we men are a little breed. Alfred Lord Tennyson

Sin is too stupid to see beyond itself. Alfred Lord Tennyson

Stupid Too See Sin Beyond Itself

Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern. Alfred North Whitehead

Art Experience Our Recognition Aesthetic Imposing Pattern Enjoyment

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order. Alfred North Whitehead

Art Change Progress Order Preserve

It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious. Alfred North Whitehead

Mind Analysis Obvious Unusual Undertake Very Requires

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows. Alfred North Whitehead

Wisdom Knowledge Shrinks Grows

Liars need to have good memories. Algernon Sidney

Good Memories Liars Need

You can watch a little bit of war from your nice living room - 30 seconds of what's going on in Syria - and when you've had enough, switch over to some celebrity programme. We live our life through screens and images in this way, and we don't know what is real or fake anymore. It doesn't matter. Alison Jackson

Life War You Matter Nice Live Living Enough Seconds Our Way Bit Syria Some Through Had Had Enough Over Know Fake Real Celebrity Going Anymore Screens Little Little Bit Room Your Switch Living Room Watch Images Programme

I don't regret anything. Amy Winehouse

Regret Anything

The dead of midnight is the noon of thought. Anna Letitia Barbauld

Thought Dead Noon Midnight

Now I say that with cruelty and oppression it is everybody's business to interfere when they see it. Anna Sewell

Business Oppression Cruelty Everybody Say See Interfere Now