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Quotes About Henry

The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best hearts.
~ Henry Fielding
Why did Cromwell do it? Did he not twist and overwork the law and man's reasoning beyond imagining to make my marriage to Henry possible?" "You forget he is a butterfly taken up by which ever wind is the strongest." "Yes, and there is only one wind in England," said I bitterly. "Its name is Henry.
~ Robin Maxwell
Naturally, he knew considerable about the Henry gang. The outlaws had been operating for several years, but only of late had exhibited a tendency to shoot first and talk later. This seemed to indicate that at least one of the gang had become a ruthless killer. All
~ Louis L'Amour
For some, the credo sounded blandly vacuous and Henry Adams wisecracked that "Let Us Have Peace" meant only "Leave Me Alone.
~ Ron Chernow
The story was certainly current at court, and in 1535 a Member of Parliament, Sir George Throckmorton, accused Henry to his face of 'meddling' with both Anne's mother and sister Mary. 'Never with the mother,' Henry said.
~ Alison Weir
Henry had arranged for her to go to 'Jericho', a house he leased from St Lawrence's Priory at Blackmore in Essex; it was a house with a poor reputation, where the King maintained a private suite.
~ Alison Weir
War without fire is as worthless as sausages without mustard" Henry V
~ Joe Abercrombie
Hello. My name is Henry. I am a fan. Somewhere in the late 1980s', I got tired of people telling me to get a life. I wrote a book instead
~ Henry Jenkins
There are sorrows that are not painful, but are of the nature of some acids, and give piquancy and flavor to life.
~ Henry Ward Beecher
Here then, as I lay down the pen and proceed to seal up my confession, I bring the life of that unhappy Henry Jekyll to an end.
~ Robert Louis Stevenson
She always was highly strung," pursued Henry, leaning back in the car as it shot past the church. "A tendency to spiritualism and those things, though nothing serious. Musical, literary, artistic, but I should say normal—a very charming girl.
~ E.M. Forster
Illiquid asset purchases are all about capital and encouraging private capital to come in.
~ Henry Paulson
I may be French, but I'm playing for Arsenal.
~ Thierry Henry
I had the Big Horn river explored from Wind River mountain to my place of embarkation.
~ William Henry Ashley
The snow continues with high winds we remain at this camp to day in consequence of the weather.
~ William Henry Ashley
If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
~ Vin Scully
Ri, Anaïs», diz Fred. «Henry diz que adora ouvir-te rir, que tu és a única mulher que possui o sentido da alegria, uma tolerância comedida»
~ Anais Nin
Sunshine is only a restorative—not a stimulus to work. I would write more but I am ashamed to ask for more paper. Love. Henry
~ Anais Nin
There is a side to Henry that is criminal, identifies itself to the criminal. In Cancer there was a total absence of feeling. Today his absence of feeling for France is appalling, inhuman, after ten years of life there. Why? I have sometimes a feeling for even a particular tree in Paris, a sudden tender remembrance of a certain street. Henry nothing.
~ Anais Nin
What you said the other day about the futility of running away was very profound; and very courageous. Listen, Henry, I believe you should talk with Jung. I
~ Anais Nin
Too much mind, though, Henry! I do not like Goethe's complete transference into ideas. I do not like his second metamorphosis. That is not for you. You must, like me, turn it on and off.
~ Anais Nin
Huffy Henry hid the day,Unappeasable Henry sulked.
~ John Berryman
General Fatigue stalked in, & a Major-General, Captain Fatigue, and at the base of all pale Corporal Fatigue, and curious microbes came, came viruses: and the Court conferred on Henry, and conferred on Henry the rare Order of Weak.
~ John Berryman
Henry did not lack for physical courage; his was a moral cowardice.
~ Sharon Kay Penman