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I just want to say, good night, sweet prince, may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.

- Harry Dean Stanton

I had a teacher who stressed for me the importance of diction in terms of - I want to be very careful about how I say this - in terms of supporting one`s voice when one is singing. In other words, if you hold on to your words, your voice will pull through for you when you`re singing. So be true to your vowels. Supposing you have to sing (from "The Messiah") "Behold thy king cometh unto thee". If you do a strong "thee", it will help you with the "-hold", which is a much higher note. And it`s the note before the note that matters, then you unpeel a song backwards.

- Julie Andrews

Like Christ said, love thee one another. I learned to do that, and I learned to respect and be appreciative and thankful for what I had.

- James Brown

I never wanted to be an actor as a kid. I wanted to play hockey, like every other kid in Canada. I had a pretty good shot at it until I was 15 and badly injured myself. Then, I was lined up to do this honors degree course in biology, of all things, for no better reason than I got high marks in it. I decided I didn`t want to be removing worms` hearts for the rest of my life in Northern Ontario. I thought I would try acting. So, I went to England to study drama. I got Shakespeared out. I was sick of "thee" and "thou." You spend so much time talking like that you develop a lisp.

- Matt Frewer

God bless thee; and put meekness in thy mind, love, charity, obedience, and true duty!

- William Shakespeare

I pray thee cease thy counsel, Which falls into mine ears as profitless as water in a sieve.

- William Shakespeare

I am not bound to please thee with my answers.

- William Shakespeare

He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself.

- William Shakespeare

Let there be nothing within thee that is not very beautiful and very gentle, and there will be nothing without thee that is not beautiful and softened by the spell of thy presence.

- James Allen

Hip Hop is thee dominant youth culture in the world right now.

- Kurtis Blow

Luan is a good fighter who landed many good shots against me. I want to be thee world champion, not just a United States champion and I proved it tonight by coming to Germany and defeating a game challenger. I always fight from will, not always from skill.

- Lamon Brewster

Drive thy business or it will drive thee.

- Benjamin Franklin

Those who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness; but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with resolution. Employ it, and thou art wise; be wise and thou art happy.

- Akhenaton

Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou.

- Akhenaton

The lips of the wise are as the doors of a cabinet; no sooner are they opened, but treasures are poured out before thee.

- Akhenaton

By the God of thy Father who shall help thee, and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

- John Pearson

Save for thee and thy lessons, man in society would everywhere sink into a sad compound of the fiend and the wild beast; and this fallen world would be as certainly a moral as a natural wilderness.

- Hugh Miller

When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man`s life.

- Marcus Aurelius

How sweet and soothing is this hour of calm! I thank thee, night! for thou has chased away these horrid bodements which, amidst the throng, I could not dissipate; and with the blessing of thy benign and quiet influence now will I to my couch, although to rest is almost wronging such a night as this.

- Lord Byron

Great God of the Ants, thou hast granted victory to thy servants. I appoint thee honorary Colonel.

- Karel Capek

Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadfull, for thou art not so, For, those, whom thou thinkst, thou dost overthrow, die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.

- John Donne

No man is an Island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were; any man`s death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee.

- John Donne

Language most shews a man: Speak, that I may see thee.

- Ben Jonson

Uncertainty! fell demon of our fears! The human soul that can support despair, supports not thee.

- David Mallet

Defer not till tomorrow to be wise, tomorrow`s sun to thee may never rise.

- William Congreve

It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

- Aaron Harang

Control thy passions, lest they take vengeance on thee.

- Abby Oliver

If thee marries for money, thee surely will earn it.

- Abdelaziz Bensmail

Let me advise thee not to talk of thyself as being old. There is something in Mind Cure, after all, and if thee continually talks of thyself as being old, thee may perhaps bring on some of the infirmities of age. At least I would not risk it if I were thee.

- Abe Beachy

Have patience awhile; slanders are not long-lived. Truth is the child of time; erelong she shall appear to vindicate thee.

- Abraham Lehrer

Flowers never emit so sweet and strong a fragrance as before a storm. When a storm approaches thee, be as fragrant as a sweet-smelling flower.

- Abyee Maracigan

Trust thyself only, and another shall not betray thee.

- Adrienne Camfield

O Winter! ruler of the inverted year, . . . I crown thee king of intimate delights, Fireside enjoyments, home-born happiness, And all the comforts that the lowly roof Of undisturb`d Retirement, and the hours Of long uninterrupted evening, know.

- Aghason Anba Paul

O human beauty, what a dream art thou, that we should cast our life and hopes away on thee!

- Al Kersha

There`s not a wind but whispers of thy name; And not a flow`r that grows beneath the moon, But in its hues and fragrance tells a tale Of thee, my love.

- Al Kersha

Most Glorious and eternal Majesty, Thou art righteous and holy in all thou dost to the sons of men, though thou hast suffered men to condemn Thy servant, Thy servant will not condemn Thee.

- Alan Kaufman

Go, lovely rose! Tell her that wastes her time and me That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be.

- Albert Gray

If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.

- Alberto Santos Dumont

Forgive me, Spirit of my spirit, for this, that I have found it easier to read the mystery told in tears and understood Thee better in sorrow than in joy.

- Alex P. Schmid

Absolute truth belongs to Thee alone.

- Alex Thompson

There is no living with thee, nor without thee.

- Alvine Kaboggoza

Thou art not for the earth, nor for the Heaven the world is for thee, thou art not for the world.

- Ambrosia Prudhomme

Become dust - and they will throw thee in the air; Become stone - and they will throw thee on glass.

- Ambrosia Prudhomme

Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.

- Andreu Guarneri

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

- Andrew Ladd

Study what thou art Whereof thou art a part What thou knowest of this art This is really what thou art. All that is without thee also is within.

- Andrew Moffat

Compare not thyself with those that have less than thyself, but look on those that have far exceeded thee.

- Andrew Nielson

Seek not the things that are too hard for thee, neither search the things that are beyond thy strength

- Andrew Wicker

Gracious Bacchus! Accept this empty jar! You will know best, what in pious worship of thee became of all the first

- Andy Gibbons

Be kind, O Bacchus, take this empty pot offered to thee by Xenophon, the sot, Who, giving this, gives all that he has got

- Andy Gibbons