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My Tribute To William Wallace - Paul Waters offers historical information, photos, and a quick overview of the motion picture Braveheart.
Wallace 700 - Sketches, legends and stories, and biographical information.
MacBraveheart - Focuses mainly on the motion picture Braveheart, starring Mel Gibson, based on the life of William Wallace. Includes a detailed account of the life of Wallace and articles on Scottish history and culture.
Trials Without Justice: William Wallace - Sixteen chapters on the struggle for both the Scottish throne and the nation's independence from Carole D. Bos.
William Wallace: The Truth - Archive of historical details, reviews of books dedicated to the Scot, and links related to the Scottish Wars for Independence.
William Wallace - Memorial plaque located at St Bart's Hospital, Smithfield. Also portrait and photographs, biographical sketch, and interactive visitor comments from Find A Grave.
Sir William Wallace of Ellerslie - Kyn Wai Chung's biography includes a chronology of the Battle at Stirling Bridge with route maps and a bibliography.
Walk for Wallace - David R Ross's walk to London in August 2005, commemorating the route taken by William Wallace, during August 1305 when he was taken to his death.
Not only is there no God, but try finding a plumber on Sunday. -- Woody Allen I know a dead parrot when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now.... This is an ex-parrot. -- John Cleese, Monty Python, British comedy television show I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day. -- Vincent Van Gogh The less their ability, the more their conceit. Ahad HaAm "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world, indeed it is the only thing that ever has." (Margaret Mead, 1901-78) Wallace, William At the bottom no one in life can help anyone else in life; this one experiences over and over in every conflict and every perplexity: that one is alone. That isn't as bad as it may first appear; and Genius is 99 percent perspiration and 1 percent inspiration. -- Thomas Edison Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved. -- D.H. Lawrence Wallace, William "Nietzsche was stupid and abnormal." (Leo Tolstoy, 1828-1910) When looking back, usually I'm more sorry for the things I didn't do than for the things I shouldn't have done. -- Malcolm Forbes "I am interested in anything about revolt, disorder , chaos--especially activity that seems to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom ... Rather than starting inside, I start ou You have it easily in your power to increase the sum total of this world's happiness now. How? By giving a few words of sincere appreciation to someone who is lonely or discouraged. Perhaps you will "Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh." (George Bernard Shaw) Wallace, William But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near. - Andrew Marvell Epperson's law: When a man says it's a silly, childish game, it's probably something his wife can beat him at. I require three things in a man: He must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid. -- Dorothy Parker Wallace, William If it is your time, love will track you down like a cruise missile. -- Lynda Barry "Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past." (George Orwell) I was going to change my shirt, but I changed my mind instead. -- Winnie the Pooh "The most instructive experiences are those of everyday life." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) To love another person is to see the face of God. -- Lyric from Les Miserables Wallace, William "A bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, tells you." (Bert Leston Taylor) Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. -- T.S. Eliot That government is best which governs least. -- Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience, 1849 Wallace, William Love me or hate me, but spare me your indifference. -- Libbie Fudim "The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely." (Napoleon Bonaparte) You can't shake hands with a clenched fist. -- Indira Gandhi I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters. - Frank Lloyd Wright Marriage is like a cage--one sees the birds outside desperate to get in and those inside equally desparate to get out. -- Di Peatlins Wallace, William If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one. -- Mother Teresa "Death solves all problems--no man, no problem." (Josef Stalin) For best results: wash in cold water separately, hang dry and iron with warm iron. For not so good results: drag behind car through puddles, blow-dry on roofrack. -- Laundry instructions on a shirt Wallace, William "Careful?! Was my mother careful when she stabbed me in the heart with a coat hanger while I was still in the womb?" (Trey Parker) Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack. -- Mary Roberts Rhinehart The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are the more leisure we have. -- William Hazlitt UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility. -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1911 Weaseling out of things is good. It's what separates us from the other animals....except weasels. -- Homer Simpson, character from The Simpsons, U.S. animated television show Wallace, William Children are a poor man's riches. -- English proverb A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. -- George Benard Shaw He who has lost honor can lose nothing more. -- Publilius Syrus Wallace, William Marriage is the process of finding out what kind of man your wife would have preferred. "Man is a strange animal. He generally cannot read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it." (Adlai Stevenson) A true gentleman is one who is never unintentionally rude. -- Oscar Wilde "In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) A man can't get rich if he takes proper care of his family. -- Navaho saying Wallace, William All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. - Arthur Schopenhauer "Ideas are far more powerful than guns. We don't allow our enemies to have guns, why should we allow them to have ideas?" (Josef Stalin) Journalism consists largely in saying "Lord Jones died" to people who never knew Lord Jones was alive. -- G. K. Chesterton Wallace, William The best defense is a good offense. -- Anonymous All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher. - Ambrose Bierce Success is just a matter of attitude. -- Darcy E. Gibbons It is not because it is difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult. -- Lucius Anneaus Seneca "Every act of creation is first an act of destruction." (Pablo Picasso) Wallace, William The better part of one's life consists of his friendships. -- Abraham Lincoln Marriage is very much like a violin; after the sweet music is over, the strings are attached. Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess. -- Oscar Wilde Wallace, William There are some things which cannot be learned quickly, and time, which is all we have, must be paid heavily for their acquiring. They are the very simplest things and, because it takes a man's life I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest. -- Alexandre Dumas pere He early on let her know who is the boss. He looked her right in the eye and clearly said, "You're the boss." -- Anonymous Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art. -- Tom Stoppard Such is life. -- Ned Kelly, Last words, before being hung at Old Melbourne Gaol Wallace, William Love, I find, is like singing. Everybody can do enough to satisfy themselves, though it may not impress the neighbors as being very much. -- Zora Neale Hurston When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it. -- E. W. Howe Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -- Philip K. Dick Wallace, William Faith is believing what you know ain't so. -- Mark Twain The course of true love never did run smooth. -- William Shakespeare I'd wipe the machines off the face of the earth again, and end the industrial epoch absolutely, like a black mistake. -- D. H. Lawrence If law school is so hard to get through... how come there are so many lawyers? -- Calvin Trillin All marriages are happy--it's the living together afterward that causes all the problems. Wallace, William Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. - Henry Louis Mencken Marriages are made in heaven and consummated on Earth. -- John Lyly "May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house." (George Carlin) Wallace, William "God is Man's stupidest idea." (Marcel Duchamp, French Dadaist) I never hated a man enough to give him his diamonds back. -- Zsa Zsa Gabor Even overweight cats instinctively know the cardinal rule: when fat, arrange yourself in slim poses. -- John Weitz, American Designer Everything is drive-through. In California, they even have a burial service called Jump-In-The- Box. -- Wil Shriner "In order to preserve your self-respect, it is sometimes necessary to lie and cheat." (Robert Byrne) Wallace, William "I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money." (George I never hated a man enough to give him his diamonds back. -- Zsa Zsa Gabor "Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it." (Colin Powell) Wallace, William We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing. -- Seneca I have been attacked by Rush Limbaugh on the air, an experience somewhat akin to being gummed by a newt. It doesn't actually hurt, but it leaves you with slimy stuff on your ankle. -- Molly Ivins Why did Nature create man? Was it to show that she is big enough to make mistakes, or was it pure ignorance? -- Holbrook Jackson I am become death, shatterer of worlds. -- Robert J. Oppenheimer, citing from the Bhagavadgita, after witnessing the world's first nuclear explosion If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife, then thee. -- Anne Bradstreet Wallace, William All science is concerned with the relationship of cause and effect. Each scientific discovery increases man's ability to predict the consequences of his actions and thus his ability to control futur "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they don't want to hear." (George Orwell) "Failure is not an option!" (Ed Harris, as Gene Kranz, Apollo 13) Wallace, William
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