Famous Quotes & Sayings

Calvin Coolidge

We identify the flag with almost everything we hold dear on earth, peace, security, liberty, our family, our friends, our home. . .But when we look at our flag and behold it emblazoned with all our rights we must remember that it is equally a symbol of our duties. Every glory that we associate with it is the result of duty done.

Stephen Jay Gould

Why get excited over this latest episode in the long, sad history of American anti-intellectualism? Let me suggest that, as patriotic Americans, we should cringe in embarrassment that, at the dawn of a new, technological millennium, a jurisdiction in our heartland has opted to suppress one of the greatest triumphs of human discovery.

Alexander Hamilton

Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.

Andrew Jackson

Elevate those guns a little lower.

Richard Marcinko

Shoot first and ask questions not at all

Steve Stivers

You know, capital isnt patriotic. Capital goes to where it needs to go to get a return.

Stanley Milgram

The soldier does not wish to appear a coward, disloyal, or un-American. The situation has been so defined that he can see himself as patriotic, courageous, and manly only through compliance.

Michelle Obama

The fact is, with every friendship you make, and every bond of trust you establish, you are shaping the image of America projected to the rest of the world. That is so important. So when you study abroad, you're actually helping to make America stronger.

Theodore Roosevelt

No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Cast all your cares on God; that anchor holds.

Debby Ryan

Have an anchor so that life doesn't toss you around.

Ray Charles

Women anchor me. They're there when I need them. They're sensitive to me, and I'm sensitive to them. I'm not saying I've loved that many women.

Brandon Sanderson

At times, it seems to me that to be human is to want that which we cannot have. For some, this is power. For me, it is peace.

Augustus

Everyone wants to lead an extraordinary life.

Art Buchwald

A bad liver is to a Frenchman what a nervous breakdown is to an American. Everyone has had one and everyone wants to talk about it.

Brad Pitt

You dont know someone until you know what they want.

Jamie Foxx

Nobody wants to hear R&B. It's sad. If you want to be on the radio you got to stay young.

Cameron Diaz

I don't want to go to work and get into bed with someone else, not even Tom Cruise. It's not like I enjoy it.

Busy Philipps

Nobody wants to see a bejeweled pregnant lady from top to bottom.

Alain de Botton

What is fascinating about marriage is why anyone wants to get married.

Charles Kettering

I expect to spend the rest of my life in the future, so I want to be reasonably sure of what kind of future it's going to be. That is my reason for planning.