Famous Quotes & Sayings

Archimedes

The centre of gravity of any parallelogram lies on the straight line joining the middle points of opposite sides.

Ayn Rand

Did it ever occur to you, that there is no conflict of interests among men, neither in business nor in trade nor in their most personal desires if they omit the irrational from their view of the possible and destruction from their view of the practical There is no conflict, and no call for sacrifice, and no man is a threat to the aims of another if men understand that reality is an absolute not to be faked, that lies do not work, that the unearned cannot be had, that the undeserved cannot be given, that the destruction of a value which is, will not bring value to that which isn't.

Bertrand Russell

I conclude that, while it is true that science cannot decide questions of value, that is because they cannot be intellectually decided at all, and lie outside the realm of truth and falsehood. Whatever knowledge is attainable, must be attained by scientific methods; and what science cannot discover, mankind cannot know.

Bertrand Russell

The essence of the liberal outlook lies not in what opinions are held, but in how they are held; instead of being held dogmatically, they are held tentatively, and with a consciousness that new evidence may at any moment lead to their abandonment.

Benito Mussolini

Our future lies to the east and south, in Asia and Africa.

Benito Mussolini

If two irreconcilable elements are struggling with each other, the solution lies in force. There has never been any other solution in history, and there never will be.

Brian K. Vaughan

All writing is the same: It's just making up lies until it starts to sound like the truth. That's what I do.

Brad Barkley

But how he acts, and what he says, and what he does, and who he is, they don't line up anymore, and the lie is in that not lining up, the lie is in not being what she needs but pretending that he is. No one says a word, and she sees it every minute they have together.

Boyd Rice

Similarly, only people as misanthropic as myself can be counted on not to have to lie to others, since we have the unique luxury of not caring what sort of opinions others formulate about us.

Ashton Eaton

To do the best that I possibly could in my world makes me pretty happy.

Azim Premji

The Western world loves liberalisation, provided it doesnt affect them.

Ayn Rand

In this world, either you're virtuous or you enjoy yourself. Not both, lady, not both.

Brian Tracy

There is nobody like him in the world. There is - and always will be - one Jim Rohn.

Benjamin Disraeli

Everything in this world depends upon will.

Cao Cao

I will show you the path to the spirit world.

Bryant H. McGill

We can each immediately liberate ourselves as victims in the world, through solidifying an intent to act.

Bryant H. McGill

The conflicts we have with the outside world are often conflicts we have within ourselves.

Alan Lightman

A world with one month is a world of equality.

Chuck Feeney

There is nothing wrong with a big bet, if a big bet is a good bet.

Albert Finney

You're exactly as big as I let you be.

Russ Meyer

I always had a tremendous interest in big tits.

Tom Welling

I love going to movies. It's just big, it takes you away, you can escape into it.

Thomas Friedman

Big breakthroughs happen when what is suddenly possible meets what is desperately needed

Ron White

I'd rather do a really good small part than a really bad big part.

Shirley MacLaine

It's a big deal for me to say I'm over politics.

Soleil Moon Frye

Catsuits were big for me in the '90s, and I had many of them. Even catsuits with shorts in them.

Markus Zusak

It's not a big thing, but I guess it's true--big things are often just small things that are noticed.