Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mark Twain

India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. Our most valuable and most astrictive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only!

Pope Benedict

On this night, when we look toward Bethlehem, let us pray in a special way for the birthplace of our Redeemer and for the men and women who live and suffer there.

Bob Dole

Now we meet in the birthplace of American liberty to renew our social contract. We look to Governor Bush and Secretary Cheney to raise our sights, and to restore honor and civility to our public life.

Joy Harjo

Most people don't know that Congo Square was originally a Muscogee ceremonial ground... in New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz.

Frederic Chopin

Oh, how hard it must be to die anywhere but in ones birthplace.

Brene Brown

Vulnerability is the birthplace of connection and the path to the feeling of worthiness. If it doesn't feel vulnerable, the sharing is probably not constructive.

Doug Peterson

We have already connected with World Gym, Children's Therapy, Flour Garden Bakery, Birthplace at St. Mary's Hospital and others to develop collaborative programs.

Debra Harris

When you go to Nashville, you know that's the home of country music. New York needed to step up to the plate, to say officially that this is the birthplace of hip-hop. The city was sleeping on it. I discovered that younger visitors who loved rap music were eager for more knowledge, for a different kind of tourist experience that would get them out of Times Square.

Al Gore

I would not want to win the presidency by a few votes cast in error or misinterpreted or miscounted, and I don't think Governor Bush does either.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

I think it is very important not to make a big deal out of it, because it is not, ... President Bush is always welcome to California.

Tony Juniper

He is right. The storm should be a warning to President Bush about the consequences of his climate change policies.

Roger Kubarych

Here's an appointment where Bush really can't make a mistake,

Paul Light

I think Bush takes a big hit. He's vulnerable on it, even if it's not totally fair.

Bruce Frank

It happened so quickly it was over before you knew it. I'm not a Bush supporter, but it was fun to watch.

Edmund Daukoru

I think those opinions are sincerely held, and the good thing about the Bush administration is that it's very outspoken. There is no fudging the issues.

Keating Holland

I think that's one of the things that made people start thinking differently about Vice President Bush in early 1988, where they started to see him come out on his own, become his own man, win a few,

Carl Anthony

Laura Bush is not the traditionalist that I think a lot of people thought she was going to be. She has a graduate degree and a very serious lifelong interest in early childhood development.

Newt Gingrich

undermining the core values of civility -- and it's time they were stopped by a society that values free speech enough to protect it.

Marie Sevigne

. . . it seldom happens, I think, that a man has the civility to die when all the world wishes it.

William Shakespeare

The thorny point Of bare distress hath ta'en from me the show Of smooth civility; yet am I inland bred And know some nurture.

Steven Weber

I know it's sappy, but I bet there's a market for civility and niceness out there that, while probably not as titillating as a junkyard scrap between shirtless adversaries, it'd sure be healthier.

Susan Estrich

I work for Fox News as a commentator. I say whatever I want. I'm the blonde on the left, figuratively and literally - the one who's usually smiling because it's T.V., not the Supreme Court or Congress, and I find civility more effective in any event.

Walter Isaacson

I think the McCain and Lieberman talk about the need for civility in public discourse is right at the core of our mission,

Mike Kelly

I think we do what the governor is talking about. I think we're all on the same page.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

I am going to run for governor of the state of California,

Jim McGrath

He did tell his son, the governor of Texas, that he was tired of him getting all the attention.

Margita Thompson

Our of respect for the will of the people, the governor will veto (the bill).

John Sherman Cooper

I must say, to be very honest about it, that I held in my mind during the life of the Commission, that there had been three shots and that a separate shot struck Governor Connally.

Toba Beta

I know there is only one Governor Of Deities.

E. P. Thompson

I know the governor supports the use of most supplements and vitamins that are safe. But there needs to be differentiation between supplements that are harmful and those that aren't.

Bible Bible

And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the governor on this side the river.

Fred Silva

We still have the problem that governors like to do stuff.

Janne Darata

His mother said it would be wonderful to know we were honoring Mike and thinking of him.

Patti Brooks

I think it's just an honor, but I don't know what Herbie would think of it. He didn't like all that. Like having a street named for him in St. Cloud, that wasn't his way.

Curtis Strange

I think it's a wonderful honor and privilege to be called that. But you do it to his face. I ain't doing it.

Danny Costello

I think it's an honor to win this.

Meredith Vieira

I thought about this long and hard, and I am so, so honored to join this family.

Jack Schrader

I think it was a well-deserved honor. He was a two-time player of the week and the only underclassman on the first team.

Patrik Elias

I think that's the ultimate individual honor. If you're lucky enough to stay with one team, that's awesome.

Scott Ross

It is my understanding that the parents did not want the police to become involved so we honored their wishes.

Woody Johnson

I am honored to serve on this committee.

Lord Shaftesbury

Wit is its own remedy. Liberty and commerce bring it to its true standard. The only danger is the laying an embargo. The same thing happens here as in the case of trade: impositions and restrictions reduce it to a low ebb; nothing is so advantageous to it as a free port.

William J. Brennan

The framers knew that liberty is a fragile thing, and so should we.

Woodrow Wilson

The history of liberty is a history of resistance.

William J. Clinton

I can spend your money better than you can.

William J. Clinton

The road to tyranny, we must never forget, begins with the destruction of the truth.

Will Durant

When liberty exceeds intelligence, it begets chaos, which begets dictatorship.

Will Durant

As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.

Will Durant

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

Robert Nozick

Taxation of earnings from labor is on a par with forced labor.

Bob McDonald

He just had that something, that intangible. You don't know who has it, but he had it. To do whatever it took to meet his goal.

Kate Bosworth

I don't really get star-struck, but I do get talent struck. If I meet somebody that I think is just wildly talented and brilliant, that's when I start getting nervous.

Larry Gregory

Having these meetings was more important than taking part on that panel,

Howard Stringer

He's a star. Nobody turns down a meeting with him.

Alison Goldfrapp

I thought what everyone thinks when they first meet Will,

Mike Pincus

The people that were at this meeting had no opinion at all.

George Speight

I think some people are trying to do me over ... and they're going to meet with some very stiff resistance.

Mike Bohn

I'd like the players to have the opportunity to meet him before the game.

Tony Fabrizio

I don't know that the rocky start is as important as what people see at the end of the day. The real rubber meets the road when they see what their expectations were versus what they actually get.

Mike Mower

We've been very public in our support of this.

Russell Baker

Live by publicity, you'll probably die by publicity.

Robert Winston

I do not know of any credible evidence that suggests Dr. Zavos can clone a human being. This seems to be yet another one of his claims to get publicity.

Robert Peel

No minister ever stood, or could stand, against public opinion.

Zachary Quinto

Even the former Attorney General of the United States Eric Holder has come out to say that he believed that [Edward] Snowden performed a public service, and I couldn't agree more.

Gary Peck

If I were the public officials, I would look at this ruling very carefully.

George Bancroft

The public is wiser than the wisest critic.

Mahatma Gandhi

Journalism has a distinct place in familiarizing and expressing public opinion.

Mahatma Gandhi

Creation of effective public opinion depends on the cultivation of true courage, born of truthfulness and nonviolence.

Grace Gealey

I was raised by a single black deaf woman, so I am as independent as they come.

Trace Adkins

You can raise her up a lady but there’s one thing you just can't avoid...

William Mapother

I'm ready for conventions. You know what's interesting, the sort of questions that Lost raises are of a different sort from this movie. In other words, Lost is about figuring out the world of the show, whereas this one seems to raise questions about the world that we know. But I'm happy to entertain both.

Roger Ebert

Ridley Scott's 'Prometheus' is a magnificent science-fiction film, all the more intriguing because it raises questions about the origin of human life and doesn't have the answers.

Larry Harris

If you can raise up and shoot from 15 to 18 feet, you can play in this league,

David Scott

It's really a pretty simple model. Raise the pay.

Scott Porter

I was raised around music.

Paul Loriquet

As soon as he raised his weapon was when the shot was fired.

Greg Hawkins

They say it takes a village to raise a child. Well, it takes a village to put on a triathlon.

Andrew Neff

It corroborates our view of a renewed sense of vigor and competitive spirit at HP.

Marco Caceres

All the sudden, you have these new visions for space exploration, and there's renewed excitement.

P. J. O'Rourke

Hubris is one of the great renewable resources.

Lady Bird Johnson

Every living person and thing responds to beauty. We all thirst for it. We receive strength and renewal by seeing stirring and satisfying sites.

Neil Postman

Certainty abolishes hope, and robs us of renewal.

Patrick Troughton

Life depends on change and renewal.

Nong Duc Manh

As part of our renewal - we need to fight problems, not just wait for them to take place.

Bill Clinton

When we give what we can and give it with joy, we don't just renew the American tradition of giving, we also renew ourselves.

Al Gore

The will to act is a renewable resource.

Bo Ryan

This is all about trying to restore confidence.

Erin McKean

We've been using 'rejuvenate,' meaning to restore youth, to make young again, as a verb for at least 200 years.

Michael Donovan

Everyone who could be restored has been restored.

Isabella Rossellini

disappeared or haven't been restored or rights haven't cleared.

Tom Vilsack

He steals second, and I hereby restore his voting rights.

Kathleen Blanco

We have to restore the state and its people. This is important work you're about.

Abu Bakr

Youth is not restored by the dyeing of your hair.

J. Stoltzfus

This is the secretary of transportation bill, that's what this is.

David Cross

[If Donald Trump does get elected, I will be] probably Secretary Of Reeducation. Or I don't know. I'll probably end up working in the cafeteria.

David Brooks

It's rare in an administration for a secretary of state and a secretary of defense to get along really well.

Philip Reeker

The secretary reiterated what we have said before. We are not seeking to escalate this problem, but we are not going to give in to blackmail.

Michael Bloomberg

Nobody is going to delegate a lot of power to a secretary that they can't control.

Suranne Jones

She worked in one as a secretary when she was 21 or 22,

Hillary Clinton

My work as secretary of state was not influenced by the outside forces.

Hillary Clinton

When I was secretary of state, we actually increased American exports globally 30 percent. We increased them to China 50 percent.

Rod Stewart

I don't have any social life or anything.

Ronald Reagan

A socialist is someone who has read Lenin and Marx. An anti-socialist is someone who understands Lenin and Marx.

Zig Ziglar

A smile is your greatest social asset.

John Updike

The first author I met socially was Joyce Cary.

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

With a Socialist government, there will not be a national surplus whilst there continues to be inequality.

George Ayittey

Socialism is always wrong.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation.

Eric Lefkofsky

To me, no one has fully cracked the code on social recruiting yet.

James Cook

If everyone had to start up their own business, socialism would soon die.