Famous Quotes & Sayings

Woody Allen

When one chooses to be a writer, psychologically there's a reason for that because you like the isolation and you like to be by yourself and you are by nature timid.

Miguel de Unamuno

Isolation is the worst possible counselor.

Peter Green

Macedonia as a whole tended to remain in isolation from the rest of Greece...

Natalie Imbruglia

Isolation is a big part of songwriting.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Isolation is a blind alley....Nothing on the planet grows except by convergence.

Ralph Steadman

Isolationism is over.

Carlos Fuentes

Love can isolate us from everything around us. But in its absence, we can be filled with the fear that something comparable exists.

Thomas Tsang

We have placed the three into an isolation ward as a precautionary measure.

Desmond Tutu

A person is a person through other persons; you can't be human in isolation; you are human only in relationships.

Shona Robison

I would support a reduction in sickness absence, but the executive must address pressures that force too many people to work too many hours in stressful conditions.

Nick Saban

He's going to have to carry a little more than maybe he's ready for. We're very pleased with his development, but in the absence of Ricky, we're going to lean on him a little more than we would like to.

John Pickett

Today is a one-piece news day, and we'll have several such days ahead as the market focuses on the economy in the absence of any other major indicators until December. I wouldn't put too much emphasis on this rally because this market can still turn on a dime on any negative news. I think we'll be stuck in a trading range until then.

Cynthia Ozick

I think at this moment, in the absence of Bellow, that Roth is the most courageous American writer. There's nothing he's afraid to say.

William Raspberry

It isn't the incompetence of mothers that is at issue, but the absence of half of the adult support needed for families to be most effective.

John Barr

It is not RNZ's policy to comment on individual staffing matters, however media reports relating to Mr Plunket's absence from RNZ have been inaccurate,

Bill Woods

In the absence of timely and accurate data, that makes effective oversight more difficult.

David Trimble

In the absence of those certainties, in the absence of those commitments, we have decided it's premature to form a shadow administration,

Charles Dickens

In the absence of the planet Venus, who has gone on business to the Horse Guards.

Mike Ford

Recently, the news has been filled with big jackpots and winners. Wouldn't you love to be part of the winning?

Ray Brown

They did a great job of scheming. I was surprised at some of the looks we got. They filled (the gaps) a different way with their linebackers that we didn't anticipate. I don't think we did a good job of adjusting.

Haruki Murakami

It's a terrible thing when a person dies, whatever the circumstances. A hole opens up in the world, and we need to pay the proper respects. If we don't, the hole will never be filled in again.

Sam Allardyce

They (Senegal) filled him with pain killers to get him to play and we might have to pay the price.

Paddy Harrington

The year was filled with such wonderful highs and then such terrible lows. It was very difficult.

Mark Harmsen

There will be canyons of people grandstands filled with spectators watching them.

Dennis Smith

A year ago, I think I filled my tanks in the $1.15, ($1.18) range, and this year, we're pushing $2.25 to $2.30.

Rick Miller

A solo show is filled with 100 moments that you try to make better and better.

Bhagavad Gita

Then Arjuna, filled with wonder and his hairs standing on end, bowed his head to the Lord and prayed with folded hands.