Famous Quotes & Sayings

Troy Vincent

Life favors those who are prepared

Tullian Tchividjian

Walking with God doesn't lead to God's favor; God's favor leads to walking with God.

Louis Pasteur

La fortuna juega a favor de una mente preparada

Tyson Slocum

It shouldn't be a place where political favors are granted.

Jane Smiley

How will you know a good farmer when you meet him? He will not ask you for any favors.

Michael McGuire

Essentially, he has served about 85 percent of his sentence, which was all he was supposed to serve. He got no special favors or anything like that.

Orson Scott Card

'So if we can we'll kill every last of the buggers, and if they can they'll kill every last one of us. As for me,' said Ender, 'I'm in favor of surviving'.

Alexander Pope

Nor Fame I slight, nor for her favors call; She comes unlooked for, if she comes at all .

Angela Lansbury

All I knew how to do was to act. That's the only thing I had in my favor. That was the thing that propelled me forward.

Albert Einstein

Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be. If one asks the whence derives the authority of fundamental ends, since they cannot be stated and justified merely by reason, one can only answer: they exist in a healthy society

Tom Foley

Joe is a guy who is extremely prepared and extremely positive. He's a guy about relationships and about the team. If a player comes and asks him to sit down and have a few pops, he'll say, 'Let's do it.' He's a teacher who is prepared when he teaches and wants us to be prepared and get it right.

Nick Hornby

Have you got any soul?"" a woman asks the next afternoon. That depends, I feel like saying; some days yes, some days no. A few days ago I was right out; now I've got loads, too much, more than I can handle. I wish I could spread it a bit more evenly, I want to tell her, get a better balance, but I can't seem to get it sorted. I can see she wouldn't be interested in my internal stock control problems though, so I simply point to where I keep the soul I have, right by the exit, just next to the blues.

Roger Ebert

If you have to ask what it symbolizes, it didn't.

Winston Churchill

The question which we must ask ourselves is not whether we like or do not like what is going on, but what we are going to do about it.

Kelly Herndon

If you knew him and knew what kind of guy he is and how he treats his players, you have to go to war for somebody like that. All he asks for is for you to give 110 percent on that field and for you to know what you're doing. If you can't do that, then we've got a problem.

Antonio Davis

I just think what these guys are doing is their best and what the coach asks them to do. I came into a situation where guys are willing to do anything it takes to succeed.

Lofa Tatupu

I know my place as a rookie, ... I'm doing what my role asks of me and nothing more. I'm not trying to force my way into a leadership role. That's just what comes with the territory.

Jeff Whitney

If Jamie asks someone to do something, they will do it because they respect her.

Chad Pennington

I'm proud of the response and I'm not surprised. Robin and I received a lot of support while we were here. People were so generous to us and other players here. Once people find out what it's for, they come through. This is a way to give back to the community. People are interested and want to be a part of helping improve quality of life.

Ruth Collins

Oh, my God, it's terrible. She was very generous and charitable, a very lovely person.

Oriana Fallaci

I must admit that I am not generous with weak people. It's not in my nature or in my personality. My parents were not generous with weak people, see?