Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jeffrey Herman

He had a reign of terror for three decades.

R. C. Sproul

God does not rule by the consent of His subjects but by His sovereign authority. His reign extends over me whether I vote for Him or not.

Bruce Sterling

Obsolescence and death, the reign of the archaic, the abandoned, and the corny: Really, if you saw Windows 3.0 on the sidewalk outside the building, would you bend over and pick it up?!?

John Kendrick Bangs

Pandemonium did not reign; it poured.

Henry Ward Beecher

No matter who reigns, the merchant reigns.

Charles Baudelaire

That in all times, mediocrity has dominated, that is indubitable; but that it reigns more than ever, that it is becoming absolutely triumphant and inhibiting, this is what is as true as it is distressing.

Edward Gibbon

[All] the manly virtues were oppressed by the servile and pusillanimous reign of the monks.

Blaise Pascal

And is it not obvious that, just as it is a crime to disturb the peace when truth reigns, it is also a crime to remain at peace when the truth is being destroyed?

Andrew Marvell

Among the blind the one-eyed blinkard reigns

Michael Friedman

I was inspired by the brilliant minds of the doctors treating me. I had always considered becoming a doctor. Now I know what specialty I want to go into.

Henry Harteveldt

I would not rule out Boeing becoming partners with one of the winning bidders and getting in through the back door.

John Niven

I wound up becoming an A&R man at London Records in the 1990s, during the boom of Britpop, the last great gold rush of the music industry. I saw incredible greed and terrible behaviour. I was greedy and terribly behaved.

Brian Idalski

Katy has really stepped up as a leader. As a sophomore, to be that much of a leader is something. She is on her way to becoming something special.

Rosemary Haefner

Job growth is expected to continue for the healthcare sector in 2006, driving an extraordinary labor demand. As a result, the search for qualified workers is becoming increasingly competitive with the shortage of registered nurses, physical and respiratory therapists, radiology technicians and other positions.

Jane Kennedy

He just refuses to obey the laws. It is becoming ridiculous. It's an eyesore and it's also bringing our tax values down.

Malorie Blackman

History should belong to all of us, and it needs to include people from different cultural backgrounds. Otherwise, it risks becoming irrelevant to children, who could then become disenchanted with education.

Jim Power

I think the prospects for a hard landing for the market are still pretty remote but my concern would be that the economy is becoming increasingly reliant on the housing market.

Andy Roddick

I think you have to be self-motivated enough first and foremost. You know, I'm gearing my training toward becoming better with everyone. I'm not good enough to worry about one guy. I have to worry about a whole lot of guys.

Luc de Clapiers

It is a great sign of mediocrity to praise always moderately.

Oscar Wilde

To be popular one must be a mediocrity.

Monica Denise Brown

That Monica who's just gonna sit there in mediocrity... That Monica died in Samoa

Raila Odinga

The mediocrity with which Africa has been ruled is responsible for its underdevelopment.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Mechanization best serves mediocrity.

Haruki Murakami

Mediocrity's like a spot on a shirt—it never comes off.

Jerry Palm

There's just a lot of mediocrity out there. It's going to be real tough year for the committee.

Debbi Fields

Be great at what you do, and don't ever settle for mediocrity or else you will always wonder how great you could have been.

David Foster Wallace

Mediocrity is contextual.