Famous Quotes & Sayings

Edsger Dijkstra

A convincing demonstration of correctness being impossible as long as the mechanism is regarded as a black box, our only hope lies in not regarding the mechanism as a black box.

Aldous Huxley

We lie to ourselves in order that we may still have the excuse of ignorance, the alibi of stupidity and incomprehension, possessing which we can continue with a good conscience to commit and tolerate the most monstrous crimes.

Alexander Pope

Dear fatal name! rest ever unreveal'd, Nor pass these lips in holy silence seal'd. Hide it, my heart, within that close disguise, Where mixed with Gods, his lov'd idea lies: O write it not, my hand - the name appears Already written - wash it out, my tears! In vain lost Eloisa weeps and prays, Her heart still dictates, and her hand obeyes.

Alexander Pope

Thus let me live, unseen, unknown, Thus unlamented let me die, Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where I lie.

Alexander Pope

The dull flat falsehood serves for policy, and in the cunning, truth's itself a lie.

Alexander Pope

In pride, in reas'ning pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the bless'd abodes, Men would be angels, angels would be gods.

Alexander Pope

The grave unites; where e'en the great find rest, And blended lie th' oppressor and th' oppressed!

Debbie Ford

It is only when you're lying to yourself or hating some aspect of yourself that you'll get an emotional charge from someone else's behavior.

Debbie Ford

In order to reveal the gifts that lie beneath the surface of your heart’s greatest desires, you must look beyond your years here on earth, reconnect with the Divine, and bring forth your soul’s legacy into the present moment.

Donald Trump

We have to do a much better job at keeping our jobs. And we have to do a much better job at giving companies incentives to build new companies or to expand, because they're not doing it.

Ally Carter

Give me everything you have," I told [Preston]. "Really, Cammie. I never knew you thought of me that way.

Alison Moyet

I wasn't good at being affable. You get beyond that and realise the attraction in any human being has more to do with what they give to someone rather than just being face candy.

Ann Coulter

The Democrats are giving aid and comfort to the enemy for no purpose other than giving aid and comfort to the enemy. There is no plausible explanation for the Democrats' behavior other than that they long to see U.S. troops shot, humiliated, and driven from the field of battle.

Dorothy L. Sayers

The education that we have so far succeeded in giving to the bulk of our citizens has produced a generation of mental slatterns.

Desmond Tutu

One of the greatest gifts we can give to another generation is our experience, our wisdom.

Andrei Tarkovsky

My function is to make whoever sees my films aware of his need to love and to give his love, and aware the beauty is summoning him.

Anne Sexton

And if I tried to give you something else, something outside myself, you would not know that the worst of anyone can be, finally, an accident of hope

Anne Rice

I will be the Vampire Lestat for all to see. A symbol, a freak of nature - something loved, something despised all of those things. I tell you I can't give it up. I can't miss. And quite frankly I am not in the least afraid." - Lestat, The Vampire Lestat, p. 532

Arthur Schopenhauer

If there is anything in the world that can really be called a mans property, it is surely that which is the result of his mental activity.

Chuck Palahniuk

A good story should change the way you see the world.

Christy Turlington

If you truly want to make an impact on the world, you can and you will.

Christopher Paolini

The whole of the world could be deduced from the smallest grain of sand, if one studied it closely enough.

Anne Bronte

What the world stigmatizes as romantic is often more nearly allied to the truth than is commonly supposed.

Anne Bronte

I would rather have your friendship than the love of any other woman in the world.

Angelina Jolie

I have so much in my life. I want to be of value to the world.

Angelina Jolie

I've started to really become aware of the world we live in, what's really going on.

Amos Oz

There is a document in every novel in the world. Even in the most fantastic novel, even in science fiction, there is a documentary side. But, this side is not the crux of the matter.