Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

KNIGHT, n.Once a warrior gentle of birth, Then a person of civic worth, Now a fellow to move our mirth. Warrior, person, and fellow --no more: We must knight our dogs to get any lower. Brave Knights Kennelers then shall be, Noble Knights of the Golden Flea, Knights of the Order of St. Steboy, Knights of St. Gorge and Sir Knights Jawy. God speed the day when this knighting fad Shall go to the dogs and the dogs go mad.

Richard Boucher

Journalism is often a dangerous profession. Today, we take this opportunity to express solidarity with the brave journalists who risk their lives to inform the public and express their views.

Michael Drayton

Had in him those brave translunary things/ That the first poets had.

Stockwell Day

It is a brave new world, one that I do not think most Canadians, when they fully understand its implications, will want.

Mark Rosenbaum

I think the homeless have just found shelter with the federal courts. I think it's a brave and courageous decision.

Chuck Prochaska

I think it's unfortunate because what we did for our readership was something that most newspapers were scared to do. I think Acton and I made a brave decision to publish the cartoons.

Brenda Jones

The owners at the time thought, well, were going to have to give all this money back, ... And he comes driving up, late, to do the show. Hed been to a Braves game.

John Donne

I have done one brave thing - Than all the Worthies did; And yet a braver thence doth spring - Which is to keep that hid

Scott Erwin

He was very brave and I'll miss him always.

Brian Gionta

He kept us in the game. Obviously Marty is Marty, he always keeps us in the game. There's not much else you can say about him, we're just lucky to have him back there.

Keith Richardson

He keeps switching the names of the owners on the deed,

Isaiah Stanback

He just keeps me working. He keeps everyone working.

Lute Olson

He just keeps getting better and better. He has tremendous poise and confidence.

Hank Haney

He just keeps getting better and better and better. I don't think there's a 'there' there.

Lourdes Cowgill

He is resourceful, he is entrepreneurial, and he is engaging, so if he keeps all those talents and on the right track he should be very successful.

Tanya Chaplin

Her performance tonight was spectacular. She just keeps getting better and better.

Todd Wilkinson

His velocity is picking up every week. He's got enough on it that he keeps them honest.

George Teague

What impresses me about (Western Ace) is, he doesn't get tired and he just keeps coming,

Dave Beeler

I was actually pleasantly surprised with how well we did (in cold, wet conditions).

Karl Pilkington

I think it's a problem when something's a dream because it'll never live up to your expectations. It's better to go somewhere thinking it'll be horrible, and then be pleasantly surprised.

Keith Morris

More than a pleasant surprise, Danny Schmidt was no less than a revelation to me. And that's not a word I use lightly.

Henrik Ibsen

You have never loved me. You have only thought it pleasant to be in love with me.

Pam Smith

As usual, I'm nervous. Thanks volunteers for all you do. All of us here at Pleasant Manor couldn't do it without you and we can't thank you enough.

Caryl Chessman

I am not generally regarded as a pleasant or socially minded fellow.

Jamie Shea

It would be very pleasant to be there, but we're not there yet.

Mike Gold

I've been pleasantly surprised by the credibility, seriousness, and capabilities shown by these entities.

Charles Spurgeon

We must all learn to hear what we do not like. The question is not, 'Is it pleasant?' but, 'Is it true?'

Dave Tuttle

Harland understands the technical side of 9-1-1 and how it's supposed to work.

Zydrunas Ilgauskas

I think it's going to be a little different for him because he's going to play the same team so many times. But we're going to see an even better side of him because he's going to be able to adjust.

George Clooney

I think it's important to be on the right side of history.

S. Hughes

I think you're going to see some sideways consolidation throughout the summer,

Roz Chast

I think when your parents die, it is kind of like a moving sidewalk: you're not just on the sideline and watching them go by. You know, you're going to the same place they are.

John Stevens

We're on the wrong side of being close.

Bill Ritter

We're on the Durango side of the litigation, not the Texas side.

Joe Mires

There is another whole side of her when she is playing.

Carl Jung

Mine. I'm on my side.

Rebecca West

Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But it is not so widely realized that even less can one trust what people say about themselves.

Umberto Eco

Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves what it says but what it means...

Robert C. Solomon

True, trust necessarily carries with it uncertainties, but we must force ourselves to think about these uncertainties as possibilities and opportunities, not as liabilities.

Robert C. Solomon

Familiarity can no longer be a necessary condition for trust.

Robert C. Solomon

Building trust means thinking about trust in a positive way.

Robert C. Solomon

Building trust begins with an appreciation and understanding of trust, but it also requires practice and practices.

Robert C. Solomon

Trust is a skill, one that is an aspect of virtually all human practices, cultures, and relationships.

Robert C. Solomon

We also confuse trust with familiarity.

Robert C. Solomon

Trust is built step by step, commitment by commitment, on every level.

Michael Chertoff

It is going to be an unhappy number,

Woodrow Wilson

Whate'er my doom; It cannot be unhappy: God hath given me The boon of resignation.

Robert Sheckley

A lot of us don't want to be quite that serious about world problems. Our life is there to enjoy, not to be an eternal dissident, eternally unhappy with how things are and with the state of mankind.

Samuel Beckett

Unhappy, but not unhappy enough.

Whitney Houston

I'd rather be alone than unhappy

William Godwin

We are so curiously made that one atom put in the wrong place in our original structure will often make us unhappy for life.

Chris Richards

I'm unhappy because we just lost. We thought we had it in our hands, but we just didn't execute.

Milan Kundera

A person who longs to leave the place where he lives is an unhappy person.

Marcel Proust

One becomes moral as soon as one is unhappy.

Jeff Lemire

For me, Bloodshot was the least appealing character that Valiant had. He was so cold.

George Herbert

Assaile who will, the valiant attends.