Famous Quotes & Sayings

Andy Rooney

One of the sweetest things in life: a letter from a friend.

Thomas Huxley

It is one of the most saddening things in life that, try as we may, we can never be certain of making people happy, whereas we can almost always be certain of making them unhappy.

Tony Hsieh

To never forget that the most important thing in life is the quality of life we lead.

Veronica Roth

Living without virtues is to live divorced from society, seperated from the most important thing in life, community.

Tony Gonzalez

I've come to realize that the thing in life that's important, the reason we're all here, is to love and do well for each other.

Irving Stone

Pleasure is one of the most important things in life, as important as food or drink.

Bethany Hamilton

Fear is something that can really hold us all back from different things in life. It's important to notice what your fears are and try to conquer them.

Grace Jones

I never do what anyone else is doing. I could walk away from music and become a farmer or do some crochet. The worst thing in life for me is to do something I'm not happy doing.

Richelle Mead

For every bad thing in life, there are more good things to tip the balance.

Brandon Marshall

I try to live by the principles the Bible speaks on.

Brad Paisley

I changed my mindset and figured, Why not try to be really entertaining instrumentally?

Brad Feld

While I'm a venture capitalist who invests in early-stage tech companies, I often feel like a professional emailer and conference call maker. I try to spend most of my time doing whatever the companies we are investors in need me to do.

Jane Jacobs

It is hopeless to try to convert some borders into seams.

Jane Hirshfield

Zen taught me how to pay attention, how to delve, how to question and enter, how to stay with -- or at least want to try to stay with -- whatever is going on.

Cameron Diaz

I haven't been worried about my image so much as I have been trying to find projects to push myself further than before.

Alan Dundes

In my introductory course, Anthropology 160, the Forms of Folklore, I try to show the students what the major and minor genres of folklore are, and how they can be analyzed.

Janet Jackson

I've never been into what am I going to do next, trying to reinvent myself.

Miley Cyrus

I've never just been able to be alone, and I'm obsessed with being alone and hearing my thoughts. I'm trying to take this alone time — the five minutes I do have a day — to learn as much as I can.