Famous Quotes & Sayings

Countee Cullen

Give but a grain of the heart's rich seed, Confine some under cover, And when love goes, bid him God-speed. And find another lover.

Countee Cullen

Never love with all your heart, It only ends in aching.

Countee Cullen

The key to all strange things is in thy heart..../ My spirit has come home, that sailed the doubtful seas.

Cory Booker

Go out there and swear to this world your oath, not with your words, but with what you do. Not with your hand over your heart, but with your hand outstretched to a world that desperately needs your hand, your help, your insights, your creativity, your honor, your courage. It needs you.

Courteney Cox

You know that you're going to invest so much of your time on a movie when you direct it that it's something that just really has to jump out at you and pull at your heart, and nothing has.

Clive Barnes

I am convinced that anyone can be a great writer . . . if he can only . . . tell the naked truth about himself and other people. That, a little technique with words and the willingness to bare heart, soul and body are really all it takes.

Darcy Tucker

You live to play in the playoffs. It's like your heart is ripped out.

e. e. cummings

Who can tell truth from falsehood any more? I say it, and you feel it in your hearts: no man or woman on this big small earth. How should our sages miss the mark of life, and our most skillful players lose the game? your hearts will tell you, as my heart has told me: because all know, and no one understands.

e. e. cummings

love being such, or such, the normal corners of your heart will never guess how much my wonderful jealousy is dark

Barbara Pym

The small things of life were often so much bigger than the great things . . . the trivial pleasure like cooking, one's home, little poems especially sad ones, solitary walks, funny things seen and overheard.

Dennis Prager

It is easier to take a position in the abstract than when it hits home.

Corey Brewer

We know that if you lose, you go home now. It's not lose and go look at it on film. If you lose, the season's over. We feel like we've got to turn it up.

Frank Darabont

You go to see a movie nowadays, and its completely pre-digested for you. You leave it in the theater the moment you walk out the door; you don't take it home with you.

John Cohen

You give up a solo-shot home run, it doesn't hurt. You give up two-, three-run home runs, it's a big deal.

Sandy Anderson

You have to separate. Even when you're working, you have to come home and just be at home.

Phil Jackson

You get in that pressure situation where you feel like you have to win at home.

Bill Cowher

Everything went fine. He's at home resting comfortably.

Heath Bell

Every year, it's a worry. For me, the end of the season is hurricane season. My wife and kids live here. I don't get to go home if there's a hurricane.

Debby Ryan

I'm very, very low-key in general.

Jack Welch

Focus on a few key objectives ... I only have three things to do. I have to choose the right people, allocate the right number of dollars, and transmit ideas from one division to another with the speed of light. So I'm really in the business of being the gatekeeper and the transmitter of ideas.

Sharon Salzberg

The key to cultivating confidence in ourselves is understanding our right to make the truth our own.

Laurell K. Hamilton

In chains and darkness, wherefore should I stay, And mourn in prison, while I keep the key.

Kofi Annan

From this vision of the role of the United Nations in the next century flow three key priorities for the future: eradicating poverty, preventing conflict and promoting democracy.

Kenneth Branagh

Sometimes it comes out in what I call tricksy behavior. That's not always easy to deal with, but it's fascinating. The key thing is to make sure that somebody's tricks don't trip up somebody else.

Keith Jarrett

Music always turns into music. As soon as I play a key, push a key down, there's no theory any more. When I go and I hear a sound on the keyboard, all theories go out the window.

Ralph Fiennes

I'm interested in the spirits of people. In the theatre, there's the acting part of acting - and I'm not saying that can't be great - and there's the essence. To explore that essence, you need a key, a look, a gesture, an insight that unlocks the person's soul.

Les Brown

The key to success is discovering your innate power and using it daily.