Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alan Autry

It cannot take decades to resurrect, we must act immediately with purpose and enthusiasm to rebuild.

David Hockney

I'm not really looking for theater work. But if somebody approaches me with enthusiasm, I might respond.

David Hume

That the corruption of the best thing produces the worst, is grown into a maxim, and is commonly proved, among other instances, by the pernicious effects of superstition and enthusiasm, the corruptions of true religion.

Arnold J. Toynbee

Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm.

Jonathan Steinmetz

We are pleased to see results improve, but our enthusiasm is tempered by several factors.

Alan Sugar

If you enjoy what you do, don't be afraid of expressing your enthusiasm. Enjoyment is infectious.

Jarod Ingersoll

When we come to play with enthusiasm, and we're all together, we're a pretty good team.

Carlos Santana

There is nothing more contagious on this planet than enthusiasm.

Brad Bird

I admit I'm enthusiastically demanding.

Edward Gibbon

I darted a contemptuous look at the stately models of superstition.

Bill Maher

Like it or not, we're still a primitive tribe ruled by fears, superstition and misinformation.

Benjamin Whichcote

Conscience without judgment is superstition.

Carl Sagan

Science is a way to call the bluff of those who only pretend to knowledge. It is a bulwark against mysticism, against superstition, against religion misapplied to where it has no business being.

Baha'u'llah

Religion without science is superstition. Science without religion is materialism.

Baruch Spinoza

Superstition, then, is engendered, preserved, and fostered by fear.

Celia Green

One of the greatest superstitions of our time is the belief that it has none.

Blaise Pascal

Piety is different from superstition. To carry piety to the extent of superstition is to destroy it. The heretics reproach us with this superstitious submission. It is doing what they reproach us with.

Doris Lessing

The worst superstition is to consider our own tolerable.

Charles Baudelaire

In our corruption we perceive beauties unrevealed to ancient times.

Benjamin Tucker

It is foolish in the extreme not only to resort to force before necessity compels, but especially to madly create the conditions that will lead to this necessity.

Jeff Nielsen

They have a good organization. They don't have corruption issues. We hire, we train well, so whoever the leader is they'll all do well into the future, and make us a better place.

Charles Sciarra

Think of what you see now in public corruption: kickbacks and wire fraud. This is a joke, except for the fact that these people are so hungry for her.

Tony Leon

They say they are going to stop corruption at the ANC ... crocodiles are going to become vegetarians.

Robert Broadfoot

It's not what corruption costs in terms of bribes paid or money taken out of the country. It is really the opportunity cost that hurts the country the most in terms of lost infrastructure and investment. Many of our clients, major international companies, just won't come into the country because they do not trust the rules of the game. That's the real cost. Some people have just written the place off.

David Nussbaum

It is very encouraging that in Kuwait there is now more openness to talk about corruption. If we have a greater degree of transparency, this is the first step but it is not the only step that has to be taken.

Dan Wilson

It reaffirms this notion that there is mismanagement and corruption rampant - even though that's not in fact the case.

Norman Ornstein

There's a sense that there is a culture of cronyism and corruption and incompetence