Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alan Watts

The Chinese word Li may therefore be understood as organic order, as distinct from mechanical or legal order, both of which go by the book. Li is the asymmetrical, nonrepetitive, and unregimented order which we find in the patterns of moving water, the form of trees and clouds, of frost crystals on the window, or the scattering of pebbles on beach sand.

Alan Watts

These people, as far as I can see, do not congregate in the notorious centers of the movement, like the North Beach in San Francisco or Greenwich Village, or Venice, California.

Chris Christie

Get the hell off the Beach in Asbury Park and get out. You're done. It's 4:30 PM. You've maximized your tan. Get off the beach. Get in you cars and get out of those areas.

Eddie Money

I love L.A. for the beach and stuff, thats the reason I live here.

Eddie Izzard

I am encyclopaedic on World War II. My dad took me to D-Day beaches when I was a kid. I was there four years ago - every five years they have a remembrance on D-Day beaches and I would have liked to have been there and done my bit.

Benicio Del Toro

It's funny, but when I arrived in California to start college I was much more interested in becoming a surfer and cruise along in life from one beach to the next. I didn't plan out any huge career for myself.

Audrina Patridge

I try to get to the beach every day. It brings sanity to my life. I'll just sit and read a book and enjoy the quiet.

Athol Fugard

How thin and insecure is that little beach of white sand we call consciousness. I've always known that in my writing it is the dark troubled sea of which I know nothing, save its presence, that carried me. I've always felt that creating was a fearless and a timid, a despairing and hopeful, launching out into that unknown.

Arnold J. Toynbee

The immense cities lie basking on the beaches of the continent like whales that have taken to the land.

Alan Bennett

All the effort went into getting there and then I had nothing left. I thought I'd got somewhere, then I found I had to go on.

Akio Morita

If we do our best and make efforts, a peaceful and great future will become ours without fail. Whether we succeed or not depends on the strength of our resolve and the amount of our endeavor.

Childe Hassam

These small shows were decidedly a success. The exhibitions were not too large to be seen easily. It was not an effort, as larger collections of pictures usually are.

Arne Duncan

Historically the Department of Education hasn't been doing enough to drive the sustainability movement, and today, I promise that we will be a committed partner in the national effort to build a more environmentally literate and responsible society.

Derek Bok

If we are prepared to invest the necessary time and effort, affirmative action can contribute to Harvard's quality and not detract from it.

Denzel Washington

There is nothing good or bad, except by comparison" (209) - "Effort is Everything" by Bud Selig

Denis Waitley

Personal development is the belief that you are worth the effort, time, and energy needed to develop yourself.

Kevin Dineen

We are looking forward to the playoffs, especially with the gritty effort we have put forth on the road this season. The playoffs feature a lot of excitement packed into a series and just get ready to rock with us in the playoffs.

Ehud Barak

We are at the start of a very intensive effort and, in a way, the last one in this round to try to reach a breakthrough,

Liza Minnelli

First I wanted to be an ice skater, and then I saw 'Bye, Bye Birdie,' and everything changed. I'm glad I learned through the process of theater.

Paul Stranz

With the wind the way it was, I'm just glad it didn't go any longer.

Kathlyn McClain

We were in a slump, and we're glad to be out of it.

Darris Kilgour

We're really glad to have Jason Crosbie back. He's a great leader on and off the floor.

Ricky Carmichael

It's a shame that James fell. We wanted to put on a good event, but I'm glad to get out of here with a win.

Tim DeBruycker

A lot of people didn't think we were going to win this game. I'm glad we turned it around. We're better than our record (8-19), but we just have trouble with the little things.

Miroslav Satan

They got a lucky bounce, and that happens. I'm glad we got the two points.

Ivory Latta

They were just standing there. They weren't going to come get me, so I shot the ball. It was a dagger. I'm glad I hit it.

Marcello Lippi

This is a big injection of confidence. I wanted a solid night of work, that was the plan. I'm glad we're moving in the right direction.