Famous Quotes & Sayings

Xun Zi

In order to properly understand the big picture, everyone should fear becoming mentally clouded and obsessed with one small section of truth.

Irving Stone

In the biographical novel, there's only one person involved. I, the author, spend two to five years becoming the main character. I do that so by the time you get to the bottom of Page 2 or 3, you forget your name, where you live, your profession and the year it is. You become the main character of the book. You live the book.

Evangeline Lilly

I spent a lot of time in the clouds. Becoming a mother has really helped me put my feet on the ground and given me a very powerful sense of self and a powerful sense of priority in life.

Paul Johnson

The image of the scientist who puts the pursuit of truth before anything else has been shattered and replaced by a man on the make or a quasi-religious enthusiast who wants to prove his case at any cost. Science is becoming the tool of campaigning warfare, in which truth is the first casualty.

Richard Shim

The PC industry is quickly becoming commoditized as prices come down and penetration rates go up. ... But there are certain segments where folks can still make a lot of money.

Bruce Coville

The first time I can remember thinking that I would like to be a writer came in sixth grade, when our teacher Mrs. Crandall gave us an extended period of time to write a long story. I loved doing it. I started working seriously at becoming a writer when I was seventeen.

Bruce Coville

I feel like a very lucky person. From the time I was young, I had a dream of becoming a writer. Now that dream has come true, and I am able to make my living doing something I really love.

Bel Powley

I was quite academic, quite geeky when I was a kid. I was more interested in going to school than I was in becoming a film star or something.

David Hanson

Machines are becoming devastatingly capable of things like killing. Those machines have no place for empathy. There's billions of dollars being spent on that. Character robotics could plant the seed for robots that actually have empathy.

Yehuda Berg

Our dependence on the pollutants of this Earth have always, and will continue to have, far-reaching consequences to our eco-systems, bio systems, geosystems and our race's natural evolution.

Dennis Ross

There are consequences if you act militarily, and there's big consequences if you don't act.

Clint Eastwood

The fact is, violence is not only not a beautiful thing, but it's also very painful and not without consequences for the perpetrator as well as the victim.

James Carville

The American people are going to be ready for an era of realism. Theyve seen the consequences of having too many big ideas.

Declan Kidney

That would have potentially huge consequences for the (European) draw and that's not a position you would want to leave yourself in.

Bernard Thibault

That would be a decision with serious consequences.

Dan Webster

We have a lot of talented people in this Congress, and we can avoid a lot of unintended consequences if we just included them.

Sathya Baba

Virtue is the fragrance of the flowers which the tree of life puts forth. Educated people must be identified in society by their strict adherence to virtue, not by more skilled methods of escaping the consequences of vice.

David Frum

It has opened up a lot of unhappiness that has accumulated over time. I don't know yet how serious the consequences will be.

Will C. Barnes

Man's greed to obtain something for nothing has never yet been able to content itself with a moderate profit.

Japanese Proverb

The pebble in the brook secretly thinks itself a precious stone

Shannon Lewis

The pavilion itself could be the costliest part of renovation of this site.

David Friedman

As a person, I'm not that hopeful, but somehow the hopeful part of me reveals itself through my songs.

Peter Lombard

Therefore when the mind knows itself and loves itself, there remains a trinity, that is the mind, love and knowledge.

Gene Luen Yang

My brain subconsciously limits itself to panel compositions that my hand can actually draw.

Ken Kutaragi

Microsoft has put itself out of the game, ... Retailers in the US are already disappointed.

Joel Klein

Microsoft itself is responsible for where things stand today,

June Daugherty

Who knows? You never know. What you do know is you keep your staff and your team ready for the next opponent. It's going to sort itself out right after the Pac-10 tournament.

Gina Bellman

I think there was a petition online to get me involved in 'Doctor Who.' I'm not a 'Doctor Who' fanatic, but I am a Steven Moffat fanatic.

Bruce Eric Kaplan

Sometimes I'll be reading something online and just get so frustrated because of what people are saying.

Nev Schulman

The idea of finding your soul mate, whether it's online or not, is what people want.

Amy Heckerling

There's a whole vampire community online - those are some crazy people.

Kacey Musgraves

I do try to shop online and support people who hand-make their stuff, and because you can find stuff that nobody else has.

Timothy Simons

We live in a world in which whatever you do has a parody account online in moments.

Chris Moneymaker

Not having the online game has made it more difficult. There are a lot of young and upcoming players in poker. But you don't get to see them because TV has sort of been taken away.

Trent Reznor

I watch people, friends of mine, and see how they portray themselves online and I find interesting that it's kind of a hyper-real version of yourself, how you'd like to be seen, in a way.

Geoff Johns

The truth is, we're all cyborgs with cell phones and online identities.

Yahya Jammeh

Despite all odds we have emerged as one people and one country.

Yossi Vardi

In the end, I think that people that are not willing to take the risk to fail are not true entrepreneurs.

Yancy Butler

Imagine if it happened to you: All of a sudden you find this thing on your wrist and people are telling you it has powers. I would be a little skeptical myself.

Ian Mckellen

I don't think many people will re-read 'The Da Vinci Code.'

Ian Mckellen

People who are truly horrible are often the most interesting people in the room. You look at them and just say, 'Why?'

Irwin Thomas

I was born into a world where a lot of people who came to the house were performers.

Irwin Rose

I don't have any hobbies. You know, I'm very embarrassed when people ask me what are my hobbies; I don't have any hobbies. I mean, it's just enough to keep up with the things I'm trying to solve.

Isiah Whitlock, Jr.

Usually, when you're working or you're on set, everything is very guarded. At parties, people have a tendency to relax.

Imani Hakim

When people say, 'If you could do anything else, what would you do?' I would be an actress. That's something that I would do - I can't see myself doing anything else.

Jakob Nielsen

Users spend most of their time on other websites.

Michael Robinson

It is expensive, but as long as it's efficient, we'll spend the money.

Ron Vaughn

We really spend a lot of time recognizing athletes.

Dan Cooper

We'll look at the spending cap. We have to look at the legislation that was passed.

Keanu Reeves

On his new motorbike: I wanted to spend some time with it and get to know it.

Craig Benson

I don't think anyone's pushing for spending limits in the campaign.

Sheryl Garrett

What you can't see, you won't spend foolishly.

Wally Herger

Whatever is in Medicare, ... we're not going to spend it.

Kelli O'Hara

I don't ever think about the roads I didn't take because I spend too much time thinking what's ahead. I don't go backwards.