Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Caleb Colton

None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation.

Charles Caleb Colton

Alas! What is man? Whether he be deprived of that light which is from on high, of whether he discard it, a frail and trembling creature; standing on time, that bleak and narrow isthmus between two eternities, he sees nothing but impenetrable darkness on the one hand, and doubt, distrust, and conjecture, still more perplexing, on the other. Most gladly would he take an observation, as to whence he has come, or whither he is going; alas, he has not the means: his telescope is too dim, his compass too wavering, his plummet too short.

Charles Caleb Colton

None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.

Charles Caleb Colton

We ask advice but we mean approbation.

Charles Caleb Colton

Worldly wisdom dictates to her disciples the propriety of dressing somewhat beyond their means, but of living somewhat within them.

Charles Dickens

Constancy in love is a good thing; but it means nothing, and is nothing, without constancy in every kind of effort.

Charles Sturt

The main consideration with those who, possessing some capital, propose to emigrate as the means of improving their condition, is, the society likely to be found in the land fixed on for their future residence.

Charles Stross

Personally, I avoid deus ex machina like the plague - if you have to use one, it means you failed to set up the universe and the plot properly. It's like a whodunnit where there's no actual way for the reader to identify the perpetrator before the climactic reveal: there's no sense of closure for the reader.

Charles Stanley

Trusting God means looking beyond what we can see to what God sees.

William Shakespeare

The latter end of a fray, and the beginning of a feast, Fits a dull fighter, and a keen guest.

Chuck English

When it comes right down to it, it's our guests who have the largest say in the determination.

Franz Beckenbauer

There were always at least 120 and sometimes up to 300 guests at the receptions.

Leanne Mrock

I wanted an open plan. When we entertain, our guests want to be in the kitchen.

Joe Rohde

Seeing the yeti will really startle the guests because it is so real, so convincing.

Kathy Shepard

The safety and security of our guests and team members is always a top priority.

Peter Dunn

We have a number of guests who want to come here more often but hesitate because they are appropriately sensitive to managing their calorie intake,

Elbert Hubbard

I will gladly lecture for fifty dollars, but I'll not be a guest for less than a hundred.

Bill White

everyone without putting our guests before our residents. If we succeed in that, we will be so much stronger as a city.

David Cross

I've had plenty of negative reviews. I have my entire life.

Brent Scowcroft

A number of presidents since Nixon have come to office with negative views of the Chinese. They always end up supporting the thrust of the policy established by President Nixon.

David Moskowitz

A negative outcome in this trial is more magnified than a positive one.

Alan Ackerman

The tech news exacerbates an already negative feeling,

Ana Navarro

Some people instinctively have a negative reaction to things of that sort.

Scott Sprinzen

Public sentiment regarding such vehicles has turned more negative than previously.

Jarome Iginla

It was a negative year, no question about it.

Jeff Joerres

This is one of the most negative outlooks in the wholesale and retail sector since the first quarter of 2004. They're going to be very cautious.

Chad Pennington

You need a big play to give you a spark, ... After that, we didn't have any negative plays on first and second downs.