Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Dickens

Credit is a system whereby a person who can not pay gets another person who can not pay to guarantee that he can pay.

Charles Caleb Colton

The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility.

Charles Caleb Colton

Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by others.

Charles Dickens

Some happy talent, and some fortunate opportunity, may form the two sides of the ladder on which some men mount, but the rounds of that ladder must be made of stuff to stand wear and tear; and there is no substitute for thorough-going, ardent, and sincere earnestness.

Charles Dickens

"Hope, you see, Wal'r," said the Captain, sagely, "Hope. It's that as animates you. Hope is a buoy, for which you overhaul your Little Warbler, sentimental diwision, but Lord, my lad, like any other buoy, it only floats; it can't be steered nowhere. Along with the figure-head of Hope,' said the Captain, 'there's a anchor; but what's the good of my having a anchor, if I can't find no bottom to let it go in?"

Charles Dickens

"Hope to the last!" said Newman, clapping him on the back. "Always hope; that's dear boy. Never leave off hoping; it don't answer. Do you mind me, Nick? it don't answer. Don't leave a stone unturned. It's always something, to know you've done the most you could. But, don't leave off hoping, or it's of no use doing anything. Hope, hope, to the last!"

Charles Dickens

... The sun does not shine upon this fair earth to meet frowning eyes, depend upon it.

Charles Dickens

"Walter," she said, looking full upon him with her affectionate eyes, "like you, I hope for better things. I will pray for them, and believe that they will arrive."

Charles Dickens

Now, I return to this young fellow. And the communication I have got to make is, that he has great expectations.

Al Pacino

That's where humour lives for me. In the body. The Steve Martin kind of stuff or Jim Carrey, that's what I like. I've always felt that's what I would like to do.

Al Jarreau

Every day is Thanksgiving.On this stage you're going to hear God and none of them other words, and I ain't going to touch my stuff.

Chloe Grace Moretz

I don't let [my friends] visit me filming and I don't bring them to premieres. It's a different head zone - when I'm on set, I'm working. When I'm just with my friends, I can just hang out, do normal stuff and generally be a complete idiot. It's the same with everyone.

Chloe Sevigny

The realism frightens me more than the bubble gum-y, heightened stuff.

Bear Grylls

But the wild is unpredictable, stuff does happen, and it's always when you're least expecting it.

Laura Smith

When you've been through stuff together, you become a team.

Louis C. K.

I like being full, every day, with stuff that I have to do.

Cheryl James

For the moment, I'm concentrating on my own stuff.

Lesley Manville

I try to keep the more uninteresting stuff to a minimum, unless I'm really broke.

Charlie Sheen

Steroids build your muscles, but they don't build your tendons or ligaments.

Doug Noble

It's a sport that you use muscles that you normally don't use.

Alan Young

They're ( police ) trying to flex their muscles and say the law's still vibrant.

Daryl Hannah

Forcing yourself to shiver is one of the hardest things on your muscles and isometrics.

Alice Cooper

I got a muscle of love.

Lou Piniella

Well, the Yankees flexed their muscles today. Put 10 runs up in the first two innings, and that was that. Only one game; still have two to go.

Gloria Feldt

We grow our courage muscles like we grow our physical muscles, by using them.

Muhammad Ali

I never push in front my muscles, only my religion, so I'm protected.

Pete Rose

There's other ways to make your head and muscles bigger than just steroids.