Famous Quotes & Sayings

Steve Finley

These vessels are out of sight, out of mind. They are exempt from minimum-wage requirements, from Coast Guard inspections, OSHA regulations and other safety laws.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Mont Blanc yet gleams on high: the power is there, The still and solemn power of many sights And many sounds, and much of life and death. In the long glare of day, the snows descend Upon that Mountain; none beholds them there, Nor when the flakes burn in the sinking sun, Or the sunbeams dart through them.

John Hodgman

It would be rather naive to imagine that Oprah doesn't have an Earth Evacuation Plan. You know Richard Branson does - his is in plain sight.

Loren Eiseley

Out of the choked Devonian waters emerged sight and sound and the music that rolls invisible through the composer's brain. They are there still in the ooze along the tideline, though no one notices. The world is fixed, we say: fish in the sea, birds in the air. But in the mangrove swamps by the Niger, fish climb trees and ogle uneasy naturalists who try unsuccessfully to chase them back to the water. There are things still coming ashore.

Lord Chesterfield

It is good breeding alone that can prepossess people in your favor at first sight, more time being necessary to discover greater talents.

Maggie Stiefvater

I was losing sight of the wolf ahead of me; the one inside me seemed closer all of a sudden.

Madame de Stael

The sight of such a monument is like continual and stationary music which one hears for one's good as one approaches it. [Fr., La vue d'un tel monument est comme une musique continuelle et fixee qui vous attend pour vous faire du bien quand vous vous en approchez.]

Emile Durkheim

At first sight, one does not see what relations there can be between religion and logic.

Arthur Golden

I worried she might spend an afternoon chatting with me about the sights and then wish me best of luck.

Barbara Jordan

More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future.

Bob Dole

No more verbally incomprehensible no more devoid of the vision thing and no more the cautious pragmatist proudly displaying the virtues of tradition and the advantages of biological seniority.

Aldous Huxley

The business of a seer is to see; and if he involves himself in the kind of God-eclipsing activities which make seeing impossible, he betrays the trust which his fellows have tacitly placed in him.

Rolf-Dieter Heuer

The short-term vision is: I research on something which I can use tomorrow, and for some politicians it is even better if it's today. But if you do this, you can only do targeted research. If you only do targeted research, you lose the side-routes.

Susan Sarandon

I'll always rather be in a ship that's got a captain that has some vision.

Steve Schirripa

David is the show. There are other writers, but it's David's vision.

Stephen Covey

It's easy to say ''no!'' when there's a deeper ''yes!'' burning inside.

Stephen Covey

Principles are the basis for developing a vision and value system for all.

Stephen Covey

The core of any family is what is changeless, what is going to be there──shared vision and values.

Camila Alves

When I was a kid, I wanted a Chanel bob and bangs. My mom said no. I went to the salon anyway, and they said, 'No way - we are not going to do that to your hair.' So I did it myself. Big mistake. Instead of my bangs going down straight, they were sticking up like a cat. It was horrible.

Sophia Bush

I started, whenever I got to a city, just getting on Style Seat, which is the most incredible app for any girl who doesn't have 100 stylists at her fingertips. I can see who's well-rated and whose portfolio I like, and then book an appointment all from my phone, which made having bangs a lot easier.