Famous Quotes & Sayings

Susanne Bier

Oftentimes, reality is much worse than what you can put in a movie.

Bhagavad Gita

SAT is used in the sense of reality and goodness. The word 'SAT' is also used for an auspicious act, O Arjuna.

Abraham Lincoln

The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Alexis Herman

This is fundamentally a day about paychecks and reality checks, ... Where's my 26 cents?

Brett Ratner

I ask my assistants if they're retarded all the time. When the camera is on you, of course, actors have the ability to make it real. For me, if I'm not talking, it is a problem. I have so much more respect for actors after being in front of the camera, and I realize that the hardest part is when you're not talking. Listening is harder than just acting. Listening is the hardest part.

Brandon Lee

We tend to take a great deal for granted, because you feel like you're going to live forever. It's only if you lose a friend, or maybe have a near-death experience, [that] many events and people in your life suddenly attain real significance.

Ben Parr

More and more, the things we do in real life will end up as Facebook posts. And while we may be consoled by the fact that most of this stuff is being posted just to our friends, it only takes one friend to share that information with his or her friends to start a viral chain.

Barbara Lee

My goal is to help elect not only the first but second woman president. That will be real progress. I believe our next presidential election will see women at the top of the ticket for both parties.

Barbara Kingsolver

For scientists, reality is not optional.

Richie Williams

The terminology and the signals were going to be different, but the philosophy was the same,

Scott Hackett

The Yankees' philosophy has always been quality pitching and timely hitting. I don't know if we have the pitching this year.

Barbara Jordan

We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.

Barbara Kingsolver

So one time when I was working in this motel one of the toilets leaked and I had to replace the flapper ball. Here's what it said on the package; I kept it till I knew it by heart: 'Please Note. Parts are included for all installations, but no installation requires all of the parts.' That's kind of my philosophy about men. I don't think there's an installation out there that could use all my parts.

Baruch Spinoza

Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.

Baruch Spinoza

I do not presume that I have found the best philosophy, I know that I understand the true philosophy.

Augustine Birrell

History is a pageant and not a philosophy.

Ayelet Waldman

Those of us whose parenting style can be described as "a series of reflexes, instincts, and minute-by-minute adjustments," as Julie of A Little Pregnant puts it, rather than as a philosophy, are less invested in our own practices. What we do is often less a matter of conviction than one of convenience. What we need to remember is that there is no need to apologize for that, even in the face of the most red-faced outrage.

Ayn Rand

The men who are not interested in philosophy need it most urgently; they are most helplessly in its power.

Josh Sims

Officially I'm moving in with two of my friends from Fiske. We're pretty much going with an open lottery.

Patrick Chorpenning

Once we get this one up and moving we may look at other places.

Jim Johnson

The staff has been very supportive of moving that program forward. We?re still wanting to get better.

John Jones

Some stores where's we're next door, we may find ourselves moving into their stores or vice versa.

Fran Townsend

Now is not the time to really look at moving organizational boxes. Can we do better? Absolutely. Will we do better? Absolutely.

Frances Townsend

Now is not the time to really look at moving organizational boxes.

Ginny Copenhefer

I've spent a lot of blood, sweat and tears working on this issue, and suddenly we're moving backwards.

Christine Quinn

Things are much better organized than they ever were, ... They are using their resources more effectively and actually moving toward being no kill.

Jonathan Toews

Things are going well, things are clicking. Sometimes, you're playing well, you're moving the puck around, getting chances, and it doesn't go in for you. But ... the puck is going in.