Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Bukowski

Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.

Aleister Crowley

The essence of independence has been to think and act according to standards from within, not without.

Alberto Manguel

Life happened because I turned the pages.

Albert Einstein

The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them.

Albert Einstein

Combinatory play seems to be the essential feature in productive thought.

Albert Einstein

I'd rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right.

Albert Einstein

I don't try to imagine a personal God; it suffices to stand in awe at the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it.

Albert Einstein

We know from daily life that we exist for other people first of all, for whose smiles and well-being our own happiness depends.

Albert Einstein

The Revolution introduced me to art, and in turn, art introduced me to the Revolution!

Jada Pinkett Smith

When I'm tired, I rest. I say, 'I can't be a superwoman today.'

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

I don't want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again.

Ernest Hemingway

The shortest answer is doing the thing.

Ernest Hemingway

Man is not made for defeat.

Ernest Hemingway

The first and final thing you have to do in this world is to last it and not be smashed by it.

Evita Peron

I demanded more rights for women because I know what women had to put up with.

Erykah Badu

I grew up with all mothers, all women. I come from a long line of matriarchs, very strong women.

Fantasia Barrino

I want to do all types of music, music for all people. I want my music to be encouraging, to help people.

Christy Mathewson

Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile.

Christopher Reeve

You learn the stuff of your life (sports, movies, traveling) ... that's not the essence of your existence, my relationships were always good. Now they have transcended (rise beyond).

Anna Kournikova

I think that tennis is a lady's sport, so we should look out there like ladies.

Angela Ruggiero

I'm in the perfect position. It's a sports position and a political position where I can help better the lives of athletes around the world.

Angela Ruggiero

I look at myself, and how much I've gotten just because I play a sport well.

Althea Gibson

In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are.

Alonzo Mourning

So many people feel that once you reach a certain age then it's time for you to retire from a sport you love. I don't think that's true at all. I think age should not dictate that.

Alonzo Mourning

I can still play this game at a high level; I've proven that. I want to be home. I want to be close to my family. I want to be close to my foundation and my business interests.

Alonzo Mourning

There's nobody else on the face of this earth that's playing a sport at a highest level... with a transplant. That alone continues to inspire me, because I realize throughout the whole world the struggles that people are going through. I need to inspire them the best way I can.