Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ashwin Sanghi

In order to become the master, a ruler must profess to be a servant of the people.

Baruch Spinoza

He whose honor depends on the opinion of the mob must day by day strive with the greatest anxiety, act and scheme in order to retain his reputation. For the mob is varied and inconsistent, and therefore if a reputation is not carefully preserved it dies quickly.

Baruch Spinoza

.... we are a part of nature as a whole, whose order we follow.

Auguste Comte

The sacred formula of positivism: love as a principle, the order as a foundation, and progress as a goal.

Azar Nafisi

You need imagination in order to imagine a future that doesn't exist.

Ayn Rand

He wanted her. He knew where to find her. He waited. It amused him to wait, because he knew that the waiting was unbearable to her. He knew that his absence bound her to him in a manner more complete and humiliating than his presence could enforce. He was giving her time to attempt an escape, in order to let her know her own helplessness when he chose to see her again.

Brian Tracy

Your greatest asset is your earning ability, to apply your knowledge, skills in order to get results which others will pay.

Jane Jacobs

Intricate minglings of different uses in cities are not a form of chaos. On the contrary, they represent a complex and highly developed form of order.

Juvenal

I will have this done, so I order it done; let my will replace reasoned judgement.

Chris Davis

I accept my punishment and will begin serving my suspension immediately.

Auberon Waugh

The main objection to killing people as a punishment...is that killing people is wrong

Conrad Black

All emphasis in American prisons is on punishment, retribution, and disparagement, and almost none is on rehabilitation.

Confucius

Guide them by edicts, keep them in line with punishments, and the common people will stay out of trouble but will have no sense of shame. Guide them by virtue, keep them in line with the rites, and they will, besides having a sense of shame, reform themselves.

Andrew Fastow

I wish I could undo what I did at Enron but I can't. I understand that I deserve punishment. Your honor, I accept the prison sentence that you are about to impose and will serve it without bitterness.

Ronald Reagan

In case anybody asks you about my position on capital punishment, you can tell them I favor it; and if they want to know why, you can tell them this story.

Thomas Bernhard

I would be the unhappiest person imaginable, confronted daily with disastrous works crying out with errors, imprecision, carelessness, amateurishness. I avoided this punishment by destroying them, I thought, and suddenly I took great pleasure in the word destroying.

Tamora Pierce

Face it," Gary told her kindly. "You'll never catch up. You just do as much as you can and take the punishments without saying anything. Sometimes I wonder if that isn't what they're really trying to teach us--to take plenty and keep our mouths shut.

George Steinbrenner

Let's not talk punishment.

Bryant H. McGill

Giving is the master key to success, in all applications of human life.

Alain Ducasse

The proportion of ingredients is important, but the final result is also a matter of how you put them together. Equilibrium is key.

Jan Garbarek

If you feel you have the right key, you try to make some phrase or sound that will fit.

Gary L. Francione

People say that being a vegan creates a social problem in that others may react negatively. But isnt that the case if you take a principled position on any issue, whether its racism, sexism, heterosexism, violence as a general matter—or speciesism? The key is to educate others about *why* you take the position.

Debra Messing

If I have a pocket, then I'll have lip balm, my keys, and $10 cash.

Atul Gawande

Human interaction is the key force in overcoming resistance and speeding change.

Eddie Van Halen

If you have a great-sounding guitar that's a quality instrument and a good amp, and you know how to make the guitar talk, that's the key. It starts with the guitar and knowing what it should sound and feel like.

Deepak Chopra

Our minds influence the key activity of the brain, which then influences everything; perception, cognition, thoughts and feelings, personal relationships; they’re all a projection of you.

Adam Rickitt

The evidence that things are changing fast can be seen in the dramatic increase in the influence of blogging. We should be collecting emails as we used to collect telephone numbers and using them to better communicate our message to key voters.