Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gilbert Burnet

. . . was apt to suffer things to run on till there was a great heap of papers laid before him, so then he signed them a little too precipitately.

Chipper Jones

If a guy who has a personal interest in the Braves buys the team, he's more apt to take the money that he makes off the team and put it right back into the team ? such as Ted did. Time Warner didn't do that. Obviously, selling out to (Liberty Media), I don't see things being any different.

H. Hart

One big vice in a man is apt to keep out of a great many smaller ones

Chris Dodd

I think there is a question of fearing that if we know more, there is apt to be more panic. And I understand that calculation, but I think it is a miscalculation,

Steven Page

I think suing our fans is the wrong path to take when we're trying to nurture our fan base. Studies show that people who share music online are more apt to spend more money on music.

Robert Frost

Man that is of woman born is apt to be as vain as his mother

John Keenan

If his reaction to this testimony or this subject is apt to be as emotional as it just was, ... tell him, he should just remain as quiet and passive as possible.

William Petty

If great cities are naturally apt to remove their seats, I ask, which way? I say, in the case of London it must be westward... If it follow from hence that the palaces of the greatest men will remove westward, it will also naturally follow that the dwelling of others who depend upon them will creep after them.

Jordana Brewster

I went to an all-girls school and then I started working when I was fifteen, so I'm not very socially apt when it comes to dating.

Carmen Bambach

A showdown of the two greatest rivals of the Renaissance.

Derek Jeter

People say this is the greatest offense ever. But let us play awhile. Names don't win games. You have to play the games.

Mark Mohl

Osage had a very tough week with three quality opponents. We are disappointed we didn't win all three, but the kids had great effort.

Rebecca Hornbacher

Deb, on the other hand, is one of our most versatile players. She played midfield for her first two years here at ISU, played as a defenseman last year and now is switching back. Once again, she has done a great job with the transition process.

Jim Yerkovich

(Deane) plays with the greatest intensity of any big kid I've ever been around.

John Tavares

Any player in the NHL would be a great comparison, but when you name a guy like Sidney Crosby . . . but I don't know if I'll be able to do things he's done in the league because we're different types of players,

Jeff Bridges

And that's one of the great things about actors: their willingness to play and to do something.

Paul Draper

Are we serious, or are we going to have fun? It's not about winning or losing, but it is about playing basketball. We had a great group this year.

David Phillips

Are we no longer the Great White North? It's incredible.

Scottie Somers

A wise man once told Me that an overnight success takes 10 years. But I may not have 10 Years. I might have to settle for a naptime success.

Marcus Antonius

Nowhere can a man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

Tommy Lapid

Ross Perot was a rich joke, ... I am a very poor man but serious. We are in serious business.

Edward Fitzgerald

Alas, that Spring should vanish with the Rose! / That Youth's sweet-scented Manuscript should close!

Jill Soloway

Your first job, I tell people I mentor, is managing your affect. Be nice and say nice things. Make it so that the people walk away from interacting with you and say, 'That was fun.' That will make them want to come back and do it again.

Channing Pollock

A critic is a legless man who teaches running.

Arthur C. Clarke

Science is the only religion of mankind.

Stephanie Zimbalist

My grandfather is the greatest man I'll ever know.

Tom Hunter

The man who dies rich, dies in disgrace.

Daniela Ruah

I've met real female NCIS agents who were smaller than I am. They were very petite.

Lilly Singh

I think one of the most beautiful things about YouTube is that it makes the world a smaller place. You realize that we're all different, but we're all the same. And if you think about it, it's a beautiful concept.

Russ Swartz

It's nothing that we're not used to all year. We're one of the smaller teams in the league.

Michael Shaw

It's a little smaller but it utilizes space much better.

Abraham Lincoln

If I have one vice and I can call it nothing else it is not able to say 'no'.

Alexander Pope

Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast; But shall the dignity of vice be lost?

Dean Martin

I don't drink anymore... I freeze it and eat it like a popsicle.

Andre Gide

I can't expect others to share my virtues. It's good enough for me if they share my vices.

Oscar Wilde

The supreme vice is shallowness.

Dan Rather

I don't want to be argumentative, Mr. Vice President.

Erin Heatherton

Life would be pretty boring if we didn't have vices.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

It is a great thing to know your vices.

Kevin Keegan

Luis Figo is totally different to David Beckham, and vice versa.