Famous Quotes & Sayings

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

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

Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking.

Brian Henson

And again, we're kind of trying to be in that place, that's just so absurd and irreverent and hysterical and it's something that at our company we're kind of, we're so irreverent about everything, we're sort of irreverent about the establishment, we're irreverent about civilization, we're irreverent about philosophy, we're irreverent about religion.

Brenda Song

I'd have to say I'm pretty adventurous. I just went to Shanghai for the Special Olympics and I tried dim sum. I'd never really had it before and some of it looked pretty scary, but I tried it anyway. My philosophy is, you're not going to know if you like it until you try it.

Jamie Sives

I came into acting with that sort of dull, meet-with-triumph-and-disaster-the-same philosophy and it's been the right one for me.

Janis Ian

Truth is not the enemy and whatever does not kill us, sets us free.

Gary L. Francione

Not only are the philosophies of animal rights and animal welfare separated by irreconcilable differences... the enactment of animal welfare measures actually impedes the achievement of animal rights... Welfare reforms, by their very nature, can only serve to retard the pace at which animal rights goals are achieved.

Danish Proverb

A fool is like all other men as long as he remains silent

Proverb Proverb

Young people talk of what they are doing; old people of what they have done; and fools of what they have a mind to do.

Benjamin Franklin

We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride and four times as much by our foolishness.

Dean Koontz

Life's mysterious, strange, and full of wonders - and only a fool withdraws from it willingly and lets it pass him by.

Ben Jonson

Fortune, that favors fools.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it

Dar Williams

Are we the fools for being surprised that a silence could end with no sound?

Harry Anderson

Even a fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it doesn't stop a wise man from trying.

Bill Gerstenmaier

At this point, ... it's so uncertain, there are so many variables out there, I think it's foolish for us to try to speculate on a particular launch date.

Robert Elliott

These companies and many smaller Delta Dental groups may be unable to update their eligibility and/or pay premiums for some time, so we're going to step up to help them from our end. These groups can focus on recovery and let us worry about paying claims and covering the dental needs of their employees and family members.

George Davis

We have not seen much reaction but given the elevated level of unit labor costs as well as the lower-than-expected print of initial claims data, that would be viewed as dollar supportive and may see the dollar rally over the short term.

Ferdinand Marcos

I claim the right not to incriminate myself.

Scott Holmes

I think he did the right thing by resigning. We still have information we are investigating and claims to pursue.

Jared Bernstein

Clearly, Katrina hasn't shown up in the jobless claims yet, but it will, ... Next month, we're going to be looking at one of the largest one month negative spikes in the history of this series, going back to the '30s.

Chris Neal

We still have folks working Katrina claims in Florida, as well as claims open from last season. If it hits, we'll be in pretty good shape to handle it.

Michael Englund

The level of claims remains remarkably lean. The labor market has improved significantly in early 2006. Payroll growth has likely entered a period of overdrive.

Antonio Tabucchi

I claim the right to take a stand once in a while.

Geoff Mulgan

Over 5,000 years, states have made surprisingly consistent claims about their duties. They have promised to protect people from threats; promote their welfare; deliver justice and also, perhaps less obviously, uphold truth - originally truths about the cosmos, and more recently truths drawn from reason and knowledge.