Famous Quotes & Sayings

Walter Savage Landor

Ridicule has followed the vestiges of truth, but never usurped her place.

Horace

Ridicule is often employed with more power and success than severity.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Ridicule dishonours more than dishonour.

Donna Roberts

The people that are still employed are petrified.

Ken Duberstein

I am for Gov. George W. Bush, but it puzzles me greatly that they haven't employed what you would refer to as your thermonuclear weapon,

Ellen Terry

As Romeo Irving reminded me of a pig who has been taught to play the fiddle. He did it cleverly, but would be better employed in squealing.

Nathan Fillion

I would love to be employed for the rest of my life... But what I would want to do is things that would frighten me, things that would scare me. I've never done that before; can I do that, can I show them that I can do it?

Christopher Hitchens

A speech idiosyncrasy, in the same way as an air quote, is really justifiable only if it's employed very sparingly and if the user consciously intends to be using it.

Katharina Von

Some studies show that while the EU has better social policy than the US, more American women are employed and more of them work in higher positions.

Dontrelle Willis

It was all positive. I'm just happy I'm employed again.

Kenneth Cranham

If you swap it about, do television, theatre, film, you can go on surprising yourself. The problem is you get employed to do something you've already done. They want something from that sheep pen of performances they've seen you do.

Henry Ward Beecher

There is not a time that you walk through the street, when if you employed your senses, you would not learn something worthwhile.

John Brennan

We talked about that and she understands the severity of it.

Margaret Chan

Timing is unpredictable and the severity is uncertain.

Peyton Hyslop

I was surprised at the severity of the sentence.

Charles de Montesquieu

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.