Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

KNIGHT, n.Once a warrior gentle of birth, Then a person of civic worth, Now a fellow to move our mirth. Warrior, person, and fellow --no more: We must knight our dogs to get any lower. Brave Knights Kennelers then shall be, Noble Knights of the Golden Flea, Knights of the Order of St. Steboy, Knights of St. Gorge and Sir Knights Jawy. God speed the day when this knighting fad Shall go to the dogs and the dogs go mad.

Richard Boucher

Journalism is often a dangerous profession. Today, we take this opportunity to express solidarity with the brave journalists who risk their lives to inform the public and express their views.

Michael Drayton

Had in him those brave translunary things/ That the first poets had.

Stockwell Day

It is a brave new world, one that I do not think most Canadians, when they fully understand its implications, will want.

Mark Rosenbaum

I think the homeless have just found shelter with the federal courts. I think it's a brave and courageous decision.

Chuck Prochaska

I think it's unfortunate because what we did for our readership was something that most newspapers were scared to do. I think Acton and I made a brave decision to publish the cartoons.

Brenda Jones

The owners at the time thought, well, were going to have to give all this money back, ... And he comes driving up, late, to do the show. Hed been to a Braves game.

John Donne

I have done one brave thing - Than all the Worthies did; And yet a braver thence doth spring - Which is to keep that hid

Scott Erwin

He was very brave and I'll miss him always.

Rhianna Pratchett

You can't have bravery without fear

Voltaire

It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.

Veronica Roth

A chasm reminds us that there is a fine line between bravery and idiocy.

Veronica Roth

I never thought I would need bravery in the small moments of my life. I do.

Veronica Roth

I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren't all that different. All your life you've been training to forget yourself, so when you're in danger, it becomes your first instinct

Veronica Roth

Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.

Mahatma Gandhi

Mere brave speech without action is letting off useless steam.

Mahatma Gandhi

The bravery of the nonviolent is vastly superior to that of the violent.

Mahatma Gandhi

Nonviolence is the summit of bravery.

Kathleen Troia McFarland

We realize too late that President Bush shouldn't have taken us into Iraq, and President Obama shouldn't have taken us out.

J. J. Johnson

I wouldn't be here this morning if President Bush had done the one thing required of him as commander in chief -- protect and defend the Constitution. The minute that Valerie Plame's identity was outed, he should have delivered a strict and strong message to his employees.

Al Gore

I would not want to win the presidency by a few votes cast in error or misinterpreted or miscounted, and I don't think Governor Bush does either.

Wendy Strub

I would say it's more to do with George Bush than a potential Liberal victory in Canada. That's one, two, three times Bush has been declared victorious and the market likes that.

John Edward

I think it represents in many ways the downfall of the Bush administration, which is the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs in the state of Ohio as a result of their tax policies and their trade policies, ... The people of Ohio will be looking for new leadership.

Rick Davis

I think it reassures people that John McCain has a good record on the right to life issue and it can cut through some of the misrepresentations the Bush campaign has put out on our record.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

I think it is very important not to make a big deal out of it, because it is not, ... President Bush is always welcome to California.

Donald Rumsfeld

He certainly is the secretary-general and he has a voice and a role. On the other hand, until President Bush went to the U.N., the U.N. was quite happy with the way things were,

Edwin III

He certainly fits the kind of excellent judges that we were looking for and that President Bush is looking for.

Kathleen Troia McFarland

Despite spending trillions of dollars and spilling the blood of thousands of Americans, we remain in servitude to Arab oil.

Jeriamy Jackson

Kenny, he's going to work harder than anyone. As for Matt, nobody's going to intimidate him despite giving up nearly 35 pounds in his weight class.

Richard Lucas

Joe was hired a long time ago, did a good job and stuck around. Despite all the changes, he's still the same. He still thinks he's a pre-law student.

Susanna Moore

Women are completely disadvantaged - despite what men will say. It is not a fair fight.

Jose Serrano

I think it says something about Freddy that, despite his ups and downs in this race, he has stayed dignified, animated, and charismatic.

Bill Gray

I think that our offensive line has really started to gel, ... We have three new faces up there on the front line and they haven't played a lot of football. Despite their experience, I think that every time we step on the football field, they get better.

Roseanne Roseanne

I think we're looking at a pretty strong housing market despite the fact that starts didn't rise, ... far from runaway.

Russ Yarworth

He's a very tough worker. Mentally, he's tough, despite what he might tell you. He's got a good feel for the water.

Byron Calame

I have had unusual difficulty getting a better explanation for readers, despite the paper's repeated pledges of greater transparency.

Tony Leon

He could do worse than to go to Delmas to see how his own government has failed its own people in its own backyard.

Seth Berkley

History will not judge HIV/AIDS kindly... the harshest words will be reserved for how the world responded, or rather failed to respond, to the epidemic.

Praveen Khandelwal

We took to the streets because all other methods had failed. All political parties failed us miserably on this issue.

Harry Reid

I think it's right and proper for the Moderator to speak out on matters of great public interest. Too often in the recent past Moderators have failed to do so.

Chuck D.

He was in the school, too, and had failed the exam,

John Montgomery

I don't feel like the Hanover voters rejected us last time. I feel like I failed in communicating with them.

Inayat Bunglawala

He has been doing so at regular intervals and has miserably failed every time.

Silvan Shalom

He has failed to give us peace; he has failed to give us security,

Gerald Harris

He failed to meet his obligation ... to be present on time,

Tom Casey

He is the established constitutional president of Mauritania.

Mary Matalin

He is to the vice president what the vice president is to the president.

John Edwards

It is actually the responsibility of the president of the U.S. to be able to do two things at the same time,

Orrin Hatch

I think the president has to do some compromising here, not just the House.

Charles Schumer

I think what the president is trying to do here is thread the needle.

Gary Chaison

I think that (AFL-CIO President John) Sweeney will have to make a strong statement about the AFL-CIO and how it's strong and still relevant.

Dale Bills

He was strong and vibrant and it was vintage President Hinckley.

Rob Woodall

To be fair, Republicans are not blameless. The deficit began to spiral out of control on President Bush's watch.

Ryan Lochte

Abe Lincoln is my favorite president of all time - and he pulls off that top hat pretty well.

Stephen Hadley

I would say that is some real progress.

Jerry Angelo

He just didn't progress the way we thought he would. That's the short of it. I'm sure he's as disappointed as we are.

John Bolton

I think we are still making progress. I think it is slow but it is steady,

Wayne Inouye

I think things are on track and we're very enthusiastic about the progress we've made to date. We have just started a long journey. I don't think that everything is perfect.

Ty Warren

I think we're more satisfied with the progression, and the progress we've made through the season from where we started to where we are right now. It's a whole other season that's going to start right now.

Sandy Bridgeman

I think we?re making the progress that we want to. It?s not perfect. But there are glimpses of the team we can be.

Scott Sutton

I think we're making some progress but tonight we ran out of steam in the third period,

Keith Rockwell

There is a need for them to progress here. It's a very important meeting.

Abbott L. Lowell

You will be courteous to your elders who have explored to the point from which you may advance; and helpful to your juniors who will progress farther by reason of your labors.

Anton LaVey

Those that would say Satanist would like to kill animal's, sacrifice animals I would say they would make ideal animal sacrifices, I love animals and animals have always been part of me.

Granth Sahib

I am devoted, dedicated, a sacrifice to Your Name.

Max Cleland

He has not suffered. He has not sacrificed for his country, and he doesn't understand those who have.

Richard Posner

I do not know what has caused MacKinnon to become, and, more surprisingly, to remain, so obsessed with pornography, and so zealous for censorship. But let us not sacrifice our civil liberties on the altar of her obsession.

Richard Whately

Nothing but the right can ever be expedient, since that can never be true expediency which would sacrifice a great good to a less.

Richelle Mead

I want her to be happy. It's worth sacrificing myself." -Eddie

Richelle Mead

Тhere isnʹt much I wouldnʹt do for you. Тhe stupider, the better.

Richelle Mead

VAMPIRE ACADEMY: Rose- See something you like? Dimitri- Get dressed. LAST SACRIFICE: Rose- See something you like? Dimitri- Lots

Richelle Mead

Was this all part of your plan as my lawyer? I don't recall explosive escapes being part of the legal training." "Well, I'm sure it wasn't part of Damon Taru's legal training.

Rob Sheffield

Every mix tape tells a story. Put them together, and they add up to the story of life.

Rob Halford

For us Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp is bigger than the music. It is very much an experience that brings a lot of skills and discoveries about yourself together. In that respect, it also enables you to learn that being in a band is a lot tougher than sitting around and playing guitar in your bedroom.

Richard O'Brien

However, there's three reasons for doing things in this particular world. One is love, one is prestige and the other's money. If you get all three together, that's fine.

Richard Wright

there are times when life's ends are so raveled that reason and sense cry out that we stop and gather them together again before we can proceed

Russell Brand

The right to free speech is important but it isn't as important as 'we're all human beings together, let's find solutions together.'

Rose McGowan

Why are women still this underclass? If we all banded together...

Umberto Eco

I seem to know all the cliches, but not how to put them together in a believable way. Or else these stories are terrible and grandiose precisely because all the cliches intertwine in an unrealistic way and you can't disentangle them. But when you actually live a cliche, it feels brand new, and you are unashamed.

Tre Cool

Life is like breakfast: you just mix all ingredients 'cause in your stomach it will all come together.

Rick Riordan

Together we made our way down to the street level. Neither of us said a word. The music was awful--Neil Diamond or something. I should've made that part of my gift form the gods: better elevator tunes.