Famous Quotes & Sayings

Brad Feld

While I'm a venture capitalist who invests in early-stage tech companies, I often feel like a professional emailer and conference call maker. I try to spend most of my time doing whatever the companies we are investors in need me to do.

Jane Jacobs

It is hopeless to try to convert some borders into seams.

Janet Jackson

I've never been into what am I going to do next, trying to reinvent myself.

Miley Cyrus

I've never just been able to be alone, and I'm obsessed with being alone and hearing my thoughts. I'm trying to take this alone time — the five minutes I do have a day — to learn as much as I can.

Miley Cyrus

Maybe it's your time to lift off and fly You won't know if you never try.

Elizabeth Scott

So, you're telling me that no matter what, you can't be happy? Well, darling, it's no wonder you're miserable. It's what you want...So then try (to be happy).

T. V. Carpio

As an actor, I'm always up for exploring and trying new things.

Brent Spiner

No, actually I'm trying to stay away from the big screen.

Billy Connolly

If you don't know how to meditate at least try to spend some time every day just sitting.

Ayn Rand

In this world, either you're virtuous or you enjoy yourself. Not both, lady, not both.

Bryant H. McGill

The conflicts we have with the outside world are often conflicts we have within ourselves.

Janine Benyus

Cooperation in the most natural thing in the world

Daniel Handler

For Beatrice, I cherished, you perished, The world's been nightmarished.

Bob Dylan

What did I owe the rest of the world? Nothing.

Bobby Fischer

The Russians have fixed world chess.

Arthur Schopenhauer

If there is anything in the world that can really be called a mans property, it is surely that which is the result of his mental activity.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Genius and madness have something in common: both live in a world that is different from that which exists for everyone else.

Antonio Porchia

I would ask something more of this world, if it had something more.

Brian Hewitt

Assuming that Nike gets her from head to toe that would be Nike equipment, Nike clothes, the whole bit she would have nothing but Swooshes. That's the number she would automatically get from just signing. Overnight, she would get $10 million to $12 million. It depends on how the contract is structured, but that's what I'm hearing.

Alberto Manguel

Every text assumes a reader.

Paulo Freire

Experience teaches us not to assume that the obvious is clearly understood

Tom Glavine

Let's be honest, Pedro for five innings is better than no Pedro at all. With the way our bullpen is going to be structured, having a day off Tuesday, it might not be so bad to have him out there for only five innings -- assuming he's healthy and that's the most important thing.

Nigel Winterburn

Lots of players can do it for 10-15 games but we want to see them do it for 40, 50, 100 or 200 games, winning titles again. That will be the big test. Everyone's assuming they will go from strength to strength. I hope they do because it's an exciting team. They haven't played a physical team away for a while and I hope they have learned the lesson that as well as all the good football you play you have to stand up to those teams.

Ted Thompson

Sure we do. And we're assuming he will be back.

Gertrude Stein

Ladies there is no neutral position for us to assume.

Jim Johnson

He seems fine. He is going to play quite a bit, but he seems fine right now. He has not complained about it, at least to us. So we are assuming he's going to be ready to play 20 or 30 plays.

Willie Randolph

He's going to start to step up his program a little bit. He knows he has to start getting ready. He didn't actually say, 'I'm going to get on the top (of the mound),' but I'm assuming that he might. He probably will. We'll see.