Famous Quotes & Sayings

Barbara Jordan

We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.

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

Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.

Baruch Spinoza

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

Augustine Birrell

History is a pageant and not a 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

The men who are not interested in philosophy need it most urgently; they are most helplessly in its power.

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.

Ayn Rand

Rationality is the recognition of the fact that nothing can alter the truth and nothing can take precedence over that act of perceiving it.

Heber J. Grant

Prosperity comes to those who observe the law of tithing.

Catherine Crier

The Rule of Law is being trampled by a heart-felt but misguided power play for revenge,

Trish Hoffman

It was another law enforcement officer. He was part of our family.

Carlos Lopez

These encouraging results could not have occurred without the contributions that law enforcement partners throughout Texas have made to traffic safety,

Greg Serbon

The state is having to take the law into its own hands. There has been zero enforcement nationally.

Richard Ford

This is not what you ordered, ... This is not what the law requires.

Dan Robertson

This is per state law and off of the total value of the home.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

The welfare of the people is the ultimate law

David Wilkins

The way the law is written requires passports or similar secure document,

Dr. Johnson

Back fusions are like killing a fly on the windowpane with a sledgehammer. The fly is dead, but you've also broken the glass.

John Jones

People talk about HP being a broken company, but they're not a broken company, ... Half of their business is printers and, they're growing at as much as 16 percent.

Todd Leone

The (Nasdaq) composite has broken out; it hasn't been here in a while.

Derek Abney

Actually, I'm pretty happy. I wasn't as fast as I wanted to be, but I'm still getting over a broken foot. I think I did well on my passing drills and in the interviews.

Uri Dan

Despite his broken heart, he would love to keep his soul and theirs united in one piece.

Craig Regelbrugge

The situation on the ground looks the way it does because we've had a broken immigration system for years.

William Cunningham

The sense of guilt implies in some vague outline the ideas of a broken moral order and an offended God.

Tom Schrader

The semiconductor index right now is a broken index. Until it finds some support, it will continue to sell off and that tends to drag down the market as a whole.

Steven Wood

The strong historical relationship between the level of the help-wanted index and the year-on-year growth of payroll employment has broken down completely.