Famous Quotes & Sayings

Richard Rorty

What sort of world can we prepare for our great grandchildren?

Sam Bush

I am the age of the some of the grandparents that are bringing their young grandchildren to hear the music. I have been fortunate enough to see multiple generations of families come see my shows.

Zhang Xin

I'm afraid what we are building today will not have the same impact and sustainability of the architecture of a 100, 500 or 1,000 years ago. The buildings of those days were miracles. We don't perform such miracles today. So we should be a little more modest. For my part, I'll be glad to show one of my buildings one day to my grandchildren and say: I'm proud of that.

Katie McGrath

I want to have a little toy version of Morgana. I can then show it to my grandchildren one day. So I can say I used to have a waist.

Ben Stein

People ask how I can be a conservative and still want higher taxes. It makes my head spin, and I guess it shows how old I am. But I thought that conservatives were supposed to like balanced budgets. I thought it was the conservative position to not leave heavy indebtedness to our grandchildren.

Phyllis Diller

I still take the pill. I don't want any more grandchildren.

Lois Wyse

Didn't we, like our grandchildren, begin with a childhood we thought would never end? Now, all of a sudden, I'm older than my parents were when I thought they were old.

Lucy Maud Montgomery

She asked me what made me do such a thing. That is an awkward question because I often can't tell what makes me do things. Sometimes I do them just to find out what I feel like doing them. And sometimes I do them because I want to have some exciting things to tell my grandchildren.

John Flanagan

I'll build mine tomorrow," Horace said through a mouthful of food. "This is excellent, Will! When I have grandchildren, I'll name them all after you!

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

The evils which sapped the nation's strength had all been wrought in the name of religion.

Richelle Mead

Your boyfriend and Micah will both be speechless." I unfastened my seatbelt. "That's the third time I've heard 'your boyfriend.' What's going on about that? Why won't anyone say Brayden's name?" Neither of them answered right away. Finally, Jill said sheepishly, "Because none of us can remember it." "Oh, come on! I'd expect that from Adrian but not you guys. It's not that weird of a name." "No," admitted Eddie. "But there's just something so...I don't know. Unmemorable about him. I'm glad he makes you happy, but I just start to tune out whenever he talks.

Richelle Mead

My name's Jet Steele.

Richelle Mead

The problem with having so many people call me by nicknames was that when someone called me by my actual name, it usually meant something serious was happening.

Umberto Eco

The most interesting letters I received about 'The Name of the Rose' were from people in the Midwest that maybe didn't understand exactly, but wanted to understand more and who were excited by this picture of a world which was not their own.

Rick Riordan

This is Buford,” Leo announced. “You name your furniture?” Frank asked.

Rick James

I'm still James Johnson. Rick James is a stage name. James Johnson keeps Rick James on the ground... Kind of sort of.

Raymond Chandler

They don't want you until you have made a name, and by the time you have made a name, you have developed some kind of talent they can't use. All they will do is spoil it, if you let them.

William S. Burroughs

If you build a good name, eventually, that name will be its own currency.

Richard Notebaert

If you could wave a wand tomorrow that's the only thing we'd sell.

Jose Rizal

Tomorrow at 7, I shall be shot; but I am innocent of the crime of rebellion. I am going to die with a tranquil conscience.

Kurt Cobain

The finest day i ever had was when tomorrow never came

Eric Hoffer

Death has but one terror, that it has no tomorrow.

Norman Schwarzkopf

If Saddam were to be replaced tomorrow he would probably be replaced with someone who's just as bad or worse than he is.

Epicurus

We have been born once and there can be no second birth. Fir all eternity we shall no longer be. But you, although you are not master of tomorrow, are postponing your happiness...

Lauren Oliver

The question was: Will you meet me tomorrow? And the word was: Yes.

Paulo Coelho

As I don't know about tomorrow, I never save the best for later.

Pia Zadora

The future comes quickly. Before you know it, you turn around and it's tomorrow.