Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

David Lynch

Individual peace is the unit of world peace.

Ambrose Bierce

The world has suffered more from the ravages of ill-advised marriages than from virginity.

Alice Paul

This world crisis came about without women having anything to do with it. If the women of the world had not been excluded from world affairs, things today might have been different.

Alice McDermott

The world was a cruder, more vulgar place than the one I had known. This was the language required to live in it, I supposed.

Alice Munro

Love removes the world for you, and just as surely when it's going well as when it's going badly.

Anne Michaels

Like other ghosts, she whispers; not for me to join her, but so that, when I'm close enough, she can push me back into the world.

Ann Voskamp

Pantheism, seeing the natural world as divine, is a very different thing than seeing divine God present in all things

Ann Voskamp

In a world addicted to speed, I blur the moments into one unholy smear.

Meryl Streep

The formula of happiness and success is just, being actually yourself, in the most vivid possible way you can.

Dennis Potter

A bad act done will fester and create in its own way. It's not only goodness that creates. Bad things create. They have their own yeast.

Debby Ryan

Music is such an intensely personal thing for me, and I knew if I was going to do it, it would be in my own way.

Jose Bergamin

Even if you're not going anywhere, don't get in the way.

Julian Casablancas

A band is a good way to break up a friendship.

Maggie Stiefvater

I didn't know," I start truthfully, "that it was the hard way when I started on it.

Joe Torre

We all have different ways to do things.

James Patterson

How did you become blind, uh, Jeff is it?" Yeah, Jeff. Well, I looked directly at the sun, you know, the way they always tell you not to. If only I had listened.

Elliott Smith

Playing things too safe is the most popular way to fail,

Khalil Dulaimi

We have not been duly informed about any certain date for a trial.

Chris Lowther

If the clock got to a certain point, we were going to foul, but we wanted to give ourselves a shot to get the steal.

Joakim Noah

I always give respect to and pay homage to New York, because I don't feel like I would be the player that I am today if it wasn't for New York City. It gives you a certain edge, a certain toughness just growing up in the city.

James Logan

He was very thorough, very energetic and very passionate, ... To him, every human being has a certain dignity.

Carol Wright

He was very resolute, ... I think he felt good. I think he was very certain of his decision and pleased that it was finally happening.

Carl Persis

One of the great things we do is recognize people. Those things are greatly appreciated by family and friends and colleagues. It's so hard to define every certain instance. We have to use our own good judgment.

Jon Voight

I was raised Catholic... I fell in love with certain ideals.

Kevin Steele

I would say in places I've been like Tennessee and Nebraska, without studying it, it's about what it is. It's a contact sport, so there are going to be a certain number that won't finish because of injury. ... For some there are playing-time issues. Obviously, you get some that are away for the first time and decide this isn't what they want. Then you have some (dismissed).

Jake Gyllenhaal

I would really love to direct one day. I think there are certain actors who love the character and the performance and that's all they want to be a part of.