Famous Quotes & Sayings

Robert Fitzgerald

I would then go on to say that Homer, as we now know, was working in what they call an oral tradition.

Helen Keller

Keep your face to the sunshine and you will never see the shadow.

Russell Banks

I taught at Princeton and it was undergraduate and I much prefer teaching undergraduates to graduate students in writing programs.

John Sladek

Whatever I'm reading at the moment seems to influence whatever I'm writing.

Rudolf Hiferding

We thus see that the Marxist law of value is not canceled by the data of the third volume, but is merely modified in a definite way.

Rudolf Hiferding

It is obvious, moreover, that the formation of price in capitalist society must differ from the formation of price in social conditions based upon the simple production of commodities.

Daniel Goleman

I think that it's an extraordinary opportunity for science for the first time to learn about the positive potential of these traditions.

James Patterson

Lately, I find that I'm working on three or more projects at any given time. For some reason, this is a very comfortable way for me to work.

Helen Keller

We may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings.

Kathleen Troia McFarland

Russia does not have a modern economy: it's a petro-power. The only thing it sells that the world wants to buy is oil and natural gas. When was the last time anyone bought a Russian computer? A Russian car? A Russian cell phone? Russia is so dependent on high energy prices that if oil falls below $100 a barrel, the Kremlin can't meet payroll.

Kay Redfield Jamison

People respond differently to people who are grieving. They reach out. But depression is so very isolating. It's hard to explain to anyone who has never been depressed how isolating it is. Grief comes and goes, but depression is unremitting.

Fernando Alonso

I was lucky that I was not fighting with anyone so I took the race quite easy. But for us, second place is good. The target for the last six or seven races was to be on the podium.

Steve Schmidt

Kerry's statements to Dubuque voters make it clear that he will say anything to anyone at any time if he thinks it will help him score political points,

Robert LeBlanc

Knowing these people, most of them are hunters, trappers, farmers, they're not going to wait on FEMA or anyone else. They're going to do what they need to do. They're used to primitive conditions.

Adrienne Clarkson

Knowing better than anyone my own shortcomings, I undertake this task with humility and ask you all, as Canadians, to help me.

Rick Riordan

Kids ask me questions. You'd think after doing this for four years, I would have heard every single question anyone could think of to ask, but no, every time, they surprise me, they ask me something I never thought of before.

Garrett Gomez

I wouldn't say I thought I had the race won. It was all in the way he was going to respond to me when we turned for home. Once we headed to about the three-eighths pole, he seemed to start to come back to me a little bit more than I liked. And I said, 'I'm going to go now.' I thought I went fast enough that as long as I had him going I wouldn't give anyone a chance to even get close to him.

Mark Shapiro

I wouldn't say I'm surprised by Cliff's development, but I am a little surprised by the pace of it. He's an extremely competitive guy. He's made a ton of adjustments since last season, but I don't think anyone could have anticipated (that he'd get this good, this fast).

Ken Hill

Sometimes just getting out of the house and doing something you haven't done in a long time (or never done!) can open up the doors to musical inspiration.

Richard Parry

I was in the middle of staring at the new Mini. The way the two doors open in the back, have you seen that? It's really cute,

Bob Gibbons

Kelvin will shut down a lot of open doors (for out-of-state universities). He'll be very successful in getting the top players in the state to come to Indiana.

Chris Chute

keeps all doors open as long as possible until the real opportunities start to shape themselves.

Scott Clark

I take exotic woods and make funky furniture. One of my favorite pieces I'm showing this year is a ying-yang curio that's four-feet in diameter. The doors are in that (ying-yang) shape and there are two shelves that seem like they're floating and are the dots.

Terry Edwards

Having as much math as possible leaves doors open for the future.

Tim Walsh

His parents always opened their doors to us.

John Trudell

Whatever their reasons, Hollywood, or the entertainment industry, is saying something about Indians. I don't see the rest of the media knocking down any doors to do that.

Jerome Meyer

To get 3,000 students through two doors in 15 minutes is an impossibility, ... The University can figure out that you can open more doors. It doesn't take much to do it.

Emily White

I was like, I need to go to the bathroom, nudge, nudge. And the girls go with you, but that doesn't work necessarily. The guys follow you to the bathroom, and they follow you to the door.

Josephine Baker

I was learning the importance of names -- having them, making them -- but at the same time I sensed the dangers. Recognition was followed by oblivion, a yawning maw whose victims disappeared without a trace.

Chris Gibbs

Kids are just louder and participate more in activities. When Duke, our mascot, is out they follow him around and want him to tell them what to do.

Lucan Lucan

Keep to moderation, keep the end in view, follow nature

Michael Clayton

Just relax and be him. He's a good enough player he doesn't have to go and do anything special. Just follow the rules and just be him.

John Price

I talk to lots of people who say there's nothing to do in Detroit, ... I tell them, 'You're not looking. Follow me.'

Detective McFadden

I suspect they may have been sold on eBay, and we're following up on that.

John Davidson

I suspect people have started to recalculate their positions going into the jobs report and they don't want to be short -- they want to be fully invested. If the numbers really follow what we've seen for the initial jobless claims, it could be positive for the market.

Ozzie Guillen

He wanted to follow his teammates and be a part of that, too,

Mark Wood

Just something to get her to open up and not be so shy.

Rich Harris

I think it is an open question whether they would want them released while there are two investigations ongoing.

Bonnie Raitt

He used to let me open for him and he tuned my guitar.

James Cotton

Greg and I just have this special connection. When he is open down low, he will say 'Yes!' and I will give him the ball.

Joel Klein

has been and always remains open to a settlement.

Jamie Rains

Hayley was on fire. They had to get out on her, and that really opened things up for other people.

Rob Spear

I think it's going to open up. Would you be interested?

Brian Roberts

I think, without a setback, I don't see why I won't be ready for Opening Day. I haven't really put that much thought into Tuesday yet.

Tom Driscoll

We're opening up the day after Mother's Day.

Jamie Rains

Hayley was on fire. They had to get out on her, and that really opened things up for other people.

Rahul Dravid

He is not an option. We have two specialist openers and I have also opened and done well.

Tom Peterson

Our middles are very good. We passed really well and that opened things up for our offense.

Ron Hop

In the third quarter, we opened up a lead. That was pretty much the game.

Jeff Hironaka

In the first half, we (hit the 3), and that opened things up. We had better opportunities to go to the basket. That's how we have to play.

David Cross

If the owner hadn't come and seen the smoke, by time this place opened tonight it would have been rolling.

David Koresh

These people remain here because I have thoroughly opened to them the seven seals.

Manu Ginobili

They were worried about Tony, and that opened things up for us.

Djimon Hounsou

Africa is my continent. It is where I opened my eyes.