Famous Quotes & Sayings

X. J. Kennedy

The attitude that poetry should not be analyzed is prevalent among many who consider themselves experts on children's literature. But I suspected that kids like to look closely at things and figure out what makes them go.

Isabella Bird

I lived among the Japanese, and saw their mode of living, in regions unaffected by European contact.

Ismail Kadare

I consider I've had a good day when, among the lines I've written, I've produced from my innermost core what I call 'the appearance of the pearl.' That could refer to a discovery, a sense of harmonious cohesiveness, or something like that.

Giraldus Cambrensis

No one of this nation ever begs, for the houses of all are common to all; and they consider liberality and hospitality amongst the first virtues.

Yuri Milner

You know among people who kind of travel a lot and have exposure to the United States and some other countries, they do have accounts, but you know, Russia is not exactly the place with multiple language skills so local networks kind of have an edge.

Virginia Postrel

Many different relationships among patients, doctors, and drugs are possible and desirable. As in so many other areas of life, the Internet encourages experimentation. Questionnaire-based pharmacies operate between the traditional prescription and over-the-counter models.

Virginia Postrel

Bill Clinton has done some incredibly reckless, irresponsible things as president. But his campaign to expand Medicare entitlements has to rank among the worst.

Abraham Lincoln

I never went to school more than six months in my life, but I can say this: that among my earliest recollections, I remember how, when a mere child, I used to get irritated when anybody talked to me in a way I could not understand.

Ezra Taft Benson

The undermining of the home and family is on the increase with the devil anxiously working to displace the father as the head of the home and create rebellion among the children.

Carl Sagan

Who will speak for Planet Earth?

Nick Vitucci

That was great. Our fans have such great enthusiasm. They're the sixth man on the ice for us. It's an intimidation factor.

Erin Delaney

We have a lot of inexperienced players who have really never played the game. They were very enthusiastic about having a junior varsity team.

David Esquer

We've gotta be able to take that enthusiasm and excitement to other places, too. ... When your focus generates to another level, you say, OK, we need to harness that wherever we are.

Jerry Woods

We're very pleased with the turnout, the enthusiasm (of the attendees) and the total ambiance of the evening.

Ron Somers

U.S. industry has never been more enthusiastic about investing in India.

Ken Jennings

Most of them (the offers) were 'Where's the check?', whereas John's venture was very well funded and he just wanted me on board... He did a pretty good sales job. His enthusiasm was contagious.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

It is faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth looking at.

Lindsey Jacobellis

I was having fun. I wanted to share my enthusiasm with the crowd. Stuff happens. It's just a race.

David Friedman

It sometimes feels like I'm not doing anything.

Bethenny Frankel

I have to be in a relationship where I can say what I feel even if it's wrong - so we can work through it.

Katy Miller

That was a surprise because if we see a special defense, it's usually a box-and-one on Ashleigh. It was frustrating and hard to get open. Now I know how Ashleigh feels sometimes. But now that I've been in her shoes, I see how important it is for us to set good screens to get her open.

Ed Belfour

That was a great win. I felt good tonight, I saw the puck well. It feels like things are getting back on track.

Kaitlin Carney

That was a great way to start the season. We were able to get off on the good foot and that's what we've been working toward. It really feels good, but we're just going to take it one game at a time.

Scott Eastwood

I like working with my hands. It feels good to build something yourself.

Mark Ronson

I think I have an inherent modest level of stress, but I'm only super-aware of it when it goes away, when I'm on holiday and I think, 'Oh this feels pretty good.'

Robin S. Sharma

I used to be incredibly afraid of public speaking. I started with five people, then I'd speak to 10 people. I made it up to 75 people, up to 100, and now I can speak to a very large group, and it feels similar to speaking to you one-on-one.

Rickey Henderson

I love playing this game and every spring training feels like the first.

Tim Berners-Lee

There was a time when people felt the internet was another world, but now people realise it's a tool that we use in this world.

Webb Simpson

I felt the Lord telling me just to be patient all year. Whether it happened this year, next, or never, everything was going to be okay.

Valerie June

When I was 15, I begged my grandfather to give me this guitar he'd always had in the back of his closet. I promised him I'd learn to play it, but I never did. Then my grandfather died, and I felt so guilty. So I started playing.

Chuck Palahniuk

A big reason why I started writing is I felt that fiction had stopped evolving. All other entertainments were getting better, constantly, as technology allowed. Movies. Video games. Music.

Constance Marie

I never felt ready to have a baby until I was about 37 years old. I knew I always wanted kids someday, but I needed to be 'ready,' ya know?

Evangeline Lilly

It's so important for women to say to other women, 'I like myself how I am.' But it's hard because in your heart of hearts you are thinking, 'I don't really.' But you have to learn to say it. Imagine what a world it would be if people felt good about themselves the whole time.

Ellie Goulding

Breakups just hit you harder when you're younger. When I was a teenager, it felt like the most depressing thing in the world if a boy I was infatuated with didn't like me back!

Edward Snowden

I wanted to fight in the Iraq war because I felt like I had an obligation as a human being to help free people from oppression.

Dave Jones

The points target at the start of the season was 52 points because that we felt was the safety mark.

Becky G

I did a lot of little girl groups here and there just to get more comfortable on stage. When you're in girl groups, it's a lot different because if you mess up, there's someone on stage to back you up, and finally I got to a point where I knew I could do it on my own.

David Hyde Pierce

Last year, I finally got my own grand piano, and that was a big thing for me because it's always been and always will be a very important part of my life.

Nile Rodgers

I've found great solace in finally taking care of myself and others.

Chris Richard

That was the plan for the whole game, but we just didn't do it. We tried, but they played good defense. Once we got it worked out, we kept going at it and going at it, so it finally worked.

Tracy Roller

That whole last minute was just surreal. We finally did everything that we needed to do. It just took us until the last two possessions to get to that point.

George Clark

That was a good win for us, ... We finally put together a full game. The players should be proud because they did it as a team

Dave Huber

We just didn't react (early). It took a little while, but finally we started reacting and started doing some good things.

Fred Griffin

We were having trouble with their press and getting into our offense, but we finally got into a groove. The other night it was 16 teams left, then eight. Now it's four. We just want to finish the mission.

Bobby Carpenter

We've done about 30 or so of these. Now, it's finally winding down.

Sathya Baba

The PEACE that pervades the heart can never be shaken for any reason; only PEACE of this kind is worthy of the name.

Judith Butler

The argument that all Jews have a heartfelt investment in the state of Israel is untrue. Some have a heartfelt investment in corned beef sandwiches.

Gordon B. Hinckley

There is far too much of divorce, wherein hearts are broken, and sometimes lives are destroyed.

C. S. Lewis

but who can feel ugly, when their heart feels joy

C. S. Lewis

No emotion is, in itself, a judgement; in that sense all emotions and sentiments are alogical. but they can be reasonable or unreasonable as they conform to Reason or fail to conform. The heart never takes the place of the head: but it can, and should, obey it.

Cecelia Ahern

Journalism classes teach us that one must extract oneself from the story in order to report without bias, but often we need to be in the story in order to understand, to connect, to help the audience identify or else it has no heart; it could be a robot telling the story, for all anyone cares.

Cecelia Ahern

Alex: Rosie, I wanted you to be the first person to no that I’ve decided to become a heart surgeon! Rosie: Cool, does it pay well? Alex: Rosie, it’s not about the money. Rosie: Where I come from, it’s all about the money. Probably because I don’t have any.

Cecelia Ahern

Not like a heart, which let people in without permission, held them in a special place she never had any say in and then yearned for them to remain there longer than they planned.

Cecelia Ahern

Your heart can break at any age.