Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

KNIGHT, n.Once a warrior gentle of birth, Then a person of civic worth, Now a fellow to move our mirth. Warrior, person, and fellow --no more: We must knight our dogs to get any lower. Brave Knights Kennelers then shall be, Noble Knights of the Golden Flea, Knights of the Order of St. Steboy, Knights of St. Gorge and Sir Knights Jawy. God speed the day when this knighting fad Shall go to the dogs and the dogs go mad.

Richard Boucher

Journalism is often a dangerous profession. Today, we take this opportunity to express solidarity with the brave journalists who risk their lives to inform the public and express their views.

Michael Drayton

Had in him those brave translunary things/ That the first poets had.

Stockwell Day

It is a brave new world, one that I do not think most Canadians, when they fully understand its implications, will want.

Mark Rosenbaum

I think the homeless have just found shelter with the federal courts. I think it's a brave and courageous decision.

Chuck Prochaska

I think it's unfortunate because what we did for our readership was something that most newspapers were scared to do. I think Acton and I made a brave decision to publish the cartoons.

Brenda Jones

The owners at the time thought, well, were going to have to give all this money back, ... And he comes driving up, late, to do the show. Hed been to a Braves game.

John Donne

I have done one brave thing - Than all the Worthies did; And yet a braver thence doth spring - Which is to keep that hid

Scott Erwin

He was very brave and I'll miss him always.

Bob Mancini

Kitchener may be the class of our conference. Erie always has a good team. They do a good job of reloading. We'll be playing in two very tough buildings this weekend.

Joe Enoch

I think it is important to look at older empty buildings in town and find a use for them.

Jaquelin T. Robertson

Good buildings make and are made by their settings, and they are appropriately different in different locations. Climate, culture, topography and materials have helped create regional architectural languages that seem curiously right for their locations and for all times.

Paul Higginbotham

I think the county is making every effort to get the kids back in there. I just hope we can continue to maintain it. That's one thing we are working on with all of our county buildings ... establishing a maintenance program.

Dorothy Johnson

It is going to bump us up another level, ... It is remarkable that we have ranked as high as we have with the buildings we have.

Jeff Murray

Lab buildings are fun because scientists are so passionate. Researchers are very concerned and knowledgeable about their space and have a lot of ideas of how it should work, because they realize it can make a big difference in how productive they are.

Bob Segar

The people who are in these temporary buildings desperately need better facilities.

Keith Tkachuk

We've gone into tough buildings and won, or at least gone to overtime. It's a credit to our system and the way we play. That's what you want to establish as a road team. We can't get rattled.

Edward Rubin

We supported East River Science Park. We supported the United Nations tower. We're not an anti-development board. But we do want planning input. We don't look kindly on commercial, nor on buildings taller than the U.N. Secretariat.

Red Grooms

I always dreamed of having very concrete engineering plans, something like that.

Jack Straw

What we have done today is to set down the most concrete benchmarks by which the conditions in which the elections in Zimbabwe are able to take place, with an overriding imperative -- even at this late stage -- of trying to secure as free and fair elections as is possible.

P. J. O'Rourke

I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason.

James Mullen

I think it's important for us to not overstate what we know, ... We want to be concrete about what we know and what we don't know.

Tim Michaud

Whatever Frances didn't destroy, Jeanne took apart. We stripped the hotel down to the concrete structure.

Claus Leggewie

Whatever direction we go in will not be justified by history any more. It's no longer about history, but about the concrete problems that we have. This has really changed.

Lu Yongxiang

We support leading scientists who make concrete and crucial contributions to the innovation of science and technology.

Fayssal Mekdad

It is not a credible report, ... too much politics and less concrete actions.

Brian Callaghan

We look at a vast number of opportunities every year at locations around the country, but we tend not to discuss anything until there is some type of concrete announcement to discuss.

Lynsey Addario

I was lucky because I had parents who have enabled me to do whatever I was passionate about and never held my siblings and me back from anything. But I think a lot of people don't have that experience.

Marcel Desailly

King will have a lot of experience around him, Sol campbell, (David) Beckham, even Michael Owen will be able to help, ... They have for sure to tell him this will be a tough game from start to finish, and the first that makes the mistake will lose the game.

Mike Piazza

kind of fun, especially in New York. I've seen it on smaller levels in other cities, but it's fun to get into the rivalry thing and experience it.

Eddie Wood

Kenny won't be intimidated by the kids and the kids won't be intimidated by Kenny. With all of his experience and the type of person he is, Kenny is about the perfect teammate for those guys.

Tedy Bruschi

I wouldn't be standing here in front of you if I didn't think I could play football, ... I know my physical abilities are here. I think my 10 years of experience will help also. I know what it looks like, I know how to react to it, just from experience.

Paul Burke

Keith's 30 years of experience in hotel and resort operations in a variety of markets together with his strong leadership skills ideally qualify him for this position.

Knute Nelson

Keeping a promise made before I left you folks, I will now take pen in hand for a little while and tell you about my experience of a soldier's life.

James Kirkman

just very humbled, and appreciative, and amazed; it was a very happy experience.

J. C. Chandor

Just making a movie the way 'All is Lost' had to be made was a great experience, because it was structured differently than any other film I will make for the rest of my life.

Martin Scorsese

Just when people think he gives you one thing, ... he gives you another.

Doug Wilson

Josh didn't do anything wrong, but this gives us some flexibility on our roster. This is the way the waiver rule should work. Players like that should be playing in this league. We had a good talk this morning.

Kevan Barlow

I talk to him all the time, and he gives me his opinions about our situation, ... He might as well be Nostradamus , because he predicted everything Ê that we're going through.

Jeffrey Edelman

I think it gives them another way to become more visible.

Steve Sanders

I think it gives me more of a leadership role on the team, because some of the guys know I have a son and they see how I act,

Charlene Lui

I think it is a good idea because it gives everyone responsibility.

Harold Wilson

He wanted to play hard. He gives it all he's got. That's why I've got to sub him pretty frequently, because he plays hard.

Bruce Bochy

He can play all three outfield positions and first base. He's a solid player. He gives you quality at-bats.

Dennis Tomasevicz

He just gives it 100-percent everything he does.

Rich Mullins

The best that can happen is that someone can catch a glimpse of the glory you're hinting at.

Cole Porter

In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking but now, God knows, anything goes.

Helen Hayes

There is only one terminal dignity - love.

Peter Ustinov

A twinge of conscience is a glimpse of God.

Helen Hayes

The story of a love is not important-what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.

Chogyam Trungpa

Watchfulness is experiencing a sudden glimpse of something without any qualifications - just the sudden glimpse itself.

Lea Thompson

One of things I like about looking at pictures when you're young and also meeting back with old friends you haven't seen in a long time is, for me, it's a glimpse of who I was.

Bob Kendrick

This will provide a glimpse of what life was like in the Negro Leagues.

Dean Koontz

In each little life, we can see great truth and beauty, and in each little life we glimpse the way of all things in the universe. If we alow ourselves to be enchanted by the beauty of the ordinary, we begin to see that all things extraordinary.

Jim Steinberg

This will pretty much put the libraries back together.

Martina Kominiarek

We also benefited in the past year at all of our libraries from donations.

Richelle Mead

Oh God. Why, oh why, did I have to be the one to deliver this news? Why couldn’t I be locked away in my room or the library doing something enjoyable, like homework?

Umberto Eco

Libraries can take the place of God.

Umberto Eco

A library's ideal function is to be a little bit like a bouquiniste's stall, a place for trouvailles.

Richard Russo

Bookstores, like libraries, are the physical manifestation of the wide world's longest, most thrilling conversation.

Robin Ince

I have spent a reasonable percentage of my life in libraries - I like the hush.

Virginia Woolf

To admit authorities, however heavily furred and gowned, into our libraries and let them tell us how to read, what to read, what value to place upon what we read, is to destroy the spirit of freedom which is the breath of those sanctuaries.

Robertson Davies

A Library goes on as far as thought can reach.

Zadie Smith

The library was the place I went to find out what there was to know. It was absolutely essential.

William Godwin

He that revels in a well-chosen library has inumerable dishes, and all of admirable flavor.

Chris Waythomas

Just very light small amounts, you have to be looking for it to find it in the snow, very fine-grained stuff.

Curt Benge

I think it's a close-knit group, and the seniors are a lightning rod for that. The underclassmen like and respect them, so they want to see them have some success.

Sally Field

Goldie is like a neon light and I am not.

Chipper Jones

He's been pretty much lights out since he got over here.

Skip Wilson

We're pretty solid, particularly in the lighter weights. And we have some experience. We should make another run at it.

Evelyn Fox

We totally refurnished and refurbished the lobby, lighting and furniture.

John Ide

What you're looking for is lights and markers.

Loryn Kasten

It is lightly snowing right now, and were supposed to get a little more snow out of this storm.

Tony Torrez

I went through a red light on South Main Avenue.

Graham Hawkes

I don't have to be smarter than anybody else. I've just plain worked harder and longer than anybody else.

Shakira

All through my twenties, I spent more time worrying what I didn't have than thinking about what I did have. I wished that I was taller, had longer legs, slimmer hips, a smaller bottom, even straighter hair.

Matt Carter

He said it's longer than what they say it is.

Bryan Randall

He seems to be real comfortable with the system. He seems like he's been doing it longer than two years. He seems like he's made strides.

Andrew Kohut

His strong points are no longer his strong points.

Hank Fishkind

I think it's going to be longer than that. In Florida, we're going to see some slowing of population growth, so that will magnify the impact.

Steve Hansen

I think we're getting closer. It takes a little longer than all the parties expected. We're still looking at downtown. Penney's is our first priority.

Steve Hansen

I think we're getting closer, ... It takes a little longer than all the parties expected. We're still looking at downtown. Penney's is our first priority.

Peter Stoffer

I think what should happen, for example, is if for whatever reason I feel like I can no longer be a member of the NDP, then I should step down,

Kofi Annan

I suspect there will be lots of criticism.

Annika Sorenstam

I think I played really well today, very solid overall; lots of fairways, lots of greens. I was really never in any trouble.

Ray Depwe

He didn't just sell lots and leave. He made sure there were roads and water there.

Sam Hunt

I like to come up with lots of different sounds. So the final version of a song might have been 10 completely different songs before we finally got it right.

Richard Cotton

I think you will see lots of these discussions going on.

Geddy Lee

I think, basically, the music industry is scattered and in a mess. I think you've got lots of people that are so-called 'experts' that have no idea where it's headed.

Pablo Picasso

I'd like to live like a poor man with lots of money

Nie Haisheng

I can feel that lots of people are thinking about us.

Julia Voth

I am big in Japan... heightwise! But, yeah, I started modeling there in my teens and into my 20s. I did Calvin Klein, Uniqlo, and lots of magazine covers. It's such a beautiful country, and they have beer vending machines right on the street. Love that!

Kevin McCormick

He didn't want to sit for two or three years before he had an opportunity to play." ()

Chris Murray

He didn't really get a shot. They didn't give him much opportunity in the pre-season.

Conroy Hines

He is probably our go-to receiver right now. He's making plays. He doesn't do it right all the time, but when he has an opportunity to make a catch, he'll do it.

Greg Brenneman

I pass on any opportunity I see that I can't add value on.

Dusty Baker

He's going to play now because we're out of outfielders. This is an opportunity to salvage the season.

Dusty Baker

He's going to play now because we're out of outfielders, ... This is an opportunity to salvage the season.

John Reed

I think it's a transformation in terms of the U.S. and the industry. It will give us the opportunity to take it globally.

John Campbell

I think it's an opportunity to have some new blood,

Sabby Piscitelli

I think it's important to have fun, but you have to look at this as another game. It's another opportunity to get better and be the best. You take it a little personal, but you have to have fun, too.

Kay Redfield Jamison

Moods are complicated and very much a part of who we are. People would be very boring without them.

Andrew Shue

I was lucky, because of Student Council, my classes, sports and social life, there were different people I had friendships with.

Carlisle Floyd

I was interested in what was really going on in Salem at that time, and I resolved to investigate this seemingly unorthodox treatment of the people and the period.

Travis Bradberry

Kindness is weak when you use it in a self-serving manner. Self-serving kindness is thin - people can see right through it when a kind leader has an agenda.

H. Hart

I would try to put more people on the road without doing any more hiring.

Sally Quinn

I would say I think it's about time. People have a tendency to think that entertaining in Washington politically and diplomatically is frivolous, but it is not. It is part of the work.

Karen Russell

I wrote 'Ava Wrestles the Alligator' when I was 22 or 23. These people and that world have been evolving in me for a while. It's such a shift not to be in that world.

Jason Robert Brown

I write about outsiders. I write about people who are outside and don't know quite how to get in because it's how I've always felt.

Don Miller

Just like I've been telling people all year, Ryan isn't going anywhere.

John Oliver

When he (Shaw) wrote 'Pygmalion,' he was really making a statement about social classes.

Richard Land

Social conservatives say who drives the bus.

Tracy Pollan

I'm not a social retard, but I prefer to go unnoticed.

Sandy Carter

Your social platform will become the motherboard of your business.

Rocco Buttiglione

The family has a social function and so it should be sustained.

Robert M. Pirsig

A culture that supports the dominance of social values over biological values is an absolutely superior culture to one that does not, and a culture that supports the dominance of intellectual values over social values is absolutely superior to one that does not.

Sarah Jessica Parker

I feel conflicted about my relationship with social media.

Rod Stewart

I don't have any social life or anything.

Ronald Reagan

A socialist is someone who has read Lenin and Marx. An anti-socialist is someone who understands Lenin and Marx.

Ray Brown

He walked into the storm. He's probably dead.

Ronnie Elmore

I thought they did the right thing walking Tripp. I would have done the same thing in their position.

Jerry Bailey

I want to walk away in one piece.

Robert E. Lee

It's the loneliest feeling in the world-to find yourself standing up when everybody else is sitting down. To have everybody look at you and say, 'What's the matter with him?' I know. I know what it feels like. Walking down an empty street, listening to the sound of your own footsteps. Shutters closed, blinds drawn, doors locked against you. And you aren't sure whether you're walking toward something, or if you're just walking away.

Robert De Niro

I never walk into a place I don't know how to walk out of.

Saint Augustine

Things are solved by walking around.

Wiz Khalifa

Walk it how I talk it, so I talk it how I live it.

Rick Warren

I'd rather have all my questions unanswered and walk with God than not walk with God and have all my questions answered.

Tracey Gold

My body started to shut down. I got really, really ill. When you're starving yourself, you can't concentrate. I was like a walking zombie, like the walking dead. I was just consumed with what I would eat, what I wouldn't eat.