Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Stross

For a sampler, you could try my short story collection "Wireless". Which contains one novella that scooped a Locus award, and one that won a Hugo, and covers a range of different styles.

Arthur Schopenhauer

The ultimate foundation of honor is the conviction that moral character is unalterable: a single bad action implies that future actions of the same kind will, under similar circumstances, also be bad.

Alexander Hamilton

Perhaps myself the first, at some expense of popularity, to unfold the true character of Jefferson, it is too late for me to become his apologist. Nor can I have any disposition to do it. I admit that his politics are tinctured with fanaticism, that he is too much in earnest in his democracy, that he has been a mischievous enemy to the principle measures of our past administration, that he is crafty & persevering in his objects, that he is not scrupulous about the means of success, nor very mindful of truth, and that he is a contemptible hypocrite.

Alexander Hamilton

The love for our native land strengthens our individual and national character.

Alexander Hamilton

In all very numerous assemblies, of whatever character composed, passion never fails to wrest the sceptre from reason. Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.

Alexander Hamilton

It may be said that the power of preventing bad laws includes that of preventing good ones; and may be used to the one purpose as well as to the other. But this objection will have little weight with those who can properly estimate the mischiefs of that inconstancy and mutability in the laws, which form the greatest blemish in the character and genius of our governments.

Ottmar Hitzfeld

The fact that he was in pain and still wanted to play speaks for his character and proves he's a true leader.

Ovid

Habits change into character.

Malik Rose

What we've gone through is one of life's most cruel tests, a test of character and will and perseverance. This year has been very trying for us as players. I know it's been trying for everyone else, management and fans, especially. We're not giving up.

Jodi Benson

What we try to do at Disney and through Disney character voices is really maintain the integrity of our classic characters at all costs. So Ariel needs to be me for every project, and if there are any other Ariels floating around out there, it's not necessarily Disney.

What is it that makes a complete stranger dive into an icy river to save a solid gold baby? Maybe we'll never know

Toby Hall

Look at these other teams and wonder why they won 30 more games than us, or how'd they lose 40 less than us. It's pretty self-explanatory when you look at the complete rosters of every team. That's what Lou has dealt with,

Sufjan Stevens

I think the implausibility in some ways redeems me from having to complete it.

Stone Gossard

I like to write music. And I think exploring with lyrics and figuring out how to make complete songs is fun. I think I have a take on it. I don't know if it's great, but it's an interesting take. It's original.

Charlie Frye

I just tried to come out and complete my passes. We won the game, so that's what matters to me. I'm happy.

Brian Coleman

His complete failure of judgment and leadership raises serious questions about his suitability for office.

Robert Dunn

His first concern was whether he could stay in the country and complete his scholarship.

Rex Grossman

I'm not trying to be Mr. Whatever. I'm trying to play my role, and the team is excited we have such a good defense and running game. We've established that we're a complete team.

Tony Blair

I hope that in the next few days we demonstrate as a world our complete solidarity in this fight which is so important to us.

Bobby Jones

We're still 12-2. It's not like we're pushing the panic button.

Linda Duessel

The performance of dividend-paying stocks has more to do with the fundamentals in their industries.

Douglas Conant

Learning to celebrate success is a key component of learning how to win in the market.

Dontrelle Willis

Whatever I can do to win, I'll do it, even if I have to get hit by a pitch, whatever it takes.

Mark Martin

I've turned over a new leaf. On TV, Kenny Wallace said I was a pessimist after Charlotte, so I got mad. Now I am so excited about coming back that I just can't stand it. I wish we were starting tomorrow and I'm going to win! That's the new me.

Satchel Paige

Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes you get rained out.

Laura Wilkinson

I definitely want to win a gold medal, that should be everybody's goal.

Jimmy Fallon

Jeb Bush gave a speech yesterday. He had a pretty rough time. He accidentally said that ISIS has 200,000 men instead of 20,000, and then he mispronounced the name of the terrorist group Boko Haram. So if history has taught us anything, Jeb is well on his way to winning the White House.

Katarina Witt

I can't say, 'It doesn't matter if you win or lose.' It's not true. You go in to win.

Bobby Bowden

As good as we were, we didn’t win a National Championship until 1993, mainly because we kept losing to Miami on missed kicks. I used to get mad because nobody else would play Miami. Notre Dame would play them, then drop them. Florida dropped them. Penn State dropped them. We would play Miami and lose by one point on a missed field goal, and it would knock us out of the National Championship. I didn’t want to play them, either, but I had to play them. That’s why I said, When I die, They’ll say, ‘At least he played Miami.