Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ambrose Bierce

Woman absent is woman dead.

May Sarton

Absence becomes the greatest Presence.

Alex Honnold

So many people condemn me for risk taking, but I find it sort of hypocritical because everybody takes risks. Even the absence of activity could be viewed as a risk. If you sit on the sofa for your entire life, you're running a higher risk of getting heart disease and cancer.

Andy Grove

I was really surprised by the lack of awareness, by the apathy two years ago, ... The absence of that today is not surprising.

Jim Daugherty

If we're not sure there's burning behind a wall, the camera will detect it or show its absence. If there's no fire there, we won't have to tear down a wall. That means less property damage and more effective service.

Michael Pagnotta

She's not dropping out. She's taking an approved leave of absence to focus on her increasing responsibilities and live her life.

Gilles Guiheux

On all the major issues, the Europeans stand out because of their absence.

Greg Canavan

Should they lose all that in the absence of finding another market for that wheat, you'd expect earnings to be impacted.

Jim Crace

Sixteen years as a freelance features journalist taught me that neither the absence of 'the Muse' nor the presence of 'the block' should be allowed to hinder the orderly progress of a book.

Rasheed Wallace

As long as we got the win. We gotta deal with that other (stuff) every night. But we fought through it and got the W.

Brian Baker

After going through what he went through last year, nothing is that big a deal to him. I think now he respects that it's important to win a tennis match, but it's really a small part of his life.

Andrew Larson

Some people make the connection, some don't. It's not something I would ever make a big deal about,

Dave Scott

Right now we're just trying to deal with the needs of the kids.

Darnell Couthen

Is it a regular thing for us? No, it's not. But it's something we have to deal with.

Pablo Picasso

I should like to live like a poor man, with a great deal of money

John Jackson

I seriously view this deal as a win-win situation.

Steven Michael Quezada

I've been doing a late-night talk show out here in New Mexico now, 'The After After Party.' We're going to finalize a deal to be in 50 million homes. How blessed can I be, man?

William Butler Yeats

It would need a great deal of wisdom to know what it is we want to know.

Brian Perry

The older they get, the harder they are to find parts for,

Brandon Jennings

The harder you work when nobody’s watching the less you bleed when it’s time to perform.

Tyler Murovich

When I hear stuff like that it reminds to work harder and stay in the weight room.

Eric Ferguson

We were ready for the aggressiveness they (the Rebels) were going to bring. But they just played harder than us in the second half.

Todd Kimble

He plays harder than any player I've ever had.

Randy Carlyle

We played a lot harder tonight than we have in a lot of our games, particularly on the road.

Tom Poti

We did some stupid things we need to fix; it was a parade to the box. Especially back-to-back nights, we had no legs at the end. Because we're young, the refs might be harder on us.

Dan Simmons

Its hard to die. Harder to live

Eric Anderson

There will only be one first private mission to the moon,

Arthur Conan Doyle

Oh how I've missed you, Holmes.

David Nicholls

I am not up to this. I am not capable. I thought I would be, but I'm not. Some part of me is missing, and I cannot do this.

Trent Dilfer

Braylon wants to get better, and he wants to get a sense of timing and rhythm with me. After the one I just missed him down the middle, I went to the sideline and told him we're not there yet but we're going to get there this game.

Danny Miller

We go out and do our best, ... but we have to move on to our next missing person.

Pat Scales

There's not a public school out there that doesn't have a mission statement that says it serves all students,

Mitch Landrieu

We miss you, and we want you back.

Alfred Kazin

We never know how much has been missing from our lives until a true writer comes along.

Donna Karan

I've been away and haven't seen my family. I speak to them every day though. I miss them, but I love traveling.

Brett Ratner

Miami Beach - that's where I grew up, in a middle-class Jewish family led by my maternal grandfather. Me, my great-grandmother - a Holocaust survivor, who was my roommate - my grandparents, my mom and her brother all shared a four-bedroom house.

Barbara Mandrell

I am loving being Momma. I really, really am.

Miley Cyrus

Every day after work, my mom and I go shopping. My dad is about to kill me. I say, We need it, daddy!

Miley Cyrus

My dad has never actually grounded me. He always tells my mom to do it. He tells her, "Miley was so bad today, you need to ground her."

Carol Alt

My mom cooked pot roast with noodles and frozen vegetables. Or she'd make spaghetti or hot dogs, or heat up TV dinners. Before I started modeling at age 19, I was 5'8" and weighed 165 pounds.

January Jones

It’s not witch-crafty or anything! I suggest it to all moms!

Livia Landry

There are moments when I am so distraught, I can't function.

Demi Lovato

My mother is everything to me. She's my anchor, she's the person I go to when I need to talk to someone. She is an amazing woman.

Ricky Gervais

There was a nobility in poverty when I was growing up. My mom was poor but she was planting roses and she was cleaning the steps, you know what I mean. You didn't feel sorry for yourself.