Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alan Moore

As I come to understand Vietnam and what it implies about the human condition, I also realize that few humans will permit themselves such an understanding.

Dean Acheson

The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president.

David Hume

Morals and criticism are not so properly objects of the understanding as of taste and sentiment.

Dee Hock

The prudent course is to make an investment in learning, testing and understanding, determine how the new concepts compare to how you now operate and thoughtfully determine how they apply to what you want to achieve in the future.

Carlos Castaneda

You're chained to you reason ... Understanding is only a very small affair, so very small

Charlotte Lamb

I wish you wouldn't walk in and out of my mind as though it was a railway station!

Charles Baudelaire

The world only goes round by misunderstanding.

Charlie Kaufman

Every day of your life, you have information that enters your head, and that information informs your understanding of things, or shifts it, or changes it, or deepens it, or confuses you. Every day, every moment of every day - it's like this thing that happens.

Charlie Munger

I don't have the slightest interest in gold. I like understanding what works and what doesn't in human systems. To me that's not optional; that's a moral obligation. If you're capable of understanding the world, you have a moral obligation to become rational. And I don't see how you become rational hoarding gold. Even if it works, you're a jerk.

Elizabeth Ivey

The other thing is you need a good solid work force and 50 percent of us is female, so just play the numbers.

Method Man

I hate mean people. People who just pick at you and try to force you into a train wreck.

Harry M. Wyatt III

We had the best-equipped and we have the best-trained military force on the face of the earth, right here in Oklahoma.

Donald Rumsfeld

We're not going to rule out anything, but we don't have any plans at the present time to use U.S. forces in that way,

Chris Brady

We were trying to force things too much. We were too impatient.

Charlotte Bronte

Oh! that gentleness! how far more potent is it than force!

Neil Peart

The government's only functions are to protect the rights of the individual; therefore, you need a police force and an army.

Michael Leunig

The insatiable need for heartless power and ruthless control is the telltale sign of an uninitiated man - the most irresponsible, incompetent and destructive force on earth.

Hanya Yanagihara

Writing is, by its nature, interior work. So being forced to be around people is a great gift for a novelist. You get to be reminded, daily, of how people think, how they speak, how they live; the things they worry about, the things they hope for, the things they fear.

China Chow

I used to be more glamorous.

Dee Dee Ramone

I used to be a hairdresser.

Bernard Ebbers

I used practically all the money I had available.

Chesley Sullenberger

It's amazing what you can learn to get used to.

Bob Saget

Friend of mine just told me he used to be a bad alcoholic. I calmed him down. Told him he was a good alcoholic just a horrible drinker.

Bing Crosby

I don`t sing anywhere as good as I used to, and I feel sincerely that it`s getting worse.

Beth Broderick

I used to do theater in L.A., but it got to the point where everything was really showcase-y.

Diego Luna

Definitely directing is the thing I like the most because this is where everything you know can be used. It's the most personal process ever. It's the most demanding one, but again, rewarding.

Dennis Miller

I used to be sceptic, but not anymore, because now I am positive that I'm getting screwed.