Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kofi Annan

Applaud us when we prevail, correct us when we fail; but, above all, do not let this indispensable, irreplaceable institution wither, languish or perish as a result of Member States' indifference, inattention or financial starvation.

Mark Twain

Wilson stopped and stood silent. Inattention dies a quick and sure death when a speaker does that.

George Santayana

Familiarity breeds contempt only when it breeds inattention.

Richard Dawkins

Of course, we would love to know more about the exact moment of Big Bang, but interposing an outside intelligence does nothing to add to that knowledge, as we still know nothing about the creation of that intelligence.

Russell Banks

Nobody does anything for one reason.

Russell Brand

Strength does not have to be belligerent and loud.

Reinhold Niebuhr

The prophet himself stands under the judgment which he preaches. If he does not know that, he is a false prophet.

William Wycherley

Ceremony and great professing renders friendship as much suspect as it does religion.

Sarah Silverman

I have lows, you know, everybody does ... but I kind of know how to handle it. I like to let myself wallow in it. I enforce it with terribly sad music, and it kind of pushes me through to the other side eventually, and I always know it's going to pass.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Veracity does not consist in saying, but in the intention of communicating the truth.

Warren Buffett

Does management resist the institutional imperative?

Vladimir Lenin

He who does not work shall not eat

Richelle Mead

Do you know anything about silent films?" "Sure," I said. "The first ones were developed in the late nineteenth century and sometimes had live musical accompaniment, though it wasn't until the 1920s that sound became truly incorporated into films, eventually making silent ones obsolete in cinema.

Robert Evans

It has been said that a friend is somebody with whom it is possible to be silent.

Julie Burchill

The 'g' is silent - the only thing about her that is.

Elizabeth I

I observe and remain silent.

Helena Christensen

When you are modelling, you are creating a picture, a still life, perhaps something like a silent film. You convey emotion but you are only using your body.

Edith Stein

Those who remain silent are responsible.

Catherine Deneuve

I like some of the early silent films because I love to watch how actors had to play then. What would interest me today is to do a silent film.

Brian Higgins

That's why the Partnership is silent on this,

Benjamin Disraeli

Without tact you can learn nothing. Tact teaches you when to be silent. Inquirers who are always questioning never learn anything.