Famous Quotes & Sayings

James Bryce

Goethe once said of someone, He is a dull man. If he were a book, I would not read him.

Archibald Hill

The pursuit of natural knowledge, the investigation of the world - mental and material - in which we live, is not a dull and spiritless affair: rather is it a voyage of adventure of the human mind, a holiday for reckless and imaginative souls.

Mary Montagu

We travelers are in very hard circumstances. If we say nothing but what has been said before us, we are dull and have observed nothing. If we tell anything new, we are laughed at as fabulous and romantic.

Samuel Johnson

To make dictionaries is dull work.

William Peter Blatty

Your thoughts are too dull to entertain.

Tim Smith

Physicians are providing a service, so it's up to them to provide an environment that's welcoming and comforting, not dull and depressing.

P. J. O'Rourke

In a free country, government is a dull and onerous responsibility. It is a parent-teacher conference.

Martha Washington

I live a very dull life here . . . indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else.

Sterling Marlin

I love racing these short tracks. It's fun and exciting, and a great show for the fans and drivers. There's never a dull moment out there. It's as much about experience and thinking as it is about a good race car.

Shakeel Syed

His story is indeed a story that needs to come out, and needs to be shared with the world.

Russell Smith

I am indeed completely nuts, but that doesn't mean I don't care about how I look. Sometimes, I admit, I will privilege appearance over comfort.

Charles J. Shields

On the strength of Vonnegut's reputation, 'Breakfast of Champions' spent a year on the best-seller lists, proving that he could indeed publish anything and make money.

Lance Hedquist

In terms of the stance of the payment of the bill, the owner does have to pay the bill, and that's indeed what it'll take to get the water back on.

Zach Hall

This is indeed a day of celebration after what I would say was a long taxi down the runway.

John Peterson

They indeed were prophets. It takes prophets to do what they did.

John Vines

The loss of any innocent life, indeed any life, is tragic,

George Steinbrenner

It was indeed the right thing to do.

David Garrow

I very much think Sandra Day O'Connor will indeed remain a 'real' justice.

Kay Redfield Jamison

It is an odd thing, owing life to pills, one's own quirks and tenacities, and this unique, strange, and ultimately profound relationship called psychotherapy.

Kathy Griffin

KATHY GRIFFIN: MY LIFE ON THE D-LIST ... To Kathy Griffin. Warmest wishes, Renee Zellweger.

Mack Strong

Just things that I've never experienced in my life.

Tom Arnold

I swear on my life that is true.

Mike Summers

It can't be any better. Life has been such a blessing.

Greg Behrendt

This life is yours and no one else's, and if you spend your time looking at other people's pages, you'll never get anything done.

Gong Li

My life has been that of someone who has moved from the countryside to the society. To make that transition, I have had to learn a lot.

Tiffeny Milbrett

I want to be the goal scorer and the play maker out there. I have been doing that all my life.

Thomas Lynch

Poems seem to have a life of their own. They tell you when enough is enough.

Robert Penn Warren

We are the prisoners of history. Or are we?

Jeffrey Klein

They did everything for him they could do, ... It seems like it's never about the victim. It's always about the prisoner and trying not to step on anyone's toes or do the wrong thing.

Marguerite Yourcenar

Every invalid is a prisoner.

Lewis Tappan

Most of the prisoners told the interpreter that they are from Mandingo.

David Henry Hwang

We are all prisoners of our time and place.

Aung San Suu Kyi

One prisoner of conscience is one too many.

Dalai Lama

I don't want to be a prisoner in a palace, living in such a constricted way - too tight!

Sam Harris

We are all prisoners of our thoughts.

Michel Patini

I was never a prisoner to my footballing status.

Sergei Bubka

His statements are really crazy, we are really shocked.

David Wojciechowski

He?s going to play. It?s the state championship game.

E. O. Wilson

I was completely surprised at his statement (to resign).

Larry Small

What we are trying to do is make a statement -- If you can't come to the Smithsonian in Washington, we will come to you,

Kate Saunders

It is not unprecedented that the two will be in the United States at the same time.

Quinnetta Claytor

We can do it, we can win state championships.

Will Durant

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

Willy Brandt

Peace, like freedom, is no original state which existed from the start; we shall have to make it, in the truest sense of the word.

Steve Lyle

Other states have called us, and are taking a look at it.