Famous Quotes & Sayings

L. Estrange

We make mistakes the gratuitous blessings of heaven for the fruits of our industry

Charles Dickens

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some

Abu Bakr

If you expect the blessings of God, be good to His people.

Thomas Otway

Children blessings seem, but torments are;/ When young, our folly, and when old our fear.

Master Kwon

Include a few moments of quite time into your daily schedule; Breath deeply, evaluate your thoughts, delete the negative ones and reset your mind to a positive perspective by counting your blessings and overflowing opportunities.

Larry Meyers

The energy around it is really inspiring me. I've already felt that. There's been some really great blessings that have come my way, so, it must be true.

Bernie Siegel

The question is not, will there be difficulties and threats to our existence, but how will we deal with them and what can we learn from them. How can they become blessings to society, as a life threatening disease is to an individual, by teaching us about the meaning of our life and existence?

Alan Bennett

That's a great benefit. After we chose the cast, we educated them into the play. We taught them. One of the blessings of being at the National Theatre is that you have a very long rehearsal time.

Janet Napolitano

As we move deeper into the 21st Century, the need for a quality public school system will become more of an economic issue and more of a civil rights issue. Because, as our economy relies more on brains and less on brawn, the only way everyone can secure all the blessings of liberty is to receive a quality education.

Lance Thompson

Just to be mentioned in the same breath as some of the past winners is amazing. We think this is just real significant.

Susan Lowe

It brings everybody back to a better negotiating stance. You don't have unrealistic sellers and you have buyers that can take their time and breathe when they are buying. It makes for a better win-win situation for everybody involved.

Cindy Sheehan

I take deep breaths and be true to my heart.

Dan Grossman

He could hardly breathe and his face started turning green.

Thomas W. Higginson

When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence.

Alan Williamson

Gold is pausing for breath now. Unless it comes back down and breaches the $562 level, then I think the uptrend is still intact.

Scott Linebrink

He said it felt like he could take a deep breath and didn't have chest congestion.

Sam Stovall

History would say that, whenever we have an extended up-move, chances are you need to catch your breath and go sideways for a while. Is it possible that will happen now? Yes. Is it necessary? No.

Tina Deese

Holly pitched a great game. She got into a few jams, but worked her way out of it and got the win. Our offense really came through early, which gave her some breathing room.

Mark Williams

I talked with paramedics that are on the scene and the devastation is so great that they won't quit counting (bodies) for a while.

Scott Rowland

Guys are expected to perform well. I think our guys that we really weren't counting on playing, they have learned the system a little bit.

David Piehler

He's been the go-to guy all year. It's a hard thing knowing we lost by just three. I'm sure we'll be counting the free throws and offensive rebounds they got.

A. N. Wilson

I think the people we are counting on to step up will be ready to go.

Jason Grilli

I think a lot of people are not taking us seriously. I think they're counting us out. We might surprise some people when they don't expect us to win. It takes a lot of the pressure and heat off of us. That might work to our advantage.

Jim Rosborough

It got our attention. We had some good motivation; everybody was counting us out.

Hoshyar Zebari

I think this project of democracy-building in Iraq has alarmed many authoritarian autocratic regimes in the region, ... Many of them are counting on our failure, and they have not been helpful.

Lindsay Davenport

I was actually a little nervous. I've been counting down the days because I wanted to play.

Gary Williams

There are no off days for the next 16 games, counting Temple. It should be interesting. If you're a player or a coach, you like these next two months.

Cindy Fisher

Kiva has improved daily and is going to evolve into an impact player in this program.

Glyn Meek

I think it's important because this is, after energy, the second most influential industry in the world. It's important that we leave something to remind people that it effects their lives on a daily basis.

Winston Churchill

It is a gaping wound, whenever one touches it and removes the bandages and plasters of daily life.

George Casey

We are fighting with them side by side on a daily basis, improving their capabilities day by day, ... We are measuring this very carefully, and we're not going forward with this capriciously.

Mike Hanson

It is something that they think about, not only when they go on similar calls, where their incident may have happened, but also something that they think about on a daily or weekly basis.

John Givhan

It is just a way for the city, public officials to show their thanks to the American soldiers. By showing their support it also shows God's involvement in the soldiers' daily activities.

David Edwards

I weigh now 162 pounds, a dramatic drop from the 250-plus pounds I weighed when I laid down on the surgeon's table, ... Since that surgery last year, I've been able not only to lose weight, but to quit taking all but one medication, down from the seven forms of meds I required daily to stay alive.

Nhat Hanh

Peace in the world starts with peace in oneself. If everyone lives mindfully, everyone will be more healthy, feel more fulfilled in their daily lives and there will be more peace.

Mickey Blake

He was famous for his snow reports. He was on the radio daily in the little communities. He was funny.

Lynn Fox

The notes were deleted from the slides we posted because they were not intended for publication.

Alex Graves

It's very unusual on 'Game of Thrones' for there to be a deleted scene because the scripts are pretty locked in. There's rarely a reason to say, 'Hey, we don't need this scene.'

Dusty Baker

The one outing doesn't necessarily put him in there or delete him from it. He'll have quite a few more outings before we make a decision. We'll evaluate him on his progress. He said he learned from it and it won't happen again. He was upset at himself at how he pitched.

Maxine Sweet

We also delete inquiries from other employers so if you're shopping around for a job, they wouldn't be able to see that.

Joe Telafici

At about 1 pm PST we started getting reports that people were seeing an unusual number of W95/CTX infections in their environment. Files that we did identify would probably be deleted or quarantined, depending on your settings.

Joe Telafici

At about 1 p.m. PST we started getting reports that people were seeing an unusual number of W95/CTX infections in their environment. Files that we did identify would probably be deleted or quarantined, depending on your settings.

Rich Sommer

I'm pretty quick to delete something off of my phone if it's become obsolete. And things like RSS readers have made life easier - all of the headlines are going to be related to a topic I'm interested in.

Larry Augustin

Linux guys give their parents Linux machines, ... They can configure them so their parents can't delete applications. They just log in and get their e-mail.

Jimmy Wales

You don't delete it. If they wanted to put in their side of things, that would seem ethically relevant, rather than just omitting it.

Andy Greene

Guys look at you, see your size and are quick to evaluate you sometimes. That's just part of the game.

David Lee

I think you really have to evaluate and see how things are going and be honest. That goes back to having people around you that are not going to tell you what you want to hear. Instead they give you true advice.

Todd Jones

I think you evaluate where you are at and what kind of team you are on. If you are on a good team, you want more than 30. It's not Sept. 1, and I'm sitting on 30. That's good.

Mike Shanahan

I think this will be the true year to evaluate Jake Plummer.

Lazarus Long

Being intelligent is not a felony, but most societies evaluate it as at least a misdemeanor.

Russ Ortiz

I'll throw off the mound and see where it's at. . . . We're going to evaluate it. Keep throwing and see how it feels.

Larry Brown

I'm going to play guys and see what we have. What better time to evaluate your guys?

Robin Wright

You can't get better at something unless you evaluate how well you are doing.

Shawn Rychcik

The freshmen played great. They soaked up everything around them and took time to evaluate the other team. They played with a lot of swagger and hunger.

Paul Scheuring

I wouldn't be surprised if you saw something like 'Prison Break,' colon, and a few other words. But it's not going to be 'Prison Broke.

Curtis Eccles

Jack is taking fewer shots because of the double-teams. He's doing a good job of finding the open man.

Anthony Zinni

I would say we're within a week or so. We're ready now but there are a few more pieces to put in.

Michael Lloyd

I would say up until the recent few weeks, it looked like CSX might be doing a better job, now the shoe may be on the other foot, ... I'd be more worried about CSX going forward than Norfolk Southern.

Greg Shivers

Katie did much better in that game. Her pitching has really picked up the last few games.

Ramesh Chennithala

Karat had first said that he would react after the full report of the CAG comes out. It is now a few weeks and there has been no reaction from him.

John Gibbons

I talked to him today about a few things and I hope he got the message. You see guys on the other side like (Derek) Jeter and (Gary) Sheffield get down the line.

Laurent Gbagbo

I think it has been one of the most successful boycotts in Africa. We're happy. Very few people voted.

Laurent Gbagbo

I think it has been one of the most successful boycotts in Africa, ... We're happy. Very few people voted.

Lloyd Johnston

It is possible that some students know what drugs are and are not included in the tests, and migrate toward using those not included.

Charlie Higley

I agree, that since this has come up, it would have been appropriate to include more disclosure.

Tara VanDerveer

Ideally, I'd like to have an eight-or-nine player rotation, and I'd like to include another perimeter contributor.

Julian Fellowes

I come from a class which used to be called the gentry - which is nowadays mistakenly used to include the nobility, but in fact is not. The gentry was essentially the untitled landowning class.

Jacqueline Novogratz

I am an insomniac. Most of my nights include a moment of wakening. Often I will make my way to the kitchen to make tea and read for awhile.

Ali Larijani

I want to say that the process of enrichment is the sovereign right of any country. You should not take away this right from nations which have a peaceful nuclear program, which consequently, includes also enrichment.

Justin Osmer

It just made sense to include it into the products we have.

Barry McCaffrey

The medical, scientific process is open to any drug. That includes marijuana. But you have to get through a process and demonstrate scientific validity. And in this case, to be honest, I think it's nonsense. This is mostly a 'Cheech and Chong' show for the quasi-legalization of marijuana.

Peter Bicks

All parties are trying to feel their way around and that includes how juries will react to their cases. It's only after you have a track record that you can really refine your strategy.

Sheikh Ahmad

He is very stubborn. When he puts his mind into something, he will do it.

Laura Vandervoort

A lot of people think that reptiles don't feel, and they do. I think everyone should keep in mind what it is they are buying and if it is really worth it to them.

Alex Solis

He really won it very easy. That's what I had in my mind, not to squeeze him.

Jeff Judkins

Havlicek was my idol, so I didn't mind one bit.

Sandra Allen

Her mind was very sharp and never aged.

Heywood Broun

Her mind is so open that the wind whistles through it

Dave Tippett

His mind is in the right place now.

Susan Dolan

I think it's important to be mindful about how you live every day - what you think, and how you live. It's part of a mindful lifestyle.

Phil Jackson

I think the only thing it did was take our mind off the game.

Rose Kennedy

Life isn't about milestones, it's about moment

Virginia Woolf

No, she thought, one could say nothing to nobody. The urgency of the moment always missed its mark. Words fluttered sideways and struck the object inches too low.

William Gibson

Novels set in imaginary futures are necessarily about the moment in which they are written.

Sarah Brightman

You should do what you can to enjoy every moment.

Roald Dahl

We all have our moments of brilliance and glory, and this was mine.

Rob Bell

Many of the most significant moments in our lives come not because it all went right but because it all fell apart

Sarah Polley

Some of the funniest moments I've ever experienced have been in the midst of tragic situations in my life.

Wayne Dyer

Don't Let the Elusive Present Moment Get Used Up by Thoughts that Aren't in the Here & Now

Samuel Goldwyn

Spare no expense to make everything as economical as possible.

Mike Tice

I was a little annoyed, ... The tone was stern, stern. I didn't throw anything, but I talked negatively for the first time in two years.

Russell Lynes

Wasting time is negative, but there is something positive about idleness.

Venus Williams

I don't have time to be negative.

Saul Alinsky

If you push a negative hard enough, it will push through and become a positive.

William Faulkner

Purity is a negative state and therefore contrary to nature.

Walter Payton

I am happy to say that everyone that I have met in my life, I have gained something from them; be it negative or positive, it has enforced and reinforced my life in some aspect.

Zig Ziglar

When you respond to life, that's positive; when you react to life, that's negative.

Nick Kinsella

People who say 'I'm not a pessimist, I'm a realist' are actually just negative people who think they are always right.

Paul Carvel

Passion is a positive obsession. Obsession is a negative passion.

J. C. Watts

I have friends who didn't turn 60. As you get older, your perspective clears.

Rob Halford

Never lose perspective on where you are and what you've got. And how you got it.

William Wordsworth

For all things are less dreadful than they seem.

Robert Plant

I was young - I was 20 years old. Now I have the gift of perspective and I feel pretty good about it.

Wayne Thiebaud

If we don't have a sense of humor, we lack a sense of perspective

Wesley Snipes

Nobody wants to get locked up, although 'locked up' is a matter of perspective. There can be people who are out who are in prison mentally and emotionally and worse off than those who are behind bars.

Wayne Coyne

Keeping perspective and being happy and being energetic and being creative - that's all tied to being healthy.

Wayne Dyer

In the context of eternity, time doesn't matter.

Wayne Dyer

In the East, they contemplate the forest; in the West, they count the trees.

Daniel Woodrell

I think there are some folks who don't particularly like what I have to say, but on the whole, the reaction has been very positive.

Paul Nicholls

I think it's a really positive idea and I'm sure I shall be having runners in the first stage at Haydock.

Bob Poole

I think it's going to be positive for that end of town. I think it's going to be the right fit.

John Davidson

I think we will have a positive year.

Aly Michalka

I think that, as an actor, you have to break out eventually, and if you do it properly, it can be something that's positive.

P. Herbert

I think to come out of here, you have to have a positive attitude. I've had remained discipline-free for two years to get this job.

Larry Foote

I don't know what I'm going to say to the students. But I'm sure I'll tell them to always stay positive and make the right decisions.

Leigh Steinberg

I don't know what happened, but I know Ricky didn't test positive for anything. Someone made a mistake.

Frank Robinson

He has not tested positive for anything yet,

Dominik Hrbaty

I was already tired after the second five-setter, it was already quite enough.

Mike Schmitt

He didn't quite make it back to the house.

Trevor Noah

Comedy is really getting quite popular in South Africa.

James Williams

I was completely speechless. I really had no idea at all, and it was quite a wonderful surprise.

Helen Clark

I think this is going to take quite some time to work through simply because the writs (final results) won't be until two Fridays' time,

Kimberley Nixon

I'm a tomboy and quite clumsy, so I'm more like the anti-sexy icon.

Brendan Gleeson

He never patronizes them. He can be quite idiosyncratic,

Gwendoline Christie

I quite like looking mucky; it's quite nice not having to care about how you look.

Steve Bietau

If you look at their results, we're really not quite sure what to expect.

Emily Lyons

I was in the right place, just at the wrong time that day.

Dwyane Wade

I was in the right place at the right time to get the bucket.

Denny Green

J.J. is the starter. I said that a long time ago.

Ronny Jenkins

I take my vacation this time of year every year.

Leslie Cohen

I think it'll be time at the end of this year for them to go off and try something new, ... It'll be torture. It'll be torture.

Mary Lambert

I think I streaked one time when I was 16, which was scary.

Cynthia Johnson

He didn't get the time that we may feel he deserved, and he may not get it in this lifetime. But before it's all over with, he will get it.

Grant Heslov

It takes a long time to get a film made.

Graham Elliot

Any time you can involve fake mustaches, things are just better.