Famous Quotes & Sayings

Richie Williams

The terminology and the signals were going to be different, but the philosophy was the same,

Scott Hackett

The Yankees' philosophy has always been quality pitching and timely hitting. I don't know if we have the pitching this year.

Barbara Jordan

We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.

Barbara Kingsolver

So one time when I was working in this motel one of the toilets leaked and I had to replace the flapper ball. Here's what it said on the package; I kept it till I knew it by heart: 'Please Note. Parts are included for all installations, but no installation requires all of the parts.' That's kind of my philosophy about men. I don't think there's an installation out there that could use all my parts.

Baruch Spinoza

Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.

Baruch Spinoza

I do not presume that I have found the best philosophy, I know that I understand the true philosophy.

Augustine Birrell

History is a pageant and not a philosophy.

Ayelet Waldman

Those of us whose parenting style can be described as "a series of reflexes, instincts, and minute-by-minute adjustments," as Julie of A Little Pregnant puts it, rather than as a philosophy, are less invested in our own practices. What we do is often less a matter of conviction than one of convenience. What we need to remember is that there is no need to apologize for that, even in the face of the most red-faced outrage.

Ayn Rand

The men who are not interested in philosophy need it most urgently; they are most helplessly in its power.

Derek Fisher

As a veteran player, you hate to be out there in that situation, but tonight was about the other 29 games.

John Jordan

As a Latin student myself, I hate to see Latin go away.

Josh Bernoff

People hate the music labels so much now that I don't think this can make things any worse.

Bill Gates

People hate, hate, hate to subscribe to things on the Internet.

Frank Zappa

Do you love it - do you hate it? There it is the way you made it

Charlie Fink

I've always had this thing where I can't stop. I hate standing still.

Sathya Baba

Practice the vocabulary of love - unlearn the language of hate and contempt.

Sgt. Maynard

I've worked law enforcement a little over 10 years, and have been on the road six or seven of those years, and I've never taken a report of a hate crime.

Lindsey Hunter

That's just a theory, man, nobody knows. I hate to see him go through this. I know if it was me, I would be home.

Bhagavad Gita

Scarcely one out of thousands of persons strives for perfection of Self-realization.

Peggy Fleming

It was a look of perfection just like her style.

Ben Okri

The fact of storytelling hints at a fundamental human unease, hints at human imperfection. Where there is perfection there is no story to tell.

Jascha Heifetz

There is no such thing as perfection, there are only standards. And after you have set a standard you learn that it was not high enough. You want to surpass it.

Edmund Burke

The body of all true religion consists, to be sure, in obedience to the will of the Sovereign of the world, in a confidence in His declarations, and in imitation of His perfections.

Edsger Dijkstra

I mentioned the non-competitive spirit explicitly, because these days, excellence is a fashionable concept. But excellence is a competitive notion, and that is not what we are heading for: we are heading for perfection.

Eddie Vedder

Well there's a lot of machines making music today too so you should expect perfection from them! Other than that it's humans programming it which is actually why i still like it. But yeah, that sounds about right. Now what I've got to do is I've got to stop expecting it of myself.

Earl Nightingale

Excellence always sells.

Orson Scott Card

I looked for perfection, and I found something better.