Famous Quotes & Sayings

Moby

We live in this culture where there are so many things that want us to pretend that we're not truly human. That we can be exempt from the human condition, either through intelligence or accomplishment or success or humor. But biologically we're all the same. We all get sad, we all get happy, and we all die. Anyone who pretends that that's not the case is either a sociopath or utterly delusional.

Martin Filler

When Oscar Niemeyer died on December 5, 2012, ten days before his 105th birthday, he was universally regarded as the very last of the twentieth century's major architectural masters, an astonishing survivor whose most famous accomplishment, Brasilia, was the climactic episode of utopian High Modern urbanism.

Lesley Visser

That I've lasted is one of my greatest accomplishments. Maybe my greatest.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Desire is the presentiment of our inner abilities, and the forerunner of our ultimate accomplishments.

David Viscott

People now feel time accelerating. Lists allow them to feel some sense of accomplishment.

Diablo Cody

People have always wanted to be recognized, and that's human nature. But people used to want to be recognized for their accomplishments, and now they simply want to be visible.

Denzel Washington

At the end of the day, it's not about what you have or even what you've accomplished. It's about what you've done with those accomplishments. Its about who you've lifted up, who you've made better. It about what you've given back" (23).

Che Guevara

To accomplish much you must first lose everything.

Maya Lin

Our lives are given meaning by our actions-accomplishments made while we are "here" that extend beyond our own time.

Mandy Patinkin

Our actions are the ground we walk on.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Reason deserves to be called a prophet; for in showing us the consequence and effect of our actions in the present, does it not tell us what the future will be?

George Eliot

The right word is always a power, and communicates its definiteness to our action.

George Chapman

We inherit nothing truly, but what our actions make us worthy of.

Giancarlo Esposito

There is a price to pay for most of our actions. For every action, there is a reaction.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Our actions are like blank rhymes, to which everyone applies what sense he pleases.

Gerald Jampolsky

No way exists in the present to accurately determine the future effect of the least of our actions.

Dallas Willard

When we receive God's gift of life by relying on Christ, we find that God comes to act with us as we rely on him in our actions.

James Salter

I think you can be taught to write. You can't be taught to be a good writer. For that, you have to bring something to it, yourself, something that can't be given to you.

Ed Comeau

We talk about winning as a team and on any given night we think we have the talent to get all our guys scoring. We want that type of balance; we don't want to rely on (Grant) and Willy to score seven between them.

Maria Semple

I think a novel has to be about where you are at a given moment in time. I think it really needs to represent some specific pain you're going through. it's not just a story.

Jack Kokinda

He's given up one run in the last 42 innings. That's the reason why we're winning. If teams can't score, they can't win.

Gary Patterson

He's given TCU three great years. All you can say is it shows that TCU has arrived.

J. Horton

He's given me all the passes in the world. The least I could do is give him one once in a while.

Ron Gardenhire

He's given everything he has, and that's all you ask.

Denny Green

He's been given a lot of God-given talent, but he's really motivated. He likes to be the best. It's how he sees himself. And he's got an unusual body. He's strong as hell. He's one of the strongest guys in the league.

Ed Orgeron

He was picking it up and was given just enough time for the routes to come open. I don't know if you're going to totally stop him.