Famous Quotes & Sayings

C. S. Lewis

Gratitude exclaims, very properly, 'How good of God to give me this.'

Catullus

Give up wanting to deserve any thanks from anyone, or thinking anybody can be grateful.

Cecelia Ahern

"What is it with people these days?" he hisses... "In my day, something just was. None of this analysis a hundred times over. None of these college courses with people graduating with degrees in Whys and Hows and Becauses. Sometimes, love, you just need to forget all of those words and enroll in a little lesson called 'Thank You.'"

Beth Riesgraf

Passion. Confidence. Gratitude. The possibility of making positive change in the world. It's the sort of "spark" one gets the moment they decide to go after what they want, really fight for it, work hard, and not give up. I love that spark; it's beautifully contagious.

Antoine Lavoisier

I have had a fairly long life, above all a very happy one, and I think that I shall be remembered with some regrets and perhaps leave some reputation behind me. What more could I ask? The events in which I am involved will probably save me from the troubles of old age. I shall die in full possession of my faculties, and that is another advantage that I should count among those that I have enjoyed. If I have any distressing thoughts, it is of not having done more for my family; to be unable to give either to them or to you any token of my affection and my gratitude is to be poor indeed.

Bill Vaughan

Every man who becomes heartily and understandingly a channel of the Divine beneficence is enriched through every league of his life. Perennial satisfaction springs around and within him with perennial verdure. Flowers of gratitude and gladness bloom all along his pathway, and the melodious gurgle of the blessings be bears is echoed back by the melodious waves of the recipient stream.

Bill Bryson

If you drive to, say, Shenandoah National Park, or the Great Smoky Mountains, you'll get some appreciation for the scale and beauty of the outdoors. When you walk into it, then you see it in a completely different way. You discover it in a much slower, more majestic sort of way.

Bertrand Russell

I believe that Communism is necessary to the world, and I believe that the heroism of Russia has fired men's hopes in a way which was essential to the realization of Communism in the future. Regarded as a splendid attempt, without which ultimate success would have been very improbable, Bolshevism deserves the gratitude and admiration of all the progressive part of mankind.

William Shakespeare

I hate ingratitude more in a man than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness, or any taint of vice whose strong corruption inhabits our frail blood".

Christoph Waltz

It's easy to not feel misplaced if this tidal wave of appreciation is coming your way.

Barack Obama

As I've said, there were patriots who supported this war, and patriots who opposed it. And all of us are united in appreciation for our servicemen and women, and our hopes for Iraqis' future.

Carl Sagan

The cannabis experience has greatly improved my appreciation for art, a subject which I had never much appreciated before,

Bette Davis

Today everyone is a star - they're all billed as 'starring' or 'also starring'. In my day, we earned that recognition.

Kathleen Hohl

The (arch)bishop was very impressed with it. He acknowledged that all people ? Catholics, non-Catholics, even people of no faith ? would still have a sense of appreciation for the beauty of the pieces.

Jim Gillespie

That way, it's cheaper for the student and the parent earns the appreciation.

Chris Cameron

We have always done well with attendance here, with passionate fans who love this team. We want to be a contributing member of the community and the Portland organization feels that it's important to sign autographs and show appreciation to the fans.

Stella Young

The mere suggestion that not speaking for a day can give you an appreciation of the social isolation that comes with the experience of disability, particularly those whose impairments prohibit them from communicating verbally, is insensitive at best.

Rani Mukerji

I would not want to be a part of any project that I feel would not work. An actor like me always wants to work to get appreciation of the audiences. And appreciation can only come if people will come to watch the film.

Karen Ignagni

The payments from the government are not covering the cost of caring for this population group.

Carrie P. Meek

We've got to stop focusing solely on the symptoms of crime, and start caring about the causes as well.

Carrie Underwood

There's a certain sense of ownership that the fans have over you....The thing is, it's all good. You just have to get used to it. If somebody comes up to you while you're eating dinner or something, it's kind of like, 'Well, I asked for it.' It's much better than the alternative-nobody caring and nobody buying your music. The point is to try to just realize that these people are really excited, and that's a good thing. You want them to be that way.

Bill Burr

People should be happy to see you when you show up to a club because you're a good person. And stop caring about what the industry is "looking for". Just say what you think is funny. .

Bill Vaughan

I heard that [Clarkson] said some petty things about someone I care deeply about, so I just made some petty remarks 'cause I'm a petty guy.

William Shakespeare

I have more care to stay than will to go.

William Shakespeare

Things past redress are now with me past care

Bruce Todd

We have an outstanding group of doctors, nurses, therapists and administrative personnel. They are highly trained, very caring and extremely dedicated. This greatly enhances our quality of life in Austin.

Ed McMahon

Those aren't things you want to worry about later. It's important that the people caring for your loved one have all that information on hand from day one.