Famous Quotes & Sayings

George Bernard Shaw

Kings are not born: they are made by universal hallucination

Greg Evans

I suspect the universe is accelerating proportionally with our understanding of the laws of nature and life respectively. It is not much different then the birth of a flower.

Richard Cohen

I suspect the fraudster obviously had my name, my date of birth and maybe my mother's maiden name. People do not actually think about what they throw into the rubbish.

Richard Roberts

It causes an increased risk of birth defects and mental retardation.

Ken Livingston

I actually think it's what he represents they don't want to see depicted, because in that square one Nelson signifies the birth of the British empire and 100 years of global dominance, ... Nelson Mandela would signify the peaceful transition to a multiracial and multicultural world, and I would be proud to have that in London.

Susan Tucker

He just had a birthday party. His grandchildren spoke and his grandson said how much he has impacted him, especially his business sense.

Shakira

Success happened little by little for me. I tasted the flavor of fame in small doses: I started at 10 years old when I won a music contest; I was performing at birthday parties, company meetings.

Muriel Spark

I used to think it a pity that her mother rather than she had not thought of birth control.

Sathya Baba

Have a sense of pride in your motherland. Just as your mother has given birth to you, so too the land has given birth to you.

Muriel Spark

All my pupils are the creme de la creme. Give me a girl of an impressionable age, and she is mine for life.

Charlotte Curtis

His venture sounds like a banana peel awaiting its victim.

Kingsley Amis

No wonder people are so horrible when they start life as children.

Kingsley Amis

He resolved, having done it once, never to move his eyeballs again.

Kingsley Amis

Outside every fat man there was an even fatter man trying to close in.

Kingsley Amis

There was no end to the ways in which nice things are nicer than nasty ones.

Kingsley Amis

If you can't annoy somebody, there's little point in writing.

Charles Dickens

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some.

Joanna Trollope

I'm a third done into a new book but sorry - I have a superstition about talking about it!

Gary Barnett

Everyone kind of pities us. But I don't want a pity party. I want to play football.

Toba Beta

No need to pity if you do not want to help.

Martha Graham

Pity is a corroding thing.

Mark Twain

It is a pity we can't escape from life when we are young.

Miguel de Unamuno

To love with the spirit is to pity, and he who pities most loves most.

Arthur Helps

They tell us that "Pity is akin to Love;" if so, Pity must be a poor relation.

Shannon Hoon

There's a lot that you can be And ain't it a pity But its alright to smile back at me

Josh Billings

The unfortunate do not pity the unfortunate.

Charles Caleb Colton

Most of our misfortunes are more supportable than the comments of our friends upon them.

Azzam Tamimi

I actually have a moderating influence, rather than radicalizing influences,

Aidan Gillen

'Heroes', 'Desperate Housewives', 'The Sopranos' - they're all very stylised. 'The Wire' is much more rooted in realism and honesty. In American television, I can't think of anything I'd rather have been in because it has got something to say and that is the kind of thing I want to do.

Brian Penn

It could have been worse. They could have been using grenades rather than eggs.

Jason Alexander

There is no community service in 'Seinfeld.' But rather than lauding that, I think it shows the insane banality of it.

Yvonne Johnson

I think we need to do that rather than just talk about it.

Luigi Speranza

We look at this a temporary blip rather than a sign the recovery is fading.

Damon Jones

If you're going to boo, then boo. Don't be fair-weather fans. I'd rather not be applauded anymore.

Ruzwana Bashir

In the end, I'd rather wear a nice dress, and if someone is not going to take me seriously, that's so superficial.

Kelly Slater

I tend to do a lot better here when it's big rather than when its small.