Famous Quotes & Sayings

Louise Erdrich

When small towns find they cannot harm the strangest of their members, when eccentrics show resilience, they are eventually embraced and even cherished.

John Ashbery

I don't want to read what is going to slide down easily; there has to be some crunch, a certain amount of resilience.

David Andrews

a byword for fortitude, resilience and a spirit of community.

Alan Greenspan

Developing protectionism regarding trade and our reluctance to place fiscal policy on a more sustainable path are threatening what may well be our most valued policy asset: the increased flexibility of our economy, which has fostered our extraordinary resilience to shocks.

Mark Cuban

I wouldn't be where I am now if I didn't fail ... a lot. The good, the bad, it's all part of the success equation.

Barry Trotz

I wanted a sense of desperation going into the third period. Our resilience was not acceptable. I was more disappointed in that than anything else.

Janine Benyus

Nature works with five polymers. Only five polymers. In the natural world, life builds from the bottom up, and it builds in resilience and multiple uses.

Bram Stoker

It is really wonderful how much resilience there is in human nature. Let any obstructing cause, no matter what, be removed in any way, even by death, and we fly back to first principles of hope and enjoyment.

Douglas Adams

But while nature has considerable resilience, there is a limit to how far that resilience can be stretched. No one knows how close to the limit we are getting. The darker it gets, the faster we're driving

Robin Williams

[when asked about what he was most thankful about]: Being alive. After heart surgery, you dig that part. Breath, family and friends are just amazing. Just to have a second shot is pretty great!

Zakk Wylde

If somebody says they really like my playing I say thanks a lot

William Arthur Ward

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” —

William Tecumseh Sherman

If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.

Tony Snow

If you think Independence Day is America's defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down.

Willie Nelson

When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.

Joseph Auslander

Dear Lord; we beg but one boon more: Peace in the hearts of all men living, peace in the whole world this Thanksgiving.

Kathy Reichs

You all right now?" "I'm exceptional. Wonderful. Thanks for the concern. You complete me.

Jonathan Safran Foer

Thanksgiving is the holiday that encompasses all others. All of them, from Martin Luther King Day to Arbor Day to Christmas to Valentine's Day, are in one way or another about being thankful.