Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bill Bryson

At a conference of sociologists in America in 1977, love was defined as "the cognitive-affective state characterized by intrusive and obsessive fantasizing concerning reciprocity of amorant feelings by the object of the amorance." That is jargon - the practice of never calling a spade a spade when you might instead call it a manual earth-restructuring implement - and it is one of the great curses of modern English.

Bernard Arnault

When something has to be done, do it! In France we are full of good ideas, but we rarely put them into practice.

Antoine Rivarol

Axioms are delightful in theory, but impossible in practice.

Bill Bruford

The best practice you can get is on the bandstand, but in between gigs I feel I have to stay in shape.

Rick Clark

We need to have some time to get some practice in now. We need to get a little rest and work on our timing.

Steve Long

We wanted to have a place where our practices were together.

Dan Miller

We have a lot of cheerleaders who come because they can better their routines with the practice they get here with the classes.

Philip Morris

merchandising practices at the wholesale and retail levels.

Mark Patton

It didn't surprise me to be honest. I've seen him shoot that same shot in practice.

Farris Lowery

That was a huge shot. That gave us some breathing room. We relaxed a little bit.

William Stafford

Will you ever bring a better gift for the worldthan the breathing respect that you carrywherever you go right now?

Dale Davis

I thought I was OK out there, felt good to play and get some time. I was a little tired, I was breathing pretty hard sometimes, but I was good.

Sean Scott

It is extremely unhealthy to be breathing that.

Allan Lichtman

Maybe second term presidents have been on the mountaintop too long, breathing rarified air, and think they can do anything.

Phil Long

We anticipated a budget deficit, so this will give us some breathing space. Because it's a one-time infusion and not a sustainable resource, we are going to be really careful with the money.

Peter Thompson

It doesn't replace the fact that you have to actually look in the room and see if the person's actually breathing or not.

Jerry Stackhouse

I felt good. It was in good rhythm. I think I still had a nice breathing to it. I never felt winded, didn't feel fatigued.

J. Horton

I actually didn't think my floor routine was that good. It was pretty shaky to me but some other guys made some mistakes. I stuck most of my passes, a small step on my dismount. On rings, my strength was hard. I was breathing hard through the whole thing and I lost my lower back muscles it felt like during my handstands. I was able to stick my dismount and I came out with two first-place finishes.

Cecil Beaton

What is elegance? Soap and water!

Bethany Hamilton

I enjoy hanging out with friends, going on hikes and playing tennis. I also enjoy Bible study and making dinners. I have a pretty mellow life away from the water.

Benjamin Rush

Mirth, and even cheerfulness, when employed as remedies in low spirits, are like hot water to a frozen limb.

Bill Burr

I never wanted to spend a month away from my life. One time I was out on the road for three weeks in a row and I when I came back someone had broken into my apartment and the water had evaporated from the toilet.

William Shakespeare

The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burnt on the water.

William Shakespeare

Too much of water hast thou, poor Ophelia, And therefore I forbid my tears.

William Shakespeare

A little water clears us of this deed.

William Shakespeare

How much salt water thrown away in waste/ To season love, that of it doth not taste.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

You do not explain the tree by telling of the water it has drunk, the minerals it has absorbed, and the sunlight that strengthened it.