Famous Quotes & Sayings

Robert Neelly Bellah

We have to understand ourselves as a part of the narrative of evolution. And evolution never stops. The notion that human evolution at some point stopped and "history" took over is absurd, though it is widespread among various social scientists and humanists.

Jim Crace

I'm not a new-agey person, but narrative is ancient and wise and generous.

Neil MacGregor

Objects let you tell a narrative that encompasses everybody. Texts don't.

Neil MacGregor

Objects are better than text at conveying narrative

Paul Scheuring

I have a great amount of respect for the audience. They know narrative construct. They know all the tropes.

Nick Hornby

The truth about life was that nothing ever ended until you died, and even then you just left a whole bunch of unresolved narratives behind you.

Nick Hornby

But I suspect that all writers come up with premises of some kind, fragments of narrative or scenarios, in the course of a working week.

Joseph Stefano

At the same time, I realized a very strong contemporary narrative was needed. Without that, the movie would end with the shower sequence in Psycho.

Bruce Springsteen

I like narrative storytelling as being part of a tradition, a folk tradition.

Werner Herzog

Get used to the bear behind you.

Tyson Chandler

The coaches are working with me every day. And if you feel like the coach is behind you, you'll take some chances.?

Sheila Johnson

Don't rest on your laurels. There's always going to be someone behind you who's going to be better than you. So you need to get out there and keep working.

John Avery

When the road you're on begins to crumble, forge ahead - better it crumble behind you than ahead of you.

John C. Maxwell

Look behind you: What have you learned? Look around you: What is happening to others? Look above you: What does God expect of you? Look besides you: What resources are available to you?

Edsger Dijkstra

If in physics there's something you don't understand, you can always hide behind the uncharted depths of nature. You can always blame God. You didn't make it so complex yourself. But if your program doesn't work, there is no one to hide behind. You cannot hide behind an obstinate nature. If it doesn't work, you've messed up.

Abraham Lincoln

When you make it to the top, turn and reach down for the person behind you.

J. B. Priestley

To put failure behind you, face up to it.

Darrell Waltrip

I've always said your legacy is what you leave behind you.

Buff Hochman

Jake, you are getting raped in the street by a bunch of thugs. Are you gonna sit there and take it like a little girl, or are you gonna fight back?!

Mike Shanahan

Jake played extremely well. He made a bunch of big plays. They had a lot of pressure on him and they had a very talented defensive front.

Adrian Moss

I would say they have their own style. They have a bunch of older guys, guys my age. They're going to know what they're doing. They've been around.

David Cope

Kelsey, that's her first hat trick of her career, which is an accomplishment at any level. That's great. I didn't realize that until she said it. She's got a bunch of goals for her career, and is going to get a bunch more.

Mitch Johnson

Just the term 'Special Olympics' kind of throws people off at first. Like 'retarded' is used, just a whole bunch of words that are not cool.

Mark Gainforth

Jordan was pretty special again. He kind of took over. He hit four threes, had seven assists and a bunch of steals. That's just the way he plays.

Bobby Crosby

Joe should definitely be near the top of the list as far as guys being considered. It's not his fault we don't score a bunch of runs for him. He could have 15 wins.

Bill Richardson

I talked with some of his teammates and classmates. They were naturally solemn, but I'm happy to say that generally they seemed to be doing pretty well. They're a tough bunch of kids.

Martin Campbell

I suspect there are a bunch of us lone rangers out there.