Famous Quotes & Sayings

L. Estrange

We make mistakes the gratuitous blessings of heaven for the fruits of our industry

Charles Dickens

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some

Abu Bakr

If you expect the blessings of God, be good to His people.

Thomas Otway

Children blessings seem, but torments are;/ When young, our folly, and when old our fear.

Master Kwon

Include a few moments of quite time into your daily schedule; Breath deeply, evaluate your thoughts, delete the negative ones and reset your mind to a positive perspective by counting your blessings and overflowing opportunities.

Larry Meyers

The energy around it is really inspiring me. I've already felt that. There's been some really great blessings that have come my way, so, it must be true.

Bernie Siegel

The question is not, will there be difficulties and threats to our existence, but how will we deal with them and what can we learn from them. How can they become blessings to society, as a life threatening disease is to an individual, by teaching us about the meaning of our life and existence?

Alan Bennett

That's a great benefit. After we chose the cast, we educated them into the play. We taught them. One of the blessings of being at the National Theatre is that you have a very long rehearsal time.

Janet Napolitano

As we move deeper into the 21st Century, the need for a quality public school system will become more of an economic issue and more of a civil rights issue. Because, as our economy relies more on brains and less on brawn, the only way everyone can secure all the blessings of liberty is to receive a quality education.

Thomas Fuller

Judge of thine improvement, not by what thou speakest or writest, but by the firmness of thy mind, and the government of thy passions and affections.

Russ Granik

I think the league has never been on a more firm foundation.

Ivo Sanader

It is not true and I firmly reject it,

Brian Young

He was firmly opposed to oppression and he recognized God in everyone.

Kara Swisher

I have found, writing a blog, that being non-opaque is necessary. You pretty much have to say what you know in much more firm terms or risk that the legions who always know more than you do will tell the story better.

Shinzo Abe

Regarding the abduction issue, the Japanese side said what they needed to say in a considerably firm manner,

Brian Lane

In the warm-up, you pick spots where you will make your surges. You get it firm in your mind, this is where you're going to go.

Stephen Urban

If you are accusing me of something you better be on firm ground.

Barry Zito

I'm just trying to lock in a routine and stand firm on my mechanics. I'm focusing on mixing all my pitches up like I'm going to do in the season.

Chuck Hillery

Kim was kind of limited with fouls. She hit some big free throws down the stretch.

Ed Pendt

I yelled at (Scheffer) as she was going by to go to the hoop. She went to the hoop, got fouled and made the free throws.

Gary Mills

He didn't shoot a great percentage this year, but he always makes his free throws when the game's on the line.

James Blake

He didn't get many free points on his serve and I was getting some on mine,

Jakob Bohme

God wills in man only that which is good, in the kingdom of his grace; where the free will yields itself up into the grace, there God wills that which is good in the will, through the grace.

Briann January

Going to the free throw line ? that's money for her. We were going to play her up and make her make shots.

Carl Forti

Going to Freedom's Watch was a job opportunity that presented itself, so I jumped at it.

Bernadette Mercier

He said he would do nothing to the children, that he would free them tonight. He's very depressed, he just wants a job.

DeShawn Stevenson

He's a special kid. To go out there and have 28 points and 26 rebounds is special. Now all he has to do is work on his free throws. But with Dwight, the sky's the limit.

Jeff Stinson

...Half of its task is getting people in the stores on a more frequent basis.

Gary Sheffield

I had no interest in steroids. I didn't need them, and I didn't want them. I never wanted them. From the get-go, I've frequently mouthed off about their negative impact on the game.

Seth Shostak

A practical way to travel between the stars is a must-have for space opera, and a sine qua non for our frequently vaunted future as a galactic society.

Bob Edwards

The people that show up here are wanting a job, they are wanting to get back into society. The problem is that society hasn't frequently let them back in.

Noureddin Mona

If there are frequent outbreaks, that means some measures are not being taken. The repeated outbreaks really is a signal of seriousness and the inability of the surveillance system.

Damian Woetzel

I frequently go to the ballet, but I don't miss it in the sense that I wish I were still dancing.

David Hansen

I frequently go out to watch it. The way she takes off and goes up is amazing.

John Schneider

I'm from New York, I'm 53, I have my moments when I'm a nice guy, and more frequently I have my moments where I'm a middle-aged aggravated person. For years I was always the nice guy, so in life I had to pretend to be the nice guy.

Susan Jacksack

The IRS will never come and tell you who is likely to be audited, but generally, filers (who take home-office deductions) tend to be more frequently audited,

Kay Redfield Jamison

Moods are complicated and very much a part of who we are. People would be very boring without them.

Andrew Shue

I was lucky, because of Student Council, my classes, sports and social life, there were different people I had friendships with.

H. Hart

I would try to put more people on the road without doing any more hiring.

Don Miller

Just like I've been telling people all year, Ryan isn't going anywhere.

Jeff Palmer

Just watching the news, seeing what those people are going through, touches me,

MC Hammer

I think it is a shock to people to find out that MC Hammer is a super geek.

Gregg Popovich

It always has been that people didn't think we were for real,

Stephen Graham

I adore my job. I think I'm one of the luckiest people out there. I've worked hard, but I get to mess about every day - that's how I see it.

H. Hunt

He used to laugh. He'd get people to do it and not tell them what was going to happen.

Norm Brunswig

These are not parks. They're not recreation areas. These (islands) were preserved to protect the birds.

David Gross

reaffirmed the role of technology to the world and preserved the unique role of the U.S.

Richard P. Feynman

Teach principles not formulas.

William Zinsser

Never forget that you are practicing a craft with certain principles.

Wang Jianlin

The basic principle is I command, and my employees carry it out immediately.

Winston Churchill

It is always more easy to discover and proclaim general principles than it is to apply them.

W. Clement Stone

When you know principles that can motivate you, you will then know principles that can motivate others. Conversely, when you know principles that can motivate others, you will then know principles that can motivate you.

William Lloyd Garrison

There must be no compromise with slavery - none whatever. Nothing is gained, everything is lost, by subordinating principle to expedience.

Tristan Tzara

In principle, I am against principles.

Wendell Berry

Today, local economies are being destroyed by the pluralistic, displaced, global economy, which has no respect for what works in a locality. The global economy is built on the principle that one place can be exploited, even destroyed, for the sake of another place.

W. Somerset Maugham

The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.