Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Fort

[Wise men] have tried to understand our state of being, by grasping at its stars, or its arts, or its economics. But, if there is an underlying oneness of all things, it does not matter where we begin, whether with stars, or laws of supply and demand, or frogs, or Napoleon Bonaparte. One measures a circle, beginning anywhere.

Don Rickles

When I first went to Vegas, there were just high-rollers and gamblers and the wise guys treated you great.

Clara Barton

It is wise statesmanship which suggests that in time of peace we must prepare for war, and it is no less a wise benevolence that makes preparation in the hour of peace for assuaging the ills that are sure to accompany war.

Debby Ryan

For me, shoe-wise, platforms give me the same height that I need, but they're not as taxing on my feet.

Douglas Preston

The wise and good are outnumbered a thousand to one by the brutal and stupid.

Don DeLillo

The question of dying becomes a wise reminder. It cures us of our innocence of the future.

Douglas Bader

Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.

Dwight L. Moody

In Proverbs we read: 'He that winneth souls is wise.' If any man, women, or child by a godly life and example can win one soul to God, his life will not have been a failure. He will have outshone all the mighty men of his day, because he will have set a stream in motion that will flow on and on forever and ever.

Dorothy Dunnett

Fools make news, and wise men carry it.

Bobby Scott

The Federal prison population has increased more than 7-fold over the past 20 years.

David Arquette

I love round people, I love skinny people. I love people in general; we've got to get past labels and stop being so critical about everything.

Robert Herrick

When one is past, another care we have; Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.

Robert Herrick

Praise they that will times past, I joy to see My selfe now live: this age best pleaseth mee.

Robert Henri

All the past up to a moment ago is your legacy. You have a right to it.

Suzy Kassem

Sometimes we have to soak ourselves in the tears and fears of the past to water our future gardens.

Swami Vivekananda

The present is determined by our past actions, and the future by the present.

Tony Robbins

Have you ever said, 'I can't do that! I'm just not like that!'? If you've ever used this phrase, you've hit the boundary of how you've defined yourself in the past, and it's affecting the quality of your present-day life. Ask yourself, 'Where did these beliefs about who I am come from, and how old are they?' Maybe it's time to update your identity.

Tony Robbins

Break through the bonds of your past.

Meryl Streep

The formula of happiness and success is just, being actually yourself, in the most vivid possible way you can.

Dennis Potter

A bad act done will fester and create in its own way. It's not only goodness that creates. Bad things create. They have their own yeast.

Debby Ryan

Music is such an intensely personal thing for me, and I knew if I was going to do it, it would be in my own way.

Fede Alvarez

For me it sounds weird saying that the filmmakers respect the film. I don't imagine that there's other ways to make a film, but unfortunately there is.

Christine Lagarde

It's become my brand in a way, you know, speaking the truth even though it was not politically correct.

Salman Rushdie

The only way of living in a free society is to feel that you have the right to say and do stuff.

Jose Bergamin

Even if you're not going anywhere, don't get in the way.

Kurt Busch

I'm on probation, so I can't even pick my nose the right way.

Julian Casablancas

A band is a good way to break up a friendship.