Famous Quotes & Sayings

Robert Collier

Any thought that is passed on to the subconscious often enough and convincingly enough is finally accepted.

Mario Cuomo

The beauty of America is that I don't have to deny my past to affirm my present. No one does. We can love this nation like a parent and still embrace our ancestral home like cherished grandparents.

Osvaldo Puccio

Once more in Chile we can happily affirm that there is equality before the law and that the courts of justice are functioning impeccably.

Joseph Campbell

One can experience an unconditional affirmation of life only when one has accepted death, not as contrary to life, but as an aspect of it.

Louise Hay

As I say yes to life, life says yes to me!

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

ACCUSE, v.t. To affirm another's guilt or unworth; most commonly as a justification of ourselves for having wronged him.

Philip Sidney

Poesy must not be drawn by the ears: it must be gently led, or rather, it must lead, which was partly the cause that made the ancient learned affirm it was a divine, and no human skill, since all other knowledges lie ready for any that have strength of wit; a poet no industry can make, if his own genius be not carried into it.

Stephen Covey

I affirm to you the tremendous potential you have, not beyond anything you could ever imagine.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

RAZOR, n. An instrument used by the Caucasian to enhance his beauty, by the Mongolian to make a guy of himself, and by the Afro-American to affirm his worth.

Brent Plater

Green sturgeon are on the brink of extinction, and we have a moral obligation to ensure that this ancient creature survives for future generations to enjoy.

Shari Arison

For most of my life, I have received messages - images and worded communications, sometimes even in an ancient language - that came to me from above.

Edward Hirsch

I think ancient cultures incorporated death into the experience of life in a more natural way than we have done. In our obsessive focus on youth, on celebrity, our denial of death makes it harder for people who are grieving to find a place for that grief.

Margaret O'Brien

I was always fascinated, even as a child, by antiques and ancient times. I always felt I should have been born in the 17th or 18th century. They really had a big stone castle with authentic furniture.

Robert Owens

We may look through ancient and modern history, yet scarce find a sovereign to whom God offered the privilege of bestowing on humanity a boon so vast.

Jack Gleeson

I'd like to be an academic, a philosophy lecturer if possible. I'd do a Masters in Ancient Hebrew maybe, and a Ph.D. hopefully, if I get in.

Steve Orlando

The kids coming in today have little to no recollection of it. That's ancient history to them.

Elizabeth Davis

The girls were fascinated to learn how many inventions and technological advancements came from ancient China. The development of writing, the process of printing, and the production of paper from trees all originated in ancient China. Gunpowder, the umbrella and the compass are just a few examples of things that were invented.

Rig Veda

The gods sacrificed with the sacrifice to the sacrifice. These were the first rites. These powers reached the firmament, where the ancient demi-gods and the gods are.

Roy H. Williams

James and Dee didn't seem to be too carried away or too emotional out there. They were just businesslike, and they got their team into what they wanted to do.

Bob Bolen

He was a hard worker at Woodrow, and it's carried over to his coaching, I think he's doing a great job. He was a tremendous player and always a joy to be around. He's always been a great kid, he was a great kid growing up, now he's a great young man.

Scott Erickson

He carried us. Before the game he guaranteed that we would win.

Joe Torre

He carried that with him the first half of the year. If for some reason his routine gets disrupted, (he's) sort of off-center. But he left spring with a good look in his eye.

Mike McGee

He is probably one of the most competitive people I've ever met and that has been carried on to me,

Stephen J. Cannell

I formed my own studio, carried my own deficits, owned one-hundred percent of my negatives, and made a lot of mistakes, but we ended up being the third largest TV studio in Hollywood.

Fiorenzo Facchini

God's project of creation can be carried out through secondary causes in the natural course of events.

Brad Shaw

I thought we paid the price a little harsher than maybe we would have some other nights. I thought we carried the play for the most part.

Tim Corbin

I thought our pitching and defense carried us in this game. Pedro not only led us at the plate, but made some good defensive plays at third as well.

Mitch Hedberg

Kinko's is my favourite copy place cause it's open 24 hours, like if it's three in the morning, and I suddenly decide I need two of something, I'm covered.

Rollins Stallworth

Kids just think they are invincible. They feel like they can overcome anything. But it's not just kids. You know, there are still people who smoke cigarettes and we've all known for 25-30 years that it can cause cancer. So if kids really want to use that stuff, they'll find out where to get it.

Avivah Litan

I would say it's probably the cause of 70 percent of (cash machine card) fraud.

Harry Reid

Katrina makes it clear this government has failed, ... We must find out why immediately to make sure the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina never happens again.

J. Horton

It causes severe illness and high mortality rates.

Rem Murray

It caused my head to turn totally to the left, and it was frozen there for quite some time,

O. Singh

He is subject to no one else s rule, and the Lord, the King, causes everyone to fall at his feet.

Rob Spencer

He lied so the plot could proceed unimpeded. With that lie, he caused the deaths of nearly 3,000 people. He rejoiced in the death and destruction.

Juan Pierre

This was only the first game, but this game it was evident that once you get guys on base, it causes havoc. It's not just me, it's anybody. That's my intent to start off the game, not necessarily with a triple, but to have a good at-bat and let the offense take it from there.

Ronda Rousey

I was just a little three-year-old kid, and I loved Hulk Hogan. And when you're a three-year-old kid, you don't list off the reasons. I was just drawn to him. He was always my favorite, even in the video games and everything like that. He was the one that I always remembered and liked the most.

Henry Selick

Just like those little Viewmaster slides, there's a inherent magic that's captured in 3D that you can't get in drawn animation or in CG.

George Herbert Mead

No very sharp line can be drawn between social psychology and individual psychology.

Alan Reed

We take people on horse drawn rides through the corrals and through our processing plant to see how milk is bottled.

Ken Jennings

Even before you understand them, your brain is drawn to maps.

Erling Lyngtveit

He now says he can no longer stand by the conclusions drawn in the article.

Rahul Dravid

If you prepare another wicket like this it will be another drawn series.

Denzel Washington

I really want my father's life to be portrayed honestly. I don't want people getting drawn into the theatre because they want to see the last scene where he's shot and killed.

Giselle Davies

The IOC has learned lessons from the past. We have made inquiries and taken sanctions. What is past is past. The IOC has drawn a line under that.

Michelle Phillips

He could prod you gently or kick you in the ass,

Jim Vogel

You?d be surprised what kind of marketplace there is for gently used equipment.

Phil Jackson

I've been nudging him gently in the right direction, hopefully, and I think he's ready to turn the corner,

Steve Ward

We just kind of pushed a little bit, gently working with people with the real aloha spirit, and we were lucky.

George Crabbe

Time has touched me gently in his race,/ And left no odious furrows in my face.

Jeremy Jacobs

Jacques had done street theater in Paris. He'd always been interested in large architectural structures and how humans interact with them.

Milo Hamilton

He rode managers. He rode players. It didn't matter. He treated everyone the same way. In short, he was a miserable human being.

Paul Taylor

I think that's a Jewish trait, ... It's also a human trait.

Jenna Marbles

There is no cure for ugly, but you can make yourself into a human optical illusion.

C. Hughes

We are experiencing a human catastrophe of immense proportions, ... We pray today for those who have lost their lives ... and for those who are risking their lives to rescue others.

Jon Ronson

I was always out to paint them with human characteristics we could relate to. They really are, by and large, personable in the flesh.

Nick Cave

I'm not someone who's particularly in touch with the way they feel. I've heard it said that you should be a 'human being' not a 'human doing', but I'm a human doing, very much so.

John Ashcroft

Human trafficking victims are too often people like Got. Too young, too frightened, and too trapped in their circumstances to speak for themselves, ... This is a 4-year-old child. He's a shy, tender little boy.

Paul Martin

Humans are really expensive, and they're really slow.

Scott Storch

I think it's just sad in this industry that sometimes the pressures of being successful make you say things that are untrue.

Halle Berry

I think it was a shift in the industry for the people of color.

Glenn Johnson

I didn't lose that fight, ... I walked away because of promotional disputes. That was hard, after being in the industry so long. But the older you get, the more you learn the business.

Erin O'Connor

In the early days of my modelling career, I think the industry was uncomfortable with how strikingly different I was.

Ben Wood

The industry will be lucky to get it out in 2008. Issues with rights, regulations and standards need to be overcome first.

Alan Autry

Your Mayor must seek new ways to bring jobs and industry to our community.

Bobby Frankel

I want to be the Martha Stewart of the health-food industry — without the jail.

Toshifumi Suzuki

The Japanese retail industry is totally unique. To be successful, you have to have a thorough knowledge about the market.

David Sowerby

It's more and more the sobering acknowledgement that the industry is significantly challenged.

Troy Williamson

I wouldn't say frustrating. I would say more of a learning experience. I learned a lot of stuff.

Jody Conradt

Just when you think you've seen everything, you haven't. I've learned that during this season.

Tony Oller

I've learned the truth in these sayings: 'Luck is when opportunity meets preparation' and 'The right project will find you'.

Malcolm Deans

I think the lessons we learned this weekend were great, even though we didn't win.

Dick Jauron

What I learned is you better win. When you win, you're pretty smart. When you don't, you're not.

Harry Campbell

I went from summer school to merit roll. I learned that the more you do in school, the better you will be in life.

Lauren Hutton

I was making $50 a week as a house model at Christian Dior for nine months before I learned that photographic models made $50 an hour!

Angela Ruggiero

Cammi is USA Hockey, really. Every single player on our roster has learned something from Cammi Granato and she'll leave that legacy whether she's here or not.

Glenn Tilton

If there's anything I learned in 32 years in the oil business, it's not to speculate on oil prices.

Tony Buzan

In 1971, when I was 29, I wrote my first volume of poetry. I am a poet, and I have published four books of my poems.

Chang-Rae Lee

I think book clubs should read more contemporary poetry.

Umberto Eco

For Mallarmé naming an object meant suppressing three-quarters of its poetic pleasure (which consists in the joy of guessing bit by bit - "le suggérer, voilà le rêve!").

William Wordsworth

poetry is the breath and finer spirit of knowledge

Jose Marti

Terrible times in which priests no longer merit the praise of poets and in which poets have not yet begun to be priests.

Jose Marti

Oh, what company good poets are!

Jose Ortega y Gasset

Poetry has become the higher algebra of metaphors.

Jose Bergamin

The novel is born of disillusionment; the poem, of despair.

Jorge Luis Borges

A . . . poet is a discoverer rather than an inventor.

Yorvit Torrealba

I was in one big rush, that's probably why I'm taking so long. I should have just taken my time in Spring Training and I'd probably be ready now. I want to be out there. I wanted to throw more today, but we're going step by step.

Mitch Gilfillan

It all starts Sunday. Trust me, we'll be ready to go.

Sasha Cohen

It can be frustrating, ... But I am where I am, and everyone has their own trajectory. I know my time will come. I just have to be ready for it.

Mike Greene

Hamburg?s not going to show us anything we haven?t seen. I think we?re well-seasoned and ready for anything that can be thrown at us.

Barry Alvarez

He runs through a lot of tackles. He's a very strong runner. You're not going to arm-tackle him. You'd better be ready to gang-tackle him.

Terry Hill

He said he was ready to come home.

Mark Headley

He's always going to be well-prepared mentally. He's not a big talker, but he's always ready to play.

Thor Hushovd

It is about getting ready for Madrid. But for sure I will try to get a stage here first.

Dean Laidley

He was just tight. If it was a home-and-away, he would've played, but we want him up and ready for round one.

Ken Starr

I also know that there's a time and a season, and I think that time, had there been one, has long since passed.

Michael Hayes

He's crazy. He's always been like that, since we were 13, he's been the same way.

Mike Donato

He's a thoroughbred. We have worked out together since our first year here.

Roy Harper

I was determined if I was going to become a superstar it would be on my terms. I've had that ethic since the beginning.

Shane Valdez

I think that's the first time since I've been here that we had everyone qualify.

Asaf Shariv

I don't know about anything since then that is new.

Matt Kiefer

He had a long rehab. Ever since he could play (again), he has been a leader. A vocal leader.

Samuel Smiles

The truest politeness comes of sincerity.

Zane Grey

These critics who crucify me do not guess the littlest part of my sincerity. They must be burned in a blaze. I cannot learn from them.

Richelle Mead

I used to think you were weak and just didn't fight back ... but now, honestly, I think you're actually pretty tough. It takes a hell of a lot of strength to not complain and lash out.

Reba McEntire

[Faith] guides me on everything I do, i ask for guidance, I ask the Lord to give me wisdom when I speak, when I think and I always try to be positive and say nice things and it gives me strength throughout every minute and every day.

Salma Hayek

What is important is to believe in something so strongly that you're never discouraged.

Whoopi Goldberg

It's being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power - if you're willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do.

John Pont

I really think that is a real strength of the team.

John Adams

Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion... in private self-defense.

James Allen

In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result.

James Anthony Froude

Superior strength is found in the long run to lie with those who had right on their side.

Henry Rollins

I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds