Famous Quotes & Sayings

Baruch Spinoza

Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.

Auguste Comte

After Montesquieu, the next great addition to Sociology (which is the term I may be allowed to invent to designate Social Physics) was made by Condorcet, proceeding on the views suggested by his illustrious friend Turgot.

Ayelet Waldman

I wish I could view the belly that oozes over the top of my pants as a badge of maternal honor. I do try. I make sure that the women whose looks I admire all have sufficient fat reserves to survive a famine, and I make a lot of snide comments about the skeletal likes of Lara Flynn Boyle and Paris Hilton.

Ayn Rand

Aquinas brought an Aristotelian view of reason back into European culture, and lighted the way toward the Renaissance.

Boyd Rice

People who consider themselves political, who follow political developments most rigorously, are often those who view the political process with the greatest lack of perspective.

Carter Burwell

Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death with a sense of humor, is very much to my taste.

Alain de Botton

We each appear to hold within ourselves a range of divergent views as to our native qualities.. And amid such uncertainty, we typically turn to the wider world to settle the question of our significance.. we seem beholden to affections of others to endure ourselves.

Arthur C. Clarke

What we need is a machine that will let us see the other guy's point of view.

Austin Mahone

I promoted myself on Twitter and Facebook as hard as possible, nonstop. People started realizing that if they commented on my videos, I'd reply to their comment, so I started getting a lot more views and comments.

Andy Roberts

Any individual who touches a Northwest aircraft will be fully trained in the Northwest maintenance program. Some were furloughed from other airlines. Some are from vendors that already work on Northwest equipment. ... We recruited from a rather large pool the best we could get. They're certainly not off the street.

Daunte Culpepper

As far as being efficient and able to move the ball in the air like we always have, I think we will be. We've been doing it in the preseason and in the minicamps. I know we can move the ball. It's going to be fun and exciting to do that throughout the season.

Jeff Garcia

As coaches at Palma, we've always felt that Chad had tremendous Division I talent, ... But he's not your prototype 6-3 quarterback. And we don't put the ball in the air a lot here. It was a matter of convincing coaches he could play.

James Stover

As a result of this flight, the military remained in Yuma. Today the Marine Corps Air Station Yuma and the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground are important foundations of our economy.

Lindsay Bowen

As a player you try and just block that out until the end. I'm focused on the end of my career here, I don't want to look forward. Obviously, everything's up in the air with the future. But right now, right here, I just want to go out on a solid note.

Kevin Spacey

Arthur Miller had hoped it would premiere in London and was so pleased the possibility was in the air that it would come to the Old Vic because he loved this theater. We want to see that particular dream of Miller's come true.

Claude Hunter

Arthur Hamlin was running ball around the end. One of my teammates tripped. He was trying to keep from falling, but I thought he was grabbing at Arthur. I knocked him up in the air and he landed on his head. I was saying, 'Yeah I got you.' When he rolled over, I said, 'Oh my God! I blocked my own man.' It was so muddy, you couldn't tell.

Thomas Kiernan

As air tours become more widespread, keeping the noise from getting out of hand is an emerging concern throughout the National Park System ... We are encouraged that this Congress is moving quickly to ensure that national parks remain sanctuaries where people can get away from the intrusions of everyday life.

Donald Smithburg

The buildings have unsafe air to breathe, pervasive mold growing, and mechanical systems that were completely destroyed by the storm.

John Rice

Thank you for giving us back Lauren and Steve,

Bruce Willis

Thank you for giving 'The Sixth Sense' the ... respect it deserved.

Mike McGlone

Teamwork and never giving up, we just kept moving.

S. Walker

Russell is one of the most mature, thoughtful, giving teenagers I have ever met. In my 6 1/2 years here, nominating and selecting the individuals, he has to be the most outstanding youth of the year we have selected.

Sarah Klaassen

Right now we're worried about practice (today). We have to get better and concentrate on us right now. Giving up 92 points is on us, that's hustle and personal pride.

Brett Gallagher

These are all quality names in their sectors, all giving negative guidance, and I think that's shaking investors.

Brian O'Reilly

The SAT has been administered for 80 years. Nowadays we are giving the test nearly 3 million times a year. This is the first time in 80 years that there has been a problem of this magnitude. I would hope that people will keep this in perspective.

Margarita Chaves

The room service is what saved us,' I remember him really going on about that. We were kind of shocked he was giving us so much information.

Andre Agassi

I've said before, I don't know how I'm going to go out, ... I know one thing, if I'm out there playing well and giving something back to the sport, it's going to be hard not to give it more.