Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sri Chinmoy

When we seek appreciation from others, we get not appreciation, but flattery.

John Amos

This is the highest tribute we can pay him, our appreciation for his superlative writing, his incomparable writing. Quite frankly, I've never experienced writing like this before, except for 'Fences,' something that addresses me as an individual, addresses me as a black man and addresses the history of the African-American culture and the African-American experience in this country.

Paul Bloom

Our best hope for the future is not to get people to think of all humanity as family - that's impossible. It lies, instead, in an appreciation of the fact that, even if we don't empathize with distant strangers, their lives have the same value as the lives of those we love.

Paul Bloom

The enjoyment we get from something is powerfully influenced by what we think that thing really is. This is true for intellectual pleasures, such as the appreciation of paintings and stories, and it is true as well for pleasures that seem simpler and more animalistic, such as the satisfaction of hunger and lust.

Barack Obama

As I've said, there were patriots who supported this war, and patriots who opposed it. And all of us are united in appreciation for our servicemen and women, and our hopes for Iraqis' future.

Bonnie Raitt

Not being a natural songwriter... for me the appreciation of a great song and the writers came early on, growing up in a musical family. My dad got to sing songs by some of the greatest writers of all time, Rodgers and Hammerstein.

Louis D. Brandeis

During most of my life, my contact with Jews and Judaism was slight. I gave little thought to their problems, save in asking myself, from time to time, whether we were showing by our lives due appreciation of the opportunities which this hospitable country affords. My approach to Zionism was through Americanism.

Annie Gottlieb

Respect... is appreciation of the separateness of the other person, of the ways in which he or she is unique.

Blake Lively

I've been so lucky to work with such great people: people that are such hard workers and have such a respect and appreciation for one another.

John Waters

Always be prepared if someone asks you what you want for Christmas. Give brand names, the store that sells the merchandise, and, if possible, exact model numbers so they can't go wrong. Be the type who's impossible to buy for, so they have to get what you want.

If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is ""God is crying."" And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is ""Probably because of something you did.

The next time I have meat and mashed potatoes, I think I'll put a very large blob of potatoes on my plate with just a little piece of meat. And if someone asks me why I didn't get more meat, I'll just say, "Oh, you mean this?" and pull out a big piece of meat from inside the blob of potatoes, where I've hidden it. Good magic trick, huh?

Donna Favors

When we show concern for the happiness in others, we ultimately enhance the happiness in ourselves.

Mike Flowers

Naturally, it hurt our pocketbooks. But we knew it was coming, so we saved some extra funds. Our concern now is how quickly it will come back.

John Gannon

I have a concern that density may not be as good a fit for Boise.

John Morse

That was enough of a public health concern to get it in the dictionary right away. Now, one of two things could happen. Either we'll never hear about SARS again, and if so, I've wasted three lines of type in the dictionary. Or it will come back, and everyone will go to the dictionary in a time of need to see how SARS is defined.

Tom Golisano

It's concerning to me. I'm very interested in the topic. How I would get involved is undetermined at this point.

Bobby Shelton

They can contact our traffic management division at 455-6100. We'd take their concerns and issues and put it on a list to study.

Mike Gowrylow

It raised a major concern for us. We don't think federal judges should determine the applicability of state sales and hotel and motel taxes.

Tony Crescenzi

It's a little surprising because I thought there'd be a little more concern over weakness in dollar/yen.

Stuart Fraser

It only just entered China, and there's plenty to do there, so there's concern the management may get stretched.

Sherry Stringfield

I'm a terrible patient, and I find that doctors can be very condescending.

Michael Jackson

the proceedings have been a nightmare for my family

Eminem

The details surrounding both my marriage and subsequent filing for divorce are private, and I had hoped to keep them that way for the sake of my family.

Eminem

I did not know that I would grow to be my mothers evil seed and do these evil deeds.

James Black

I have never wanted to check out the family folklore that we could be traced back to a dominie at the hamlet of Balquhidder in the Scottish highlands.

Joanne Ciulla

income, benefits, friends, reputation, and sometimes even family.

Joe Schmidt

That's scary, especially here, because this is such a family-oriented neighborhood.

Jim Haney

That means everything to me. It's not just a family putting their name on something, but putting their heart and soul in it.

J. M. Roberts

It was perfect. The place is huge. There are plenty of bedrooms, a massive kitchen and a family room.

Joe DiMaggio

A ball player has to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. That's why no boy from a rich family has ever made the big leagues.

Tatiana Totmianina

Sometimes it looks good but you are not feeling comfortable inside. But if it looks good, it means it is good.

Bobby Cox

There's nobody in that lineup who's feeling 100 percent.

Bobby Hauck

Which, as many times as they threw it (49), is impressive. They've got to be feeling good about their offensive line. Houston looked like they were unable or unprepared to handle all the things Oregon threw at them. The 38 points could've been a lot more.

Jim Calhoun

I?m going home feeling good. I think we?re getting a little better. And we can get a lot better, by the way.

Jeff King

This is a much better feeling than when we were here last time. We had a lot of guys come in and step up.

Quincy Henderson

We'd like to have a few more wins and not have given up a few of those, but we're feeling good right now. We're kind of on a roll and looking forward to the next few weeks.

Derek Fisher

Three in a row, you know what I mean? I ain't feeling that.

Demi Lovato

Aside from eating healthy and taking care of my body, I've always been passionate about skincare. It's an essential part of my daily regimen, which is why I decided to create my own skincare line, DEVONNE by Demi. When my skin is clean, I feel my best!

Sydney J. Harris

Those obsessed with health are not healthy; the first requisite of good health is a certain calculated carelessness about oneself.

George Jean Nathan

Like everybody else, when I don't know what else to do, I seem to go in for catching colds.

David Clark

We have to pour some chlorine in there to help sanitize it a bit. It's still another health issue for my daughter.

Ellen DeGeneres

If success is really dependent on someone liking you or not liking you, and you have to teeter on that kind of tightrope of how you're supposed to act and how you're supposed to look and who you are, it's just not a healthy way to live.

Brian Flynn

Without Manatee Rural Health, we could not make this work.

Charles Baudelaire

There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to create.

Desmond Tutu

Catharsis returns us to the purpose for which were originally intended - to be called by God to do good - and thus ultimately returns us to ourselves.

Andy Roddick

I cook a little - I've never taken classes or anything - but enough to get by.

Margaret Mead

If I were to be taken hostage, I would not plead for release nor would I want my government to be blackmailed. I think certain government officials, industrialists and celebrated persons should make it clear they are prepared to be sacrificed if taken hostage. If that were done, what gain would there be for terrorists in taking hostages?

Napoleon Hill

The bottom is a monotonous, dreary, unprofitable place for any person. That is why I have taken the time to describe how lowly beginnings may be circumvented by proper planning.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Medicine is a collection of uncertain prescriptions, the results of which, taken collectively, are more fatal than useful to mankind.

Olympia Snowe

Unfortunately, money in politics is an insidious thing - and a loophole in our campaign finance system was taken advantage of with money going to existing or new 527 groups with the sole purpose of influencing the election.

Ellen Malcolm

Having women in office is vital to the health of our democracy because women play a unique role in our society. By and large, women are still the primary caregivers in families, even as we have taken our place in the workforce.

Ellen Malcolm

This nation is really ready for a woman president. It's taken time, but we're ready.

Ellen MacArthur

There is a massive economic opportunity out there to be taken without waiting for government legislation.

Ellen G. White

The hope of eternal life is not to be taken up upon slight grounds. It is a subject to be settled between God and your own soul; settled for eternity. A supposed hope, and nothing more, will prove your ruin.