Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Whewell

We cannot observe external things without some degree of Thought; nor can we reflect upon our Thoughts, without being influenced in the course of our reflection by the Things which we have observed.

William Shatner

Marriage is a reflection of your life in general: how you treat people, how you argue, how secure you are in your own thoughts. How vehemently do you argue your point of view? With what disdain do you view the other's point of view?

William James

The greatest empiricists among us are only empiricists on reflection: when left to their instincts, they dogmatize like infallible popes.

Tracy Kidder

What interests me is trying to catch the reflection of the human being on the page. I'm interested in how ordinary people live their lives

Robert Schumann

Can that which has cost the artist days, weeks, months and even years of reflection be understood in a flash by a dilettante?

Vincent Van Gogh

Accurate drawing, accurate colour, is perhaps not the essential thing to aim at, because the reflection of reality in a mirror, if it could be caught, colour and all, would not be a picture at all, no more than a photograph.

Whittaker Chambers

Anybody looking for a quiet life has picked the wrong century to born in.

William Banting

At one time I thought the Editor of the Lancet would kindly publish a letter from me on the subject, but further reflection led me to doubt whether so insignificant an individual would be noticed without some special introduction.

Walter Kirn

Spirit was a by-product of activity, like the reflection from a spinning fan blade, and our souls in the end did not reside within us but flowed outward from our movements.

Todd France

He is ready to go practice as soon as things get wrapped up.

Peter Elander

I think (the Canadians') forwards are better than their defense. They don't have to practice much defense.

Daisuke Takahashi

I was disappointed that I couldn't do the triple axel. I had trouble doing it in practice and overcompensated in today's program.

Shay Murphy

I was just going up there relaxed, do what I practice so much. So I was pretty confident.

Confucius

He does not preach what he practices till he has practiced what he preaches.

Robert E. Lee

You have only always to do what is right. It will become easier by practice, and you enjoy in the midst of your trials the pleasure of an approving conscience.

Robert Neelly Bellah

It's clear all the way through history that practices are primary and beliefs are secondary.

Samuel Johnson

Repentance, however difficult to be practiced, is, if it be explained without superstition, easily understood. Repentance is the relinquishment of any practice from the conviction that it has offended God.

Samuel Johnson

Their origin is commonly unknown; for the practice often continues when the cause has ceased, and concerning superstitious ceremonies it is in vain to conjecture; for what reason did not dictate, reason cannot explain.

Jake Delhomme

I thought because we had never run it out of that formation at all -- I just thought it was the perfect call.

Craig Carpenter

We took our CEO, who is not a technologist, through the new setup wizard with no problem. It was the perfect test case.

Mel Kiper

I think that makes a lot of sense. For the type of scheme they play, he would be perfect for what they need.

and City

I will never be the woman with the perfect hair, who can wear white and not spill on it.

Richard K. Morgan

Evolutionary theory informs our understanding of some frankly inexcusable social behavior and renders it perfectly normal.

Richelle Mead

Takes a lot of tries before you hit perfection." He paused to reconsider that. "Well, except for my parents. They got it on the first try." (Adrian)

Richelle Mead

He was too perfect, despite being one of the most imperfect people I knew.

Richard Baxter

This life was not intended to be the place of our perfection, but the preparation for it.

Truman Capote

She had only one flaw. She was perfect, otherwise whe was perfect.