Famous Quotes & Sayings

Henry David Thoreau

What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?

Andrew Vachss

We don't protect our young, and we tolerate predators of our own species.

Sara Paretsky

You get weird and unsettling behaviour in the country.

Sara Paretsky

I thought it was time for a tough, smart, likable female private investigator, and that's how VI came to life.

Sandra Cisneros

I'm afraid I'm still trying to find that balance. Especially now that everyone wants a piece of me. I find that I have to become more and more reclusive, and pick and choose when I am public and when I am private.

Scott Alexander

The basic rule of free enterprise: You must give in order to get.

Scott Alexander

The best way to make happy money is to make money your hobby and not your god.

Scott Alexander

Making money is a hobby that will complement any other hobbies you have, beautifully.

Scott Alexander

All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy.

Nabil Sha'ath

If he is elected, and if he continues to push the same backward and regressive ideas he was pushing during his campaign, I do not see how this peace process can go forward.

Shawn Mendes

The first year I started hockey, I didn't know how to skate, so I got on the ice with all of the hockey players, and we were doing drills where we had to go backwards in figure eights. And I could not skate, and I just kept falling on my butt, and it was very embarrassing.

Guy Laliberte

Me? I'm going to grow backwards and be a kid again.

Rasheed Wallace

As long as we got the win. We gotta deal with that other (stuff) every night. But we fought through it and got the W.

Brian Baker

After going through what he went through last year, nothing is that big a deal to him. I think now he respects that it's important to win a tennis match, but it's really a small part of his life.

Andrew Larson

Some people make the connection, some don't. It's not something I would ever make a big deal about,

Ben Bernanke

The world has a great deal more to offer than money.

Rene Lafreniere

This is a tough week for us. But we'll deal with it.

Karl Hobbs

This is the first time this year we have had to deal with true adversity. We've been very fortunate.

Greg Johnson

This is no time for us to panic or get tight. Every team has to deal with this kind of thing at some point in the season. It's how you deal with it that determines where you go.

H. Hunt

This is still a good time to find gardening supplies, including lawnmowers and anything else to do with your yard, ... You can get a great deal this time of year, especially if it's a year-old model.

David Dietze

This deal would really vault Supervalu into the big time. It will significantly increase the scale of Supervalu.

Carmen Bambach

A showdown of the two greatest rivals of the Renaissance.

Mark Mohl

Osage had a very tough week with three quality opponents. We are disappointed we didn't win all three, but the kids had great effort.

John Tavares

Any player in the NHL would be a great comparison, but when you name a guy like Sidney Crosby . . . but I don't know if I'll be able to do things he's done in the league because we're different types of players,

David Phillips

Are we no longer the Great White North? It's incredible.

Porter Bibb

Sony has got a solid distribution network, ... It's got a great library and it's got a lot in the hopper ... Realistically, there are some significant buyers.

Jennifer Reyes

Sandy did a great job pitching, but defensive-wise, we had too many mental mistakes and errors.

Dave Strang

Sam and Tanner and Gunde (the captains) have shown great leadership for this team. It is a great group of guys.

Lamon Brewster

Schmeling was a great hero and he was a great benefactor, ... But on Wednesday it comes down to who wants it most. It's not about the title. It's about the life of my family.

Jerry Reighard

Psychologically, we're at our best. The last two meets put us where we want to be. We really feel like this is going to be a great meet for us.

Willie Randolph

I don't look at just where he's playing, it's how he handled himself. He has a lot of poise for a young player, and I like that.

Cheryl Stewart

I need to have a strong faith, because no one else could handle this.

P. J. Harvey

If you can handle the time, it's great. But it's tough on the families. You have one or two kids, you are travelling around all summer. It takes a lot of time.

Nick Hardwick

I know I've seen what the league has to offer for the most part, and I know I can handle it.

Scott Skiles

We didn't handle it very well the last time we played them. We had a hard time reacting to it.

Jon Jansen

People say this stuff like they just thought of it, ... Everyone thinks they're so clever. I'm like, 'Heard that two weeks ago. Where ya been?'

John Abraham

People talk about the money, but it had nothing to do with the money,

Mike Davidson

People do not understand how powerful that water is.

Doug Flynn

People do feel better about investing. But they are still very skeptical about the recovery and their expectations are way down.

Peter Thiel

People are worried about privacy, and its one of the reasons people are using a service like SnapChat.

David Green

People are walking all over town just going crazy. I've never seen it like this before.

Ahmed Ali

People are very, very provoked, ... They are boiling.

Richard C. Armitage

People get to know me slowly and over the course of time. I'll probably still be a newcomer when I'm 60.

Jennifer Smoter

People did need ample time to be able to transition to an alternative therapy.

Jill Wagner

When work seems like a job, I don't do it anymore. I always want it to be something I'm interested in and something that challenges me.

Tony Hsieh

Things are never as bad or as good as they seem.

Jim Boeheim

I think there should be an expansion. Whatever seems to fit.

Erin Morgenstern

To be rather than to seem.

Debbie Ryan

We just went cold. We have a tendency to do that.

Katherine Center

Beauty comes from tenderness.

Bob Mayer

First novels tend to be blood-lettings, and they're focused on you, not the reader.