Famous Quotes & Sayings

L. Lionel Kendrick

Some have suffered death to make it possible for us to have the scriptures today. Historically, the scriptures in the Bible were reserved for the clergy, with the reading of them by others being denounced. At times, laws even prohibited the public or private reading of them.

Kelly Quinn

I watch him every Saturday on TV, and I get so nervous for him, ... He calls me before and after games to see how I do and to wish me luck. We both pray for each other and send each other Bible verses.

Mike James

I do not think that God arbitrarily causes hurricanes and tornadoes and tragedies like this. The Bible says it rains on the just and the unjust.

Troy Polamalu

I don't think I have a split personality. I believe the same person I am on the field is the same person I am at home - passionate about everything I do, whether it's reading a Bible or just hanging out with my wife.

Woodrow Wilson

When you have read the Bible, you will know it is the word of God, because you will have found it the key to your own heart, your own happiness and your own duty.

Ulysses S. Grant

Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all the progress made in true civilization and to this we must look as our guide in the future.

William Blake

To me this world is all one continued vision of fancy or imagination, and I feel flattered when I am told so. What is it sets Homer, Virgil and Milton in so high a rank of art? Why is the Bible more entertaining and instructive than any other book? Is it not because they are addressed to the imagination, which is spiritual sensation, and but immediately to the understanding or reason?

Wernher von Braun

In this age of space flight when we use the modern tools of science to advance into new regions of human activity, the Bible... remains in every way an up to date book. Our knowledge and use of the laws of nature that enable us to fly to the moon, also enable us to destroy our home planet with the atom bomb. Science itself does not address the question whether we should use the power at our disposal for good or for evil. The guidelines of what we ought to do are furnished in the moral Law of God.

Samuel Beckett

I've tried not to exaggerate the glory of athletes. I'd rather, if I could, preserve a sense of proportion, to write about them asexcellent ballplayers, first-rate players. But I'm sure I have contributed to false values--as Stanley Woodward said, "Godding up those ballplayers." The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new.

Shaun White

I don't even think I've made the finals in the U.S. Open. It's just been a cursed event for me. I didn't really want to come. I was nervous because last time I hurt my knee when I was here. ... To overcome all that, and to actually win it, it's insane.

Larry Brown

I didn't curse him. I hadn't talked to him the whole game. Obviously he thought I went over the line and that's his prerogative. Those things happen. It's the first game I got kicked out.

Ron Artest

I'm looking forward to being bashed and cursed out. That's going to be a lot of fun.

Phyllis Bottome

Some of us cling to our curses if we haven't anything better to cling to!

Thomas Shepard

In regard of the rich grace and wisdom of his love toward his people; for who sees not, but that it is a curse to be unready as these foolish virgins, who were therefore shut out.

Elizabeth Watson

Yes, scary. And people were telling them to 'just shut up,' and cursed at them.

Robert Southey

Curses are like young chickens, they always come home to roost

Tiffany Shlain

Nothing vast enters the life of mortals without a curse.

Julie Powell

She can curse right and she looks as though she's eaten French food before.

Alan Trammel

I wouldn't say it was one of his greatest performances, but he pitched well enough to win.

Felix Rodriguez

He was awesome. He is one of the greatest pitchers, ... and I'm happy for the way he performed tonight.

Lance Williams

He knew he was better than Mark McGwire. It offended him when people said Mark McGwire might be the greatest player who ever lived.

Dontrelle Willis

He's already got it down to where he's telling guys when they're pitching. That's the greatest honor for any individual, to represent their country.

Ken Dunham

Historically, risk is much higher with Windows operating systems than Unix/Linux. How can I say that, look at all the major attacks. Which ones had the greatest likelihood and impact for 2005? Windows hands down.

Donald Every

I think it's his greatest accomplishment, one that has the potential for the longest-term impact.

David Osborne

I think the greatest security measure is pre-pay, period,

Yvon Chouinard

Fear of the unknown is the greatest fear of all.

Jamie Trowbridge

In the last two years, it has made the greatest leap, and that makes us the fastest-growing subscriber income of any publication.

Isadore Sharp

It has been held to the principles of what Terry wanted. So 25 years is probably just the beginning.

David Pascoe

Law enforcement officers are held in a position of trust and they are held to a higher standard. That is why allegations like this are so troubling.

Tracy Egeland

I think they held up pretty well. We had a lot of skating, a lot of skill work. I think they did pretty good.

Cuki Alvarez

He held his opponent to the fence, threw leg kicks, knees to the head, and punches. It was three minutes of punishment and that's when the referee stopped the fight.

Kevin Delaney

He may not have been holding the steering wheel, but he was the one who held all the power.

Mark Blondin

Our members spoke out and held the line.

Gary Mitchell

I just held him like I would my own son.

Stacy Kim

I played pretty well. I missed a lot of putts that I could have made. I stuck it out and held it together.

Sam Peckinpah

I loved Westerns as a kid, and I wanted to see if they held up,

Jaime Nelson

He was inspired by it and wondered why we didn't have anything like it in the States.

Wayne Dyer

When you're inspired you attract abundance.

Mary J. Blige

I was inspired to create 'My Life' so I could finally share a personal part of my life beyond my music.

Oswald Chambers

The proof that our relationship is right with God is that we do our best whether we feel inspired or not.

Elaine Stritch

I am not influenced by other human beings. But I am inspired.

Kenneth Branagh

I choose to be inspired by things that have been done well in the past. So, I don't worry about being compared, because I think that does paralyze you.

Damon Dash

There are certain things I do because I am creatively inspired and artistic.

Jessie Miller

She is what inspired me. I was so angry.

Evan Hunter

I can't say which of the writers inspired me the most, but it was probably Hemingway.

Unknown

Here's to the new husband, And here's to the new wife, May they remain lovers, For all of life.

Tracy Morgan

Whatever I did on 'Saturday Night Live' is going to stay and remain on 'Saturday Night Live.'

Woody Allen

My relationship with death remains the same - I'm strongly against it.

Paul Wolfowitz

The cost of the high-cost economy remains too high.

George Glynos

It should remain in a 6.12 to 6.20 range.

Neal A. Maxwell

The "new" in us is bound to notice the "old" that remains.

Kelly Clarkson

Everything changes, but beauty remains.

Slim Jimmy

Around women, I try to remain calm and collected.

Joyce Carol Oates

You don't have to understand why anything that has happened nor do you even have to understand what it is that has happened. You have only to live with the remains.