Famous Quotes & Sayings

C. S. Lewis

The true reader reads every work seriously in the sense that he reads it whole-heartedly, makes himself as receptive as he can. But for that very reason he cannot possibly read every work solemly or gravely. For he will read 'in the same spirit that the author writ.'... He will never commit the error of trying to munch whipped cream as if it were venison.

Charles Bukowski

there's no defense except all the errors made

Rollo May

The ultimate error is the refusal to look evil in the face.

Troy Schaefer

We made a lot of errors and when you make a lot of errors you aren't going to win a lot of games. If you take away the errors the game probably would have been much closer.

Ezra Pound

If the individual, or heretic, gets hold of some essential truth, or sees some error in the system being practiced, he commits so many marginal errors himself that he is worn out before he can establish his point.

Fran Lebowitz

The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should disdain the superficial and let the true beauty of one's soul shine through. If there are places on your body where this is a possibility, you are not attractive - you are leaking.

George Washington

It is with pleasure I receive reproof, when reproof is due, because no person can be readier to accuse me, than I am to acknowledge an error, when I am guilty of one; nor more desirous of atoning for a crime, when I am sensible of having committed it.

George Soros

My sense of insecurity keeps me alert, always ready to correct my errors.

George Soros

Unfortunately, the more complex the system, the greater the room for error.

Judy Greer

'Citizen Ruth' I saw when I was in college, and I really flipped out over it. I just knew I wanted to work with the person who made that movie.

Finding Nemo

Chum: Dolphins. They think they're so cute. Oh, look at me, I'm a flippy little dolphin, let me flip for you.

Kelly Clarkson

I know, I know, I know. So I flipped out!

Derek Jeter

It's not like we have to flip any switches,

Justin Williams

You don't want to go in cold. You don't want to go in and think you can just flip the switch and think playoff hockey is in your blood. You need to go in hot, you need to go in with an edge.

Mike Hall

There was a yellow recycling bin, and the lid was flipped open. And inside the dumpster was a pile of rocks, boulders. And you could see a hand in there.

Gayle Forman

I think the phrase that resonates from 'Just One Year' is something I sort of live by: 'The truth and its opposite are flip sides of the same coin.'

Kory Sheets

When I was younger I used to do gymnastics and flip a lot, so that helped me with my balance.

Michael Tulloch

But we fought hard all the way to the end.

Lord Alfred Tennyson

That a lie which is all a lie may be met and fought with outright,/ But a lie which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight.

Ric Garcia

That was major for us. That's why we fought so hard to get the number two seed (out of the Sierra League). We didn't want to go on the road.

Pam Lancaster

I was proud of the way the kids fought back.

Kim Moore

We got down, but we fought through it.

Dennis Emery

I am pleased with how the team fought back.

Keenan McCardell

The first one I was real close. You've got to give Henry a lot of credit. He fought it all the way down till we were on the ground. I had it and he stuck his hand in between. He made a good play. He waited till the last minute to stick his hand through there and he got it.

E. O. Wilson

The girls played hard. It was a well fought game.

Lewis Jackson

It's really surprising how well he's playing. You see him walking, and he's walking with a limp, and you never would think that he's been able to play like he is. But he's worked his tail off and he's fought to get where he is.

Philip Glass

And then I went back to New York and found other people doing it. A handful of people.

Randy Ridley

This is the foundation of the whole season. These are the guys that we really want to look at who we feel will be an important part of our season.

Ira Kurzban

The wet-foot, dry-foot policy has no foundation in law.

Boris Kodjoe

I knew immediately that she was going to be in my life forever. I didn't know in what capacity, but I knew that I had found someone who was going to be close to me for a long time. We became great friends fast.

Russell Feingold

Even the Heritage Foundation is interested in that kind of approach,

Paul Thompson

We found that the frontal lobes were the last to develop,

J. J. Johnson

This season our goal was to get better, and we did that. I hope we laid the foundation for the future.

Orrin Hatch

We all know that the intelligence with regard to these matters was flawed. We found that out since that it was flawed,

Phil Gramm

Tonight we have laid the foundation to make history,

Pat Hurst

I saw after nine holes (Creamer) was 6 up. She's our rookie, and she was unbelievable.

Carlton Fisk

I'm a six-handicap but those two holes scare me every time,

Stuart Appleby

You can't run away from the pack if you aren't running away from it. Running away would be six shots up with six holes to play. That would be pretty much a run away. There is a lot of golf, 25% of the tournament still left out there.

Willie Randolph

Listen, when he pitches if I don't see what I like to see I'm not going to be totally patient. You go by your track record.

Mariano Rivera

I could've thrown 100 pitches today, ... It didn't matter.

Jason Varitek

He executed his pitches real well. If he pitches like that, he's going to win a lot of games.