Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

KNIGHT, n.Once a warrior gentle of birth, Then a person of civic worth, Now a fellow to move our mirth. Warrior, person, and fellow --no more: We must knight our dogs to get any lower. Brave Knights Kennelers then shall be, Noble Knights of the Golden Flea, Knights of the Order of St. Steboy, Knights of St. Gorge and Sir Knights Jawy. God speed the day when this knighting fad Shall go to the dogs and the dogs go mad.

Richard Boucher

Journalism is often a dangerous profession. Today, we take this opportunity to express solidarity with the brave journalists who risk their lives to inform the public and express their views.

Michael Drayton

Had in him those brave translunary things/ That the first poets had.

Stockwell Day

It is a brave new world, one that I do not think most Canadians, when they fully understand its implications, will want.

Mark Rosenbaum

I think the homeless have just found shelter with the federal courts. I think it's a brave and courageous decision.

Chuck Prochaska

I think it's unfortunate because what we did for our readership was something that most newspapers were scared to do. I think Acton and I made a brave decision to publish the cartoons.

Brenda Jones

The owners at the time thought, well, were going to have to give all this money back, ... And he comes driving up, late, to do the show. Hed been to a Braves game.

John Donne

I have done one brave thing - Than all the Worthies did; And yet a braver thence doth spring - Which is to keep that hid

Scott Erwin

He was very brave and I'll miss him always.

Samuel Richardson

To be a clergyman, and all that is compassionate and virtuous, ought to be the same thing.

Voltaire

A clergyman is one who feels himself called upon to live without working at the expense of the rascals who work to live.

John Strachan

In regard to education, something has been done by the Provincial Legislature; but to build churches, and to place clergymen is a work of greater difficulty.

Samuel Butler

The clergyman is expected to be a kind of human Sunday.

Eric Reed

Even with extensive coverage of clergy misconduct over the past decade, congregations still make no plans for handling moral failure until it happens. Then it's too late.

Henry Fielding

For clergy are men as well as other folks.

John Armato

A number of members of our local government, administration and local clergy will all go in and be guest readers.

Martin Luther

The Clergy is the greatest hindrance to faith.

Martin Luther

The defects of a preacher are soon spied.

Kelly Brook

In this country we're just obsessed with making people celebrities before they've even done anything, which I think is just shocking.

Evan Wilson

I was intrigued by the opportunity to live and experience a country less well off than ours. And see firsthand the problems that plague a developing nation.

Claire McCaskill

I was in the room with, you know, more than a dozen Republicans trying to negotiate the stimulus. Most of them decided the politics of the situation meant they should walk away, even if it wasn't responsible in terms of what our country needed right then.

Thomas Fuller

Know most of the rooms of thy native country before thou goest over the threshold thereof.

Troy Sunderland

Kish is a kid that pushes the tempo, even though he might not be as highly ranked as other guys, but he will be a guy ranked high in the country by the end of the year.

Brian France

I would vote no. Other people in our organization would like to see it. But I like distinguishing the elite division in the country with a unique way of settling the championship.

Mark Phillips

Katie has gotten healthy. She is stronger and more fit than she was at any time during last year's cross country season.

Ifzal Ali

Just look at the organized sector of the economy in a country such as India, which employs less than 10 percent of workforce, you are worrying about this when there is a multitude of people completely being bypassed.

Mary Osako

Just like any other global company, Yahoo! must ensure that its local country sites must operate within the laws, regulations and customs of the country in which they are based.

Kathleen Troia McFarland

In the Reagan administration, a great speech was just the first step in a long process. In the Obama administration, it's the only step.

Kathleen Hanna

That's the great thing about music. You can find some '60s pop record and feel completely invigorated by it, even though it's so old.

Katherine Paterson

I'm a great believer in research. I have to know about a place before I write a story that is set in that place.

Howard Stern

I was just at my psychiatrist and I said, 'I just got great news: We hit the 4 million mark. And I'm angry. It should be 20 million.

John Huarte

I was just as surprised by that as I was when I won the Heisman. It's a great honor and it's nice to know that even so many years later people still remember what I did in football.

Chris Eyre

I was lucky, I had a Verizon phone and it had great service all through the storm,

Darius Miles

Kevin had a great game. We have some smaller guards out there so he was able to do a lot more things. He had it going and was on fire.

B. B. King

Kevin did a great job tonight. He gutted it out there at the end for us. It was a great team win.

Maurice Garner

Kenyatta just had a great season for us. It might have surprised a lot of people, but not me because she has such a great work ethic.

Shari Arison

I saw things before they happened, and that scared me very much. The premonitions would always be accompanied by harsh and painful physical sensations.

David Beckham

I thought the first yellow was harsh and the second even harsher,

Dwyane Wade

I think it's what he wants. He knows he's an important option on offense and knows what we expect. I'm sure he doesn't think we've been harsh about it.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Life teaches us to be less harsh with ourselves than with others

Don Stark

He speaks out pretty strongly and quickly and some would say harshly on ... what he would see as a sort of giveaway to big business.

Dwayne Hickman

In all the time I knew Bob, personally and professionally, we never had a harsh word.

Don Drummond

The harsh reality is in many instances they're actually better off on welfare.

Jake Gyllenhaal

I'm a harsh critic, you know? I am.

Viktor Yushchenko

Talking about the values (of the Orange Revolution) is more productive than simply opting for harsh and incomprehensible opposition,

Richard Bernstein

Today all you're probably seeing is a weakness prior to the G8 meeting this weekend, and a lot of uncertainty in Indonesia and Asia,

Jane Soepardi

I have received reports from most major posts in Indonesia and preparations are complete.

Stein Toennesson

At this stage, Ahtisaari stands out as an obvious choice. The peace process (orchestrated by Ahtisaari) in Indonesia seems to be a real success.

Jusuf Kalla

This is extraordinary, receiving two national hero's titles, namely from Indonesia two years ago, and now from South Africa,

David Heymann

Polio is not only an issue in Indonesia ... but it's an international issue.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

Like many countries, Indonesia can transform its decision-making system to be more transparent and inclusive, particularly on resource allocation and use.

Mark Matthews

If I could take a seven-year view, I would long Indonesia and short Google.

Erwin Arnada

I repeat once again, Playboy Indonesia has not violated any Indonesian laws.

Raymond Bonner

Think Indonesia and tourism, and the first thing that comes to mind is probably Bali. Think golf holiday, and most people would dream of Scotland or Ireland. But Indonesia harbors one of the best-kept secrets in the world of travel: it is a golfer's paradise.

Karen Chupka

With more than 300 mobile electronics exhibitors, the International CES is the world's largest showcase for in-car technologies.

Nick Frey

I don't have any problem with it. It may not be the largest in volume in the state, but the old vines have the longest tradition of the major varietals.

Sam Moore

Remember, I'm your largest shareholder. Don't screw it up,

Robert Schaeffer

In terms of consequences, this is the largest mistake ever made on the SAT.

Robert McKinley

If you're looking to transfer a $5,000 balance, you need to look to the largest issuers.

Dan Woods

The largest need right now is to move students out of there,

Audrey Hepburn

The 'Third World' is a term I don't like very much because we're all one world. I want people to know that the largest part of humanity is suffering.

Joel Silver

(The) four-volume set is the largest project of its kind done up until its time.

Jan Stuart

It's patently obvious that the Saudis, as the world's largest producer, could lead prices lower by offering lower prices,

Winston Churchill

Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live.

Maajid Nawaz

I really didn't grow up religious, and I didn't grow up acknowledging my Muslim identity. For me, I was a British Pakistani.

Otto Schily

The hatred Muslim extremists feel against the West feeds on certain conflicts in the world.

Daniel Yankelovich

Americans are broadly uneasy about the quality of our relations with the rest of the world, especially Muslim nations,

Wissam Nasr

This is a teachable moment. When you see Muslims praying, it's not a terrorist act. It's not a prelude to terror.

Chuck Hagel

This is not how you win the people of the world over to our side, especially the Muslim world.

Brian Kilmeade

Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslim.

Stephen Colbert

I don't like the new president who hunts muslim extremists, I like the old president who is a muslim extremist.

Richard Engel

To be slapped with a shoe is a dirty insult in the Muslim world.

Robert Fisk

Bin Laden was very keen to point out to me that his forces had fought the Americans in Somalia. He also wanted to talk about how many mullahs in Pakistan were putting up posters saying, "We follow bin Laden." He even produced a sort of Kodak set of snapshots of graffiti supporting him.

Donald Rumsfeld

It's safe to say that Pakistan has been very cooperative.

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Pakistan destroyed its own reputation. If anything, I have improved Pakistan's image.

Hamid Karzai

No peace will arrive unless the U.S. or Pakistan want it.

Asif Ali Zardari

I've always maintained terrorism passes through Pakistan, it doesn't evolve in Pakistan.

Sushma Swaraj

If Pakistan feels Indian positions are pre-conditions, then there will be no talks.

Shaukat Aziz

We need prefab housing, we need to repair what can be repaired. We have appealed to the whole world to ship tents and blankets to Pakistan.

Ted Rall

On the ground, Pakistan is the most virulently anti-American state on the planet.

Max Cleland

Our mission is to go after Al Qaeda, not the Taliban. Right now, they are in Pakistan, not Afghanistan. We should go after them wherever they are.

George Foulkes

I wouldn't be surprised if he was having second thoughts,

Simon Spurr

Spring 2010 is the second season that I'm showing the double-breasted suit. I think the right double-breasted suit is young again.

Jeff Gundy

He seems really tired at the start of the second half.

Doug Tolin

I thought we would come out and play better in the second half. But we could never really get anything going. It kind of went the other way on us.

Vini Dawson

It is a lot better the second time around.

Jim Court

I thought about it for 10 seconds or so.

Keith Wilkes

I was disappointed in our second string guys, because their shouldn't be that kind of drop-off when they come into the game,

Sue Donohoe

When he wanted to know what time it was, you had to get down there. You didn't tell him that it was 30 seconds left.

Jim Calhoun

We've got to take away 3-point shooting and not get fatigued by the shot clock. They make as many shots under 12 seconds as any team you're going to play.

Buck Showalter

These things have a way of working themselves out over a 162-game season.

David Clark

It's unfair to the students, because they don't know what they can do to get themselves expelled.

Robert MacIntosh

They wanted to give themselves some flexibility, which they didn't have with that language.

Aldous Huxley

They intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are

Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould

Social distinctions concern themselves ultimately with whom you may and may not marry.

Stephen Covey

Everyone must be proactive and do all they can to help themselves to stay employed.

Jen Kirkman

The women doing comedy do not even think of themselves as 'female' comedians.

Robert Redford

I never had a problem with my face on screen. I thought it is what it is, and I was turned off by actors and actresses that tried to keep themselves young.

Aaron Swartz

Most people, it seems, stretch the truth to make themselves seem more impressive. I, it seems, stretch the truth to make myself look worse.

Nicole Richie

I was like a trash can - I took everything.

Kenoy Kennedy

I think I took off before he started to slide. I'll take a look at it on the film.

Sibel Edmonds

And they asked me to take a polygraph as to the allegations and reports I'd made. I volunteered and I took the polygraph and passed it without a glitch.

Donald O'Connor

Going up the walls doing somersaults, that trick took a couple of days.

Ashley Thomas

We took the practice, so much I shouldn't be worried.

Chas Freeman

We took them to the cleaners on that trade.

Preston Early

We took them out of some things they wanted to do.

Greg Paulus

We took them out from what they wanted to do.

Maggie Mueller

We took them lightly. And we shouldn't have.