Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Fort

[Wise men] have tried to understand our state of being, by grasping at its stars, or its arts, or its economics. But, if there is an underlying oneness of all things, it does not matter where we begin, whether with stars, or laws of supply and demand, or frogs, or Napoleon Bonaparte. One measures a circle, beginning anywhere.

Clara Barton

It is wise statesmanship which suggests that in time of peace we must prepare for war, and it is no less a wise benevolence that makes preparation in the hour of peace for assuaging the ills that are sure to accompany war.

Debby Ryan

For me, shoe-wise, platforms give me the same height that I need, but they're not as taxing on my feet.

David Starr Jordan

To say no at the right time, and then stand by it, is the first element of success. He is the wise man who, for all his life, can keep mind and soul and body clean.

Confucius

A fool marvels at rare things, but a wise man at common ones.

Confucius

Being in humaneness is good. If we select other goodness and thus are far apart from humaneness, how can we be the wise?

Confucius

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

Confucius

If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.

Andrew Lang

Either a wise man will not go into bunkers, or, being in, he will endure such things as befall him with patience.

Calvin Coolidge

At first I intended to become a student of the Senate rules and I did learn much about them, but I soon found that the Senate hadbut one fixed rule, subject to exceptions of course, which was to the effect that the Senate would do anything it wanted to do whenever it wanted to do it.

Rick Perry

President Obama's call for nearly a half-trillion dollars in more government stimulus when America has more than $14 trillion in debt is guided by his mistaken belief that we can spend our way to prosperity.

Rick Perry

In Michigan, a liberal democrat raised taxes and kept their government programs at the same level. And guess what? Their economy continued into the toilet, it continued down.

Rick Perry

My quarrel is not with the legitimate role of government but with the unlimited role of government.

Rick Perry

Our goal is to displace the entrenched powers in Washington, restore the rightful balance between the state and federal government.

Svetlana Alliluyeva

It is human nature that rules the world, not governments and regimes.

Tony Abbott

So, my friends, in a week or so the Governor-General will swear in a new government.

Tony Abbott

Oppositions are not there to get legislation through. Oppositions are there to hold the government to account

Tony Abbott

Voluntary paid maternity leave: yes; compulsory paid maternity leave: over this Government’s dead body, frankly. It just won’t happen.

Art Buchwald

A bad liver is to a Frenchman what a nervous breakdown is to an American. Everyone has had one and everyone wants to talk about it.

Eckhart Tolle

If peace is really what you want, then you will choose peace.

Sugar Ray Leonard

Aaron Pryor wants to get into the ring with me. He wants to be able to retire, and he will. For health reasons

Tim Cook

In the world of cyber security, the last thing you want is to have a target painted on you.

Ellen DeGeneres

I get to do stand-up every single day. I love that live energy exchange between the audience and myself, and to get to say the things I want to say and comment on.

Ursula Burns

I want to stop transforming and just start being.

Walt Disney

I don't want to please everybody. I'd get a little worried if I did something and everybody was pleased with it.

Sarah Dessen

I didn't want to talk about what happened, so it seemed safest not to talk at all.

Wil Wheaton

I would love to find myself in a position where I have to decide, 'Gosh, do I want to be on a series?