Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alan Lightman

The history of science can be viewed as the recasting of phenomena that were once thought to be accidents as phenomena that can be understood in terms of fundamental causes and principles.

Jane Austen

His own enjoyment, or his own ease, was, in every particular, his ruling principle.

Andy Stanley

A principle is a principle, and God created all the principles.

Richard P. Feynman

Teach principles not formulas.

John Lancaster Spalding

Base thy life on principle, not on rules.

John Dollar

There were things that we did were taught because of the biblical principles.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Faith is such a principle of power. God works by power, but this power is usually exercised in response to our faith.

Bill Jenkins

Many states rely on sales tax as their principle source of revenue and do not have a State income tax.

Dana Stabenow

Cops never took anything on faith, and disbelieved every story that was told them on principle until and unless they could confirm that the story was fact in all its essentials, and even then remained wary and unconvinced. Cop shops bred skeptics. Skeptics cherished few illusions about human nature, and therefore were seldom disappointed.

Alex Haley

Racism is taught in our society... it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics.

Jacques Chirac

Tempers need to cool, ... We can't have a law-free zone in the Republic. A lack of dialogue and an escalation of disrespectful behavior will lead to a dangerous situation.

John Nash

We will not tolerate this type of behavior from any player. We will continue to demand a higher level of professionalism and personal responsibility from all of our players or we will continue to take appropriate action.

Scott Westerfeld

But you know what? It's not my behavior I'm worried about anymore. It's yours.

Sidney Poitier

Generally, I tend to despise human behavior rather than human creatures.

Nina Atwood

Stay focused on self-direction and personal growth and away from finger-pointing. The behavior of love is what counts, so be specific about your actions.

John Clune

testify regarding extremely sensitive and at times offensive and degrading behavior.

Darrell Campbell

My mom has been real positive and my dad has been so instrumental, ... He's like a ninja -- he's popping up everywhere. He's always scoping me out and keeping an eye on me. I always try to be on my best behavior because of him.

Tim Wilson

We now have reason to believe our daughter had engaged in this behavior for at least a year, maybe too.

Deyon Pitter

You are the pilot of your life, therefore you determine your destination, and which direction will take you there.

Jake Siewert

We will not determine the timing of the vote.

Andrew Young

Everybody is determined by his own experience.

Mike Klemm

Spirits are up. There's a good feeling out there. We all know this was forced upon us and everyone is determined to see it through.

Jarome Iginla

In the third, we were a lot more determined hockey club.

Robert McGowan

(The cap) could be fine-tuned but I think it's a very fair solution, ... Plus, it's not our offices job to determine what the state (legislature) decides.

Margaret Thatcher

I'm not quite sure of his place in history. History will determine that.

Peter Beattie

The CMC will have to determine what they will do,

John Chambers

The industry growth is there, and it's there probably for the next decade. So how well we execute will determine what role we play.