Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Olson

I'm sorry, but I was born with a towel on my head.

Desmond Tutu

In order to turn around and do something better, we must first escape the vicious circle of self-righteousness and denial. And that calls for the humility to say "I'm sorry. Please forgive me."

Anne Bronte

I was sorry for her; I was amazed, disgusted at her heartless vanity; I wondered why so much beauty should be given to those who made so bad a use of it, and denied to some who would make it a benefit to both themselves and others. But, God knows best, I concluded. There are, I suppose, some men as vain, as selfish, and as heartless as she is, and, perhaps, such women may be useful to punish them.

Stephen Fry

The worst of this sorry bunch of semi-educated losers are those who seem to glory in being irritated by nouns becoming verbs. How dense and deaf to language development do you have to be? If you don’t like nouns becoming verbs, then for heaven’s sake avoid Shakespeare who made a doing-word out of a thing-word every chance he got. He TABLED the motion and CHAIRED the meeting in which nouns were made verbs

Stephen Fry

I almost once wanted to publish a self help book saying, 'How To Be Happy, by Stephen Fry: Guaranteed Success'. And people buy this huge book and it's all blank pages, and the first page would just say, 'Stop feeling sorry for yourself--and you will be happy.'

Tilda Swinton

About actors' lives... I'm not the person to ask. I don't live an actor's life and I really don't know. I probably read less about actors' lives than you all do. So, I'm in the dark about all of that, sorry.

Tiger Woods

I want to say to each of you, simply, and directly, I am deeply sorry for my irresponsible and selfish behavior I engaged in.

Richard Chamberlain

I actually feel sorry for people who have a lot of illusions in their head about what gay is. I mean, I know some gay people who are really wonderful people.

Red Buttons

John Wilkes Booth, who said, Sorry, I thought he was a critic. Never got a dinner!

John Webster

Heaven fashioned us of nothing; and we strive to bring ourselves to nothing.

John Wesley

Whosoever will reign with Christ in heaven, must have Christ reigning in him on earth

Theodore Parker

I look through the grave into heaven.

Theodore L. Cuyler

In heaven, knowledge shall be commensurate with the enlarged powers of the glorified soul.

Margaret Elizabeth Sangster

Love turns all the wheels of human industry, is the motive power under the world's machinery, makes worthwhile every enterprise on the earth, is coequal with life, outlasts death, and reaches onward into heaven.

Michael Bloomberg

I am heading straight in. I have earned my place in heaven. It’s not even close.

Melissa Etheridge

I'm so close to Heaven, this Hell cannot be mine.

Max Lucado

Actions in heaven begin when someone prays on earth. What an amazing thought!

Max Lucado

You are heaven's Halley's comet; we have one shot at seeing you shine.