Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ben Carson

I have no problem whatsoever with allowing gay people to live as they please, as long as they don't try to impose their lifestyle on everyone else.

Ben Carson

God has opened many doors of opportunity throughout my lifetime, but I believe the greatest of those doors was allowing me to be born in the United States of America.

Jacqueline Gold

The peepholes provide waiting partners or friends with a preview of the lingerie being tried on - providing the shutter is drawn across! Quite apart from the fun element, it serves a practical purpose, allowing customers to get a second opinion without having to gingerly open the fitting room door.

Alex Neve

The past record of standing back and allowing trade and investment to easily trump the human rights concerns can't stand,

Pamela Stephenson

I've really written my books for my husband and our family. They've brought us closer together by allowing us to discuss things that were unspoken for so long.

Neil Kurshan

Allowing children to spew forth whatever is on their minds in the name of openness only creates an illusion of family closeness.

David Gudgel

The appearance of our streets and gutters is getting ridiculous, ... A significant percentage of people are allowing their gutters to be a collection point for leaves, twigs and limbs. I'd like the council to consider how we go in there and start cleaning gutters.

Harold Greene

The AT&T case may have biased me with antitrust issues but the issue of allowing a monopoly to have a stranglehold on information is still a concern.

David Trimble

We can't have a situation where people are turning a blind eye to violence or allowing people to participate in the talks on an entirely false basis.

Vincent Bugliosi

'Helter-Skelter' was the motive for the murders. Manson borrowed that term from a Beatles song on the 'White Album.' In England, helter-skelter is a playground ride. To Manson, helter-skelter meant a war between whites and blacks that the Beatles were in favor of.

Richard Lamm

We must recognize that all the civil rights laws in the world are not going to solve the problem of minority underachievement. Ultimately, blacks and Hispanics are going to have to see that their solution is largely in their own hands.

Judith Orloff

The archetype of the witch is very powerful, and each woman has that witch inside her in a powerful good sense, not in terms of black magic,

George Chapline

That was when we had our epiphany. We start with effects actually seen in the lab, which I think gives it more credibility than black holes.

Scott Turow

I grew up on the north side of Chicago, in West Rogers Park, an overwhelmingly Jewish neighborhood. When I was 13, my parents moved to Winnetka, Illinois, an upper class, WASPy suburb where Jews - as well as Blacks and Catholics - were unwelcome on many blocks. I suffered the spiritual equivalent of whiplash.

Maidie Norman

When I was young, I was rather attractive, and I thought that I would be a leading lady. I always thought of myself as a dramatic actress, but of course the opportunities for blacks weren't there at the time.

Charles Moore

My brother Jim and I saw our father go into the jails and pray with the inmates Sunday after Sunday. He prayed with both blacks and whites. If we ever repeated any slurs we heard on the playground, he'd tell us very softly, "I don't want to hear those words.

Glenn Martin

Most of the music we will be performing is by major black jazz musicians and composers.

Jane Badler

Most of my avant garde fashion is saved for my videos and for the stage. In real life, I tend towards a classy, black Goth look. I love black, a few sparkles, false eyelashes and boots. But when I perform, I love fantasy and props.

Xavier Becerra

Today, we have a trade regime which has led to the largest trade deficits this country has ever experienced.

Timothy Noah

Economic inequality is less troubling if you live in a country where any child, no matter how humble his or her origins, can grow up to be president.

Giles Foden

I can't think of a specific meal, but my favourite country for food has got to be France. I love those restaurants in the middle of the village squares.

Gilbert White

You may depend on it that the bunting, emberiza miliaria, does not leave this country in the winter.

Donald Trump

Obamacare is, number one and maybe least importantly, it's costing the country a fortune.

William Shatner

I've never been without a dog. I've made trips across the country with a dog.

William Whitelaw

Harold Wilson is going around the country stirring up apathy.

William John Wills

This country is undergoing great changes for the better.

Valerie June

I'm not really into alternative country - I'm into Patsy Cline, who lived down the street from where I lived, and old Dolly Parton records, Kitty Wells and that old stuff. I like country music. I also like Eric Church, who has a great new sound but also holds onto that old sound.

Giles Foden

In Kenya, crime and terrorism are deeply linked, not least by the failure of successive Kenyan governments to control either.

Mark Wagner

The outrage here is over defaming the Prophet which is a specific crime in Islamic law.

Luo Gan

We need to launch a crackdown on organized crimes and evil forces, and enhance anti-corruption measures to prevent them from undermining China's stability.

Jason Fleming

We have the third highest youth crime rate in the state of Kentucky. We're trying to find ways to give them alternatives to better themselves and the community.

Steve Tullis

We're working on some leads right now. I can't say the leads at this time, but we have spoken to several witnesses in the area. The crime did happen.

William Shakespeare

As you from crimes would pardon'd be, Let your indulgence set me free.

Chris Henderson

White-collar crime isn't something that just takes place in Erie County. There shouldn't be any restrictions when it comes to solving white-collar crimes. The criminals are organized. I think the investigators should be just as organized.

Arlen Specter

White-collar crime convictions are deterrents, I've seen a lot of that. Imprisoning heads of state is a deterrent, too. It doesn't happen very often.

Paul Patton

I think it will definitely make it safer. It's a crime waiting to happen when you don't have this type of security.

Barack Obama

And we can see the positive impacts right here at Solyndra. Less than a year ago, we were standing on what was an empty lot. But through the Recovery Act, this company received a loan to expand its operations. This new factory is the result of those loans.

William Shakespeare

All that glitters is not gold.

Gretchen Rubin

One of my 'Secrets of Adulthood' is: Somewhere, keep an empty shelf. I know where my empty shelf is, and I treasure it.

John Jay

It feels empty because it was an opportunity wasted for us.

Nick Hays

We have to stuff them in ... a lot of the empty and unused offices.

Doug Holmes

We are seeing empty spaces in lots that, in the past, we didn't really have empty spaces in.

Kim Clijsters

I was feeling very weird out there today in general. I was feeling very empty out there.

Richard Harris

I was referred to her by a guardian in northern Wilmington, a guy who handles people that are moving into nursing homes. They leave all their stuff there, and we have to empty the houses out. She provides a great service.

David Norris

I was surprised at some of the things I saw. There were a lot more empty lots on the map.

C. S. Lewis

Badness cannot succeed even in being bad in the same way in which goodness is good. Goodness is, so to speak, itself: badness is only spoiled goodness. Evil is a parasite, not an original thing.

C. S. Lewis

Evil comes from the ABUSE of free will

C. S. Lewis

Good, as it ripens, becomes continually more different not only from evil but from other good.

Carl Rogers

True empathy is always free of any evaluative or diagnostic quality. This comes across to the recipient with some surprise. "If I am not being judged, perhaps I am not so evil or abnormal as I have thought".

Bette Davis

Evil people you never forget them. And that's the aim of any actress-never to be forgotten.

Bill Vaughan

Look for strength in people, not weakness; for good, not evil. Most of us find what we search for.

Bertrand Russell

One eminently orthodox Catholic divine laid it down that a confessor may fondle a nun's breasts, provided he does it without evil intent.

William Shakespeare

Ill deeds is doubled with an evil word.

Patrick McGoohan

But what is the greatest evil? If you are going to epitomize evil, what is it? Is it the bomb? The greatest evil that one has to fight constantly, every minute of the day until one dies, is the worse part of oneself

Walter Lippmann

A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

Dave Bristow

The 19-year-old turned himself in after we got in touch with him.

Patrick Modiano

Really, I prefer not to read my early books. Not that I don't like them, but I don't recognize myself anymore, like an old actor watching himself as a young leading man.

Graham Arnold

Michael Beauchamp I thought was outstanding tonight, and he's put himself right in calculations (for the World Cup).

Marge Simon

Melville locked himself away in his room for months while working on 'Moby Dick.' If I ever decide to write a novel, I hope someone will take pity on me and take me out to dinner instead.

Terri Smith

Who knows what he's going to do. It's two different programs. You go from Kent State to Michigan State, that's two different worlds. He owes it to himself to go there, take a look and see what they have to offer.

Dusty Baker

You let him be himself and try not to put any more pressure on him.

Bobby Cox

Jonathan has come a long way since he was a little teenager. He's made himself into a real nice player.

Chris Smith

John's been preparing himself for this role for the last three years. This is his time to shine. He's really impressed us with his work ethic. He's got to make the plays that we know he can.

Chris Campbell

Most often, outsourcing is prompted by the need to supplement internal technical resources, reduce costs, infuse new technology, or standardize and streamline operations.

Davey Johnson

What (Cox) has been able to do, infuse young talent throughout the years, young pitchers and win is one of the toughest jobs to do. Nobody has done it better.

Mark Burnett

All we've done is infuse some more fun.

Cathy Rigby

Acting allows me the freedom to let go, to be in the moment, to be spontaneous. I no longer have the fear of losing, of failure.

Carrie Brownstein

The internet is just a scary place. It's better to just go to the doctor. Don't let Google get inside your head. It will do bad things to you.

Carrie Underwood

Jesus, take the wheel Take it from my hands 'Cause I can't do this on my own I'm letting go So give me one more chance To save me from this road I'm on Jesus, take the wheel

Carrie Underwood

I guess it's going to have to hurt, I guess I'm going to have to cry, And let go of some things I've loved to get to the other side I guess it's going to break me down, Like fallin when you try to fly, Sad but sometimes moving on with the rest of your life starts with goodbye

Bethany Hamilton

I think passion is something that's more powerful than even love. It's something that you're not willing to let go of, and you'll work really hard to make sure that stays a part of your life.

Bernadette Devlin

Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I've allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and let go the more effective job I should be doing at the bottom.

Bernadette Devlin

It wasn't long before people discovered the final horrors of letting an urchin into Parliament.

Aron Ralston

It's me. I chose this. I chose all of this — this rock has been waiting for me my entire life. I’ve been moving towards it my whole life.

Bill Vaughan

Winter does adversely affect [the roads] and our roads have been let go, so they're more and more porous. We're going to have to put more and more emphasis on permanent patch and maintenance, so I expect a great deal of roads breaking up in the spring.

Yann Martel

'Life of Pi' was actually a very simple novel to write.

Thomas a Kempis

Without the way, there is no going; without the truth, there is no knowing; without the life, there is no living.

Idina Menzel

'Rent,' for me, was a significant time in my life because it was my first break. It was my first professional job. I also met my husband in that cast, Taye Diggs.

Ian Mckellen

Gandalf is ever-present in my life. I like it.

Isaac Hempstead-Wright

One of my first days shooting on 'Game of Thrones' was possibly the coldest day I've ever experienced in my life, and that sticks out especially because I'd never, ever done anything before.

Isobelle Carmody

I am very fortunate in that I have spent pretty much my whole life being a writer, and before I was a writer, I was a storyteller.

Ismail Kadare

I thought for a long time about leaving Albania, but at the same time to play a role in its life.

Gin Wigmore

I think I was probably a cowboy in a past life.

Jane Seymour

When I was younger, I remember thinking, 'I have to pass this mark' or 'I have to get this role' or 'I have to do this or that' and then that will mean I have accomplished something. But life is actually all about the process and not about the goals.

Gail Kelly

Nelson Mandela was an outstanding leader and a mentor for me. I was in South Africa at the time he was released. I was in South Africa when he was inaugurated as the first president.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

When you are the invisible man to the head coach, the only option is to head for the exit.

William Osler

The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and to beget.

William Prescott

If no man could become rich in Peru, no man could become poor.

William Cavendish

Without knowing this, no man can dress a horse perfectly.

William J. Mayo

Lord, deliver me from the man who never makes a mistake, and also from the man who makes the same mistake twice.

William J. Mayo

A specialist is a man who knows more and more about less and less.

Cheyenne Jackson

The devastating repercussions of hate-filled language manifest in very real ways for today's LGBTQ youth.

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius.

Napoleon Hill

Most misfortunes are the result of misused time.

Richard Butler

We don't want our system misused in that way.

Clayton Ruby

There's not at a hint he's ever misused his passport.

Bette Davis

I have always felt proud of my Oscars and my numerous nominations. This pride is due to the fact it was the result of voters from the members of my own profession. This, of course, is a great compliment for one's work. I hope each winner of an Oscar is as thrilled as I was when I received mine.

Arrigo Sacchi

There are too many black players. Italy has no dignity, no pride.

Bill Vaughan

One in whose head is conceit, Think not that he will ever listen to truth.

Frank Beamer

We're winning with a lot of Virginia kids, and I take pride in that.

Becki Newton

I've learned there's nothing wrong with being a little fussy. I used to pride myself on being low-maintenance - I wore it like a badge of honor.

Will Sheridan

We do take the Big 5 seriously. We take a lot of pride in these games.

Tony Womack

Just to play, for me, is special. I take pride in playing. I know I can compete.

Kerry Collins

I take pride in the way I play, ... This organization has treated me well. I still have a lot of fight. Every time I go out there I am going to give it my best.

Paul Hatch

I take pride in being a results-oriented person.

Dave Ramsey

You need some quick wins in order to stay pumped enough to get out of debt completely.

Gary Pearson

We told them, 'You need to get this pumped out now,' and they were not willing to do that 'now.

Mike DeWine

He was real upbeat and very, very positive. He was trying to pump everyone up.

Billy Corgan

The ideology of the Smashing Pumpkins was ultimately more valuable than the music of the Smashing Pumpkins. That's what critics can't put their finger on.

William Empson

My heart pumps yet the poison draught of you.

Ryan Diggs

We were all pumped up at the start of overtime. I thought we had the momentum. I was never nervous.

Adrian Rogers

You can't sweeten the well by painting the pump.

Jason Caron

I was kind of pumped to play today. I wasn't real aggressive, just doing what I've been doing all week.

Jason Caron

I was kind of pumped to play today, ... I wasn't real aggressive, just doing what I've been doing all week.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Every reign must submit to a greater reign.

Henry IV

Paris must not be a cemetery. I do not wish to reign over the dead.

Jeffrey Herman

He had a reign of terror for three decades.

Charles Baudelaire

That in all times, mediocrity has dominated, that is indubitable; but that it reigns more than ever, that it is becoming absolutely triumphant and inhibiting, this is what is as true as it is distressing.

Blaise Pascal

And is it not obvious that, just as it is a crime to disturb the peace when truth reigns, it is also a crime to remain at peace when the truth is being destroyed?

Bruce Sterling

Obsolescence and death, the reign of the archaic, the abandoned, and the corny: Really, if you saw Windows 3.0 on the sidewalk outside the building, would you bend over and pick it up?!?

Edward Gibbon

[All] the manly virtues were oppressed by the servile and pusillanimous reign of the monks.

Edward McKendree Bounds

The world needs more true praying to save it from the reign and ruin of Satan.

Elizabeth I

I find that I sent wolves not shepherds to govern Ireland, for they have left me nothing but ashes and carcasses to reign over!

Gene Ween

You know, it's absolutely connected to The Mollusk in that, it's what we're writing after The Mollusk. A lot of this stuff reminds me of things on The Mollusk.

Roy Moore

They don't want to be reminded that there is an authority higher than the authority of the state.

Hugh Johnson

Merck reminds us that this is about earnings.

Jennifer Morrison

For us it's a visible reminder of the season.

Anthony Biondo

For three state titles. It was kind of a reminder for me.

Larry Brown

He reminds me so much of Isiah (Thomas).

Bobby Locke

He reminds me of Tracy McGrady without the flash.

Funkmaster Flex

He reminds me a lot of myself when I was young,

Mark Lawrenson

Cucumber reminds me of my mother making me eat sprouts.

Erik Crawford

We had opportunities to step up and make plays, and we didn't.

Rajon Rondo

We've got so many talented guys. As long as someone's stepping up, we don't need a (consistent threat), but in the long run, we'll need someone consistent.

Sidney Govou

We've made a big step towards the title.

David McClure

I thought he stepped up real big." ()

Johnny Whitaker

We are not stepping back to a time when we are going to have anything even approaching hazing.

Mike Canales

We'll find a guy. We'll wait and see who steps up.

Ken Sprague

We were intimidated before we stepped on the court.

Helio Castroneves

Dancing is just like racing. You don't learn choreography. They just give you steps to do, and you do them over and over and over. It's very much like what I do in racing.

Dick Pound

I don't understand why they're not stepping up to that and saying,

Henry Bonilla

We may not be able to control the Supreme Court... but we can control the money.

Bill Cowher

For us to come in here and do what we did, it took a supreme effort.

Rand Paul

Just because a majority of the Supreme Court declares something to be 'constitutional' does not make it so.

Russ Feingold

should disqualify you from being on the Supreme Court.

Christine Pelosi

With Citizens United, the Supreme Court's declaration that corporations are people, the whims of one can silence the voices of millions.

Hillary Clinton

I want a Supreme Court that will stick with Roe v. Wade and a woman's right to choose, and I want a Supreme Court that will stick with marriage equality.

Henry Ford

Experience is the thing of supreme value".

Elizabeth Gilbert

God is an experience of supreme love.

Joseph Barber Lightfoot

This is God's work. Therefore it must be triumphant. There is no place for misgiving or despondency.

Tomas Transtromer

The language marches in step with the executioners. Therefore we must get a new language.

William Shakespeare

She's beautiful, and therefore to be woo'd She is a woman, therefore to be won

Adam Weishaupt

The first task of the association must therefore be to form the young members.

P. J. O'Rourke

I usually agree with Rush Limbaugh; therefore I usually don't listen to him.

Jaime Herrera Beutler

I've enjoyed programming on NPR, but 'we're broke' and therefore all spending must be reduced.

Estelle

A lot of scarves are made to stand out and therefore not appropriate on your head, say, at work.

P. J. Harvey

It's so much in me to want to keep experimenting all the time. It's just inherent. Therefore I keep reaching for instruments I don't particularly know how to play, and then I become excited.

Bill Joy

The fundamental problem with vi is that it doesn't have a mouse and therefore you've got all these commands.