Famous Quotes & Sayings

Russell Lynes

Cynicism is the intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence. It is the dishonest businessman's substitute for conscience. It is the communicator's substitute, whether he is advertising man or editor or writer, for self-respect.

William Zinsser

I have no interest in teaching writers how to sell. I want to teach them how to write. If the process is sound, the product will take care of itself, and sales are likely to follow.

William Jennings Bryan

Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others.

William James

Cramming seeks to stamp things in by intense application immediately before the ordeal. But a thing thus learned can form but few associations.

Roger Ascham

There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise.

Robert Scheer

I teach at USC, and it's obvious to anyone who teaches college students that they don't cover much modern history and certainly not the modern presidency.

Robert M. Hutchins

Freedom of inquiry, freedom of discussion, and freedom of teaching - without these a university cannot exist.

William Hung

I enjoy tutoring. I just really enjoy the experience of teaching.

William Bennett

The secretary of education does not work for the education establishment. The secretary works for the American people.

Alex Rodriguez

I think it gave us a little fire in our butts. We were a little flat, and I thought after that, we kind of picked it up a little bit.

Gary Gait

He just gets fired up and thrives on that challenge.

Anton LaVey

The ecclesiastical description of Hell is that of a horrible place of fire and torment; in Dante's Inferno, and in northern climes, it was thought to be an icy cold region, a giant refrigerator.

Dave Schmidt

He was still a little nervous going into the final. He didn't come out with that fire that he had earlier. But he'll get that back.

Bill Whitley

I don't know anything about that. I am here to represent the town in the matter of the consolidation of the fire department.

George Allen

I don't know anything about any vacancies. We hire and fire the president only.

Dave Soutar

He had a pretty good fire inside, and when he put his mind to something, he was going to make it work.

Joe Hale

He is going to be missed very much. We still don't know what happened we don't know how the fire started.

Bible Bible

He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.

Dan Hill

I think the last thing you want to do as a writer, as a storyteller, is to create indifference. I don't necessarily go out of my way to provoke, but I would much rather have a song that triggers a whole myriad of reactions than a song that inspires a shrug of the shoulder.

Wayne Dyer

When you're inspired you attract abundance.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Each minute is a little thing, and yet, with respect to our personal productivity, to manage the minute is the secret of success.

Napoleon Hill

Closed minds do not inspire faith, courage, and belief

Napoleon Hill

The state of mind must be belief, not mere hope or wish. Open-mindedness is essential for belief. Closed minds do not inspire faith, courage, and belief.

Emile M. Cioran

Crime in full glory consolidates authority by the sacred fear it inspires.

Emile M. Cioran

If each of us were to confess his most secret desire, the one that inspires all his plans, all his actions, he would say: "I want to be praised."

David Entwistle

It's been a real hotbed for getting stuff done. We get a lot of musicians that play here when they are on tour and inspire people to come up.

Moby

Whether the Virgin Mary existed, I don't know. But the human need for her to appear in tortilla, that's what inspires my interest.