Famous Quotes & Sayings

Richard Rorty

Truth is a property of sentences, since sentences are dependent for their existence upon vocabularies, and since vocabularies are made by human beings, so are truths.

Sanjeev Bhaskar

I'm sure I went through a stage when I resented being Indian because in every other manner, in terms of cultural reference points and vocabulary and all the rest of it, I was way ahead of everybody else - so the one thing that set me back was being Indian. And I couldn't do anything about it.

Vince Young

I was never nervous. That's not me, ... Nervousness, scariness, that's not even in our vocabulary.

Winston Churchill

A vocabulary of truth and simplicity will be of service throughout your life.

Wade Davis

A language is not just a body of vocabulary or a set of grammatical rules. ... Every language is an old-growth forest of the mind.

Milan Kundera

Perhaps if they had stayed together longer, Sabina and Franz would have begun to understand the words they used. Gradually, timorously, their vocabularies would have come together, like bashful lovers, and the music of one would have begun to intersect with the music of the other. But it was too late now.

Jorge Luis Borges

In the critics' vocabulary, the work 'precursor' is indispensable, but it should be cleansed of all connotations of polemics or rivalry.

Joni Mitchell

White rhythm is waltzes, marches, and the polka. In Africa, rhythm is used for a celebratory groove, but white rhythm doesn't have such an enormous vocabulary of spirits. It's basically militant.

Louise Gluck

I am attracted to ellipsis, to the unsaid, to suggestion, to eloquent, deliberate silence. The unsaid, for me, exerts great power: often I wish an entire poem could be made in this vocabulary. It is analogous to the unseen...

W. Clement Stone

Keep your mind on your objective, and persist until you succeed. Study, think and plan.

Atharva Veda

I surrender my mind to Him; I place my wealth before Him. I totally renounce my selfish ways.

Mike Gruber

I think in her mind if she could get away with being the top 100-meter runner, that would be her desire. Workouts have never really been her forte. It's not really where she's at.

Sheikh Ahmad

He is very stubborn. When he puts his mind into something, he will do it.

Sufjan Stevens

I wouldn't mind being popular in other ways, but not with music.

Laura Vandervoort

A lot of people think that reptiles don't feel, and they do. I think everyone should keep in mind what it is they are buying and if it is really worth it to them.

Alex Solis

He really won it very easy. That's what I had in my mind, not to squeeze him.

Jeff Judkins

Havlicek was my idol, so I didn't mind one bit.

Sandra Allen

Her mind was very sharp and never aged.

Gus Faucher

Katrina will weigh on growth in second half of this year and we'll make most of that back first half of next year,

Bill Cheney

Job growth has kind of stalled out. It's a puzzle.

Mark Zandi

I suspect this is a pause and we still see a resumption of top line growth and, ultimately, better hiring in tech.

Wayne Pace

He wants it to be profitable growth, sustainable growth and responsible growth,

Jill Dougherty

He did say that it must meet Russia's national interests and also that it should not restrict its growth and social development,

Carolina Milanesi

Growth will slow down going into the second and third quarter.

James Avery

Growth will continue. To what degree, we don't know until it's here.

Will Strauss

Growth will be about 16% this year. That's good, but not spectacular. I don't see any shortages this year.

Maureen Allyn

Growth took them by surprise last year so I think this is paying back for all that growth we had last year.