Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Shakespeare

What fates impose, that men must needs abide; it boots not to resist both wind and tide.

Whitney Cummings

I remember my agent at ICM at the beginning of my career telling me that I wasn't pretty enough, that I was always going to be a quirky sidekick. And he was an ogre of a man. He should have been carrying a torch. If he was in a bar, he couldn't have come near me, and then he was deciding my fate.

Sara Gruen

When two people are meant to be together, they will be together. It's fate.

Ursula K. Le Guin

It did not matter, after all. He was only one man. One man's fate is not important. "If it is not, what is?" He could not endure those remembered words.

Robert Hunter

Don't waste the breath to save your face, When you have done your best, And even more is asked of you, Let fate decide the rest.

Walter Russell Mead

The historian assesses that the investment of the wealthy classes in the Bank of England wedded them to the fate of the nation as a whole and to the maintenance of its stability.

Vladimir Nabokov

We hasten to alienate the very fates we intended to woo.

Yann Martel

[The taxidermist is] a historian, dealing with an animal's past; the zookeeper is a politician, dealing with an animal's present; and everyone else is a citizen who must decide on that animal's future (...) The indifference of the many, combined with the active hatred of the few, has sealed the fate of animals.

William Osler

It is not... That some people do not know what to do with truth when it is offered to them, But the tragic fate is to reach, after patient search, a condition of mind-blindness, in which. The truth is not recognized, though it stares you in the face.

Ji-Hae Park

I would not want the limitations held by the name of a classical musician. I want many people to enjoy my music much beyond just classical music fans. I think the term, 'violinist,' keeps me distant from the audience. I want to communicate with them more.

James McGovern

Joe Moakley not only taught us how to live, he taught us how to die, with great class and great dignity and even a little humor, ... He's really an incredible person and all of us feel a great loss.

David Wade

John Kerry has fought for middle-class tax relief and has proposed new middle-class tax cuts in this campaign,

Kimberly Williams

I talked to a lot of women who were pregnant. I went to Lamaze class and learned how to do the breathing.

David Sowerby

I think it is still a classic 'show-me' stock.

Jo Beverley

I taught woman-centered childbirth classes for five years and have a particular interest in the history of childbirth practices.

David Warren

It always takes longer - there are more processes in a college than any business. Humility is pretty important. Because the (financial) gift won't come through, the class may be smaller than you thought ... trust me, over a decade there will be problems, and there won't be easy answers.

Mike Gordon

He did not go to class today. There were never any plans to actually.

Dennis Brooks

He knew what he had to do in the classroom to get back on the court. And he worked hard to do that and now he's back helping us win games.

Rufus Wainwright

I am ridiculously high-maintenance.

Krysten Ritter

I like to be stylish and edgy, but also low maintenance.

Ludwig Quidde

Even a total and universal disarmament does not guarantee the maintenance of peace.

Robert Atkins

Fruit is definitely on the maintenance diet. It's on the lifestyle diet.

Robert Anton Wilson

Entropy requires no maintenance.

Sienna Miller

I'm far too low maintenance to ever spend more than five minutes getting ready to go out.

Sloane Crosley

Unless you are a professional, you will find the tart to be a high-maintenance, unforgiving whistle-blower of a pastry.

Lee Ann Womack

I'm the most low-maintenance person on the road.

Liz Vassey

There is no such thing as low maintenance or high maintenance, just a bunch of women hoping for a capable mechanic.