Famous Quotes & Sayings

Samuel Johnson

It may be no less dangerous to claim, on certain occasions, too little than too much. There is something captivating in spirit and intrepidity, to which we often yield as to a resistless power; nor can we often yield as to a resistless power; nor can he reasonably expect the confidence of others who too apparently distrusts himself.

Virgil

Amor vincit omnia, et nos cedamus amori. Love conquers all things, so we too shall yield to love.

Walter Cronkite

To suggest we are on the edge of defeat is to yield to unreasonable pessimism. To say that we are mired in stalemate seems the only realistic, yet unsatisfactory, conclusion. ... It is increasingly clear to this reporter that the only rational way out then will be to negotiate, not as victors, but as an honorable people who lived up to their pledge to defend democracy, and did the best they could.

Willard Van Orman Quine

We can applaud the state lottery as a public subsidy of intelligence, for it yields public income that is calculated to lighten the tax burden of us prudent abstainers at the expense of the benighted masses of wishful thinkers.

Willard Van Orman Quine

Yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation

Will Rogers

Well, another senator rose and said {as they always do} 'Does the gentleman yield?' They always say that - least they call each other 'gentleman' in there. But the tone they put on the word, it would sound more appropriate if they came right out and said 'Would the coyote from Maine yield?' 'cause that's about the way it sounds. Well, then, the other senator says 'I yield' (for if he don't the other guy'll keep on talking anyhow). So the coyote from Maine says 'I yield to...the polecat from Oregon!'

Yvette Clarke

There is no doubt that Stop-and-Frisk does not yield the desired results, and it is apparent that it disproportionately targets minority communities.

William Ames

The first act of religion, therefore, concerns those things which are communicated to us from God. The other concerns those things which we yield to God.

Wendell Berry

If we are to have a culture as resilient and competent in the face of necessity as it needs to be, then it must somehow involve within itself a ceremonious generosity toward the wilderness of natural force and instinct. The farm must yield a place to the forest, not as a wood lot, or even as a necessary agricultural principle but as a sacred grove - a place where the Creation is let alone, to serve as instruction, example, refuge; a place for people to go, free of work and presumption, to let themselves alone. (pg. 125, The Body and the Earth)

Ian McCulloch

I was like 'This is Mac' - I didn't even know who I was talking to." ()

William Farmer

I think it'll be ok; I think by the end of this year, we won't be talking about PeopleSoft at all.

Bob Lachky

I think you're talking about a two-year play at least.

Stephen Smith

It is frustrating because we're not getting 10 to 12 inches. You're talking about 2 to 4 inches. We live in Wisconsin. It is not like this is unusual.

Bill Callahan

What do you mean? What are you talking about?

Denise Holmes

It is significant. We're going from talking to doing.

Nancy Currie

I think some of the difficulties are in the tight tolerances that we are talking about,

Chris Lofton

He was just talking about how he wished it would have worked out for me up here.

Graham Murray

He was open-mouthed when Tallis walked up to him and started talking to him.

Todd Genke

Greg is a move-in from Oregon who can pitch and play third base. Plus, he's a left-handed hitter.

David Anders

I'm from Oregon. This is a town of no. I say no to a lot of things, and I get told no for a lot of things. Sometimes there's a yes, and you hope you see something in it.

Dave Barry

Eugene is located in western Oregon, approximately 278 billion miles from anything.

Chip Kelly

I have some unfinished business to complete at the University of Oregon.

Andy Stahl

Special places in other states are proposed to be sold so Oregon can get its pork.

Douglas Coupland

Truth be told, John said, the one thing in this world I want more than anything else is a great big crowbar, to jimmy myself open and take whatever creature that's sitting inside and shake it clean like a rug and then rinse it in a cold, clear lake like up in Oregon, and then I want to put it under the sun to let it heal and dry and grow and sit and come to consciousness again with a clear and quiet mind.

Ron Wyden

As Members of Congress we can now engage with our constituents via online innovations like the Huffington Post, while a small business in rural Oregon can use the Internet to find customers around the world.

Skylar Grey

I lived in a cabin in the woods in Oregon, and I'd basically given up on the music industry for an indefinite amount of time. And while I was out there, I came up with a very specific vision of what I wanted my music to sound like.

Christopher Atkins

The guy who owned that island was from Oregon and he decided that he wanted to have an Oregon feeling to it, so he planted pine trees all over the place!