Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

PLAUDITS, n. Coins with which the populace pays those who tickle and devour it.

Tamsin Greig

I knew a homeless guy who'd give all the copper coins that people gave him to charity. So I think there's something that makes us want to give. For me, it's quite a selfish luxury: you feel enlivened, deepened and self-nurtured by generosity.

Jessica Aiken

The coins are obviously currency used for trade, but they have images of gods on them.

Kellan Lutz

I collect dice and I collect coins. I travel the world so I love dice, I always have dice on me. I collect magnets as well.

Matthew Arnold

You will be out of the lives of free people everywhere. Your face will be off the coins and with that, your arrogant, undue influence. Everywhere. ... Everywhere. .. Every. ...

Louis Menand

Quotable quotes are coins rubbed smooth by circulation.

Emily Browning

I tend to over-analyse things. I'm not the type of person to flip a coin and let things happen.

David Attenborough

The reverse side of the coin in having this extraordinary ability to go anywhere, is that no one anywhere is remote any more.

John Wanamaker

Courtesy is the one coin you can never have too much of or be stingy with.

Chris Sienko

I think we see her as a 3. We're pretty sound at the 1-2 positions.

Elvis Costello

I didn't want it to sound like a pastiche of Andersen,

Jay Siegel

I don't know where that sound comes from,

Robert Crais

It's easy to sound good. All you do is leave in the parts where you act tough and forget the parts where you get shoved around.

Richard Ayoade

With a live performance, you feel nervous because there's a sense it could do well or badly based on how well you are performing, whereas the only variable with a film premiere is technical, which invariably you have very little control over, whether the sound is good, whether the acoustics of the room are good.

Ron Chernow

That strategy of buy and hold, which is the sound and sensible one for the individual, can have very dangerous and perverse effects for the market as a whole.

Reynolds Price

The sound of story is the dominant sound of our lives.

Raymond Chandler

She was the music heard faintly on the edge of sound.

William J. Clinton

Without question, bicycling is an efficient, economical and environmentally sound form of transportation and recreation. Bicycling is a great activity for families, recreational riders and commuters. Hillary, Chelsea and I have bicycles....

Tang Jiaxuan

handled the incident with calmness and restraint and in accordance with international law and the provisions of relevant laws in China.

Jamal Crawford

He's a calming influence for us, a great veteran, a great leader and we're going to miss him.

Rachel Taylor

The people there are so calm and laid-back, we didn't really find ourselves stressing out.

Manu Ginobili

I was very upset at halftime. I tried to calm down, play a little slower pace. Things started to go better.

Peter Fleming

He's calmed down a little bit, certainly. You know, you can't be so self-absorbed with six kids -- that's a plain fact.

Ian McIntyre

He's been outstanding back there the last two years and he's a calming presence. We're going to rely on him more than ever. He's a very hard worker and determined to improve.

Felipe Alou

He was the king of the mound today. He was a very calm kid out there. Right now he's overpowering people with his fastball. There's going to be a time when he's going to have to go to the other pitches. And he will.

Manase Hopoi

He hasn't really been showing that much stress. He's been really calm and cool. He's going out there, working really hard and trying his best.

Brian Devlin

He doesn't like to yell at people. He's very calm and non-confrontational. He likes to stay out of things.