Famous Quotes & Sayings

Edi Rama

I strongly believe in political activity that has to do with choices - and not consensus that sometimes covers problems and doesn't resolve them.

Edgar Mitchell

We are not learning to view ourselves as an advanced, evolving civilization. That is what we really must learn to do, in due course, if we were to survive. All of that will take place, in due course, and we will be able to explore solar system. We will be able to go beyond it, provided we get our act together and learn to live as a civilization.

Eddie Trunk

I still love physical product. I still hold out for actual CDs, because in radio, everyone just wants to send you a file to play.

FKA twigs

I was always the poor kid, even though I very much tried to pretend to be the other way. Always well presented. Always really active in the school, doing fashion shows, plays, involved in every single aspect of the school. Overcompensating, I think, for the fact that I knew I wouldn't be going on the ski trip every January.

Conor Oberst

It's very strange when people get so focused on what a song means, what actual events inspired a song. That gets people really excited for some reason... But that's what's great about music - however people interpret it, whatever they see, is what I want to be there for them.

Adam Green

What's so amazing about 'All in the Family' is sometimes an entire act was one camera shot. It was all about characters.

Allan Bloom

There is no real teacher who in practice does not believe in the existence of the soul, or in a magic that acts on it through speech.

Edward Thorndike

There is no reasoning, no process of inference or comparison; there is no thinking about things, no putting two and two together; there are no ideas - the animal does not think of the box or of the food or of the act he is to perform.

Hugh Mackay

The question is, will we continue to fight what may be a rearguard action to defend universal literacy as a central goal of our education system, or are we bold enough to see what's actually happening to our culture?

James Joyce

The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.

Arthur Koestler

Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.

Gail Sheehy

You don't have to feel confident to act confident. In fact, it's the most important acting job you can learn.

Gary Hamel

It's not just that individuals have lost faith in the integrity of their leaders, it's that they no longer believe society's most powerful institutions are acting in their interests.

Gina Rodriguez

Acting is how I'll be able to change how Latinos are viewed in media and change how little girls see and talk about themselves.

Geoffrey Zakarian

Cooking a piece of fish and cooking it right. Knowing the fish, knowing the properties of the fish. That's a hard thing to do rather than covering it with a lot of sauces and foams or other cooking methods that might be high wire acts and look good on the outside.

Galen Rowell

What I mean by photographing as a participant rather than observer is that I'm not only involved directly with some of the activities that I photograph, such as mountain climbing, but even when I'm not I have the philosophy that my mind and body are part of the natural world.

Gabrielle Giffords

As gun owners, my husband and I understand that the Second Amendment is most at risk when a criminal or deranged person commits a gun crime. These acts only embolden those who oppose gun ownership. Promoting responsible gun laws protects the Second Amendment and reduces lives lost from guns.

Gareth Gates

In the music business, I found it was much more about interviews, photo shoots and appearances rather than actual performing, which I do best.

Greg Berlanti

'Everwood' I think provides a unique feeling, an emotional experience. And other shows on TV don't have the acting talent to do that. Each one of our actors can do a serious scene and a humorous scene, and can do it all within the same sequence. They can go from a heartbreaking moment to a humorous moment.

This art of acting is a process I love very much. It's an unbelievably fulfilling experience for me and I look forward to building upon my art in the years to come.

Gene Luen Yang

I finished 'American Born Chinese' in 2005, so after that, I started actively researching the Boxer Rebellion.

Jack Straw

We left the door open for further diplomatic action with Iran. And I hope they take this opportunity,

We have concluded that the best course of action is to move on.

We have concluded a very thorough investigation and taken appropriate and decisive action. This has been a highly regrettable episode for Compass.

We're still working out the details. The cub is growing so fast, and his activity is changing. We want to try to make sure the public can view him during his most active time. We'll expand the hours as his activity level increases.

Michael Brown

We're undertaking these actions in the interest of enhancing long-term shareholder value and to provide a strengthened foundation for our business in fiscal 2000 and going forward.

Alex Trebek

When you're in your 30s and actively pursuing a career and a home life, a wife and children, you're busy doing as opposed to busy thinking. As you get older, even as you don't have as much time, I think you tend to think more and reflect more on what is happening in your own life.

Alex Ferguson

The time I have already spent at Harvard has been a stimulating experience, and I look forward to developing my relationship and activities with the students, faculty and friends of the Harvard Business School community.

John Dryden

Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and never can be taught

Bill Viola

In the 1970s, a lot of critics didn't understand video. I got a lot of bad reviews. But film-makers didn't understand what we were doing, either. There were actual fistfights between film-makers and video-makers. I was witness to one.

Bryce Dallas Howard

I shouldn't have acted. I didn't exhibit any ability. I was one of the kids in the school play who was just mouthing words, and they weren't the actual words of the song. I was pretty lame!

Clarence Thomas

So many of our conversations (about affirmative action) have been dishonest

Cornel West

There is always a very delicate interplay between individual actions and institutional conditions.