Famous Quotes & Sayings

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

To be a man is to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the sight of what seems to be unmerited misery. It is to take pride in a victory won by one's comrades. It is to feel, when setting one's stone, that one is contributing to the building of the world.

Up-and-down races tend to be so much closer (than uphill). I was just so pleased to build up a nice lead early and after that it got a little lonely at times.

Meir Kahane

We have our own values; we build our own special, our JEWISH life - and we are proud, so very proud.

Tavi Gevinson

I understand that a lot of girls feel encouraged by what I have been able to do, but I've never felt like I'm a role model. I'm not concerned with building a great legacy or anything because I'll be dead so it won't matter.

Alex Steffen

We already have many of the technologies and tools that we need to build a sustainable future. What we don't have is a new way of thinking, and that's really the hardest part.

I suggested that we had experience in helping other countries build their military forces, and we would be willing and happy to do the same for Afghanistan, together with the United States.

Ban Ki-moon

Cities can be the engine of social equity and economic opportunity. They can help us reduce our carbon footprint and protect the global environment. That is why it is so important that we work together to build the capacity of mayors and all those concerned in planning and running sustainable cities.

Kurt Vonnegut

I hope to build a reputation as a science-fiction writer. That's the pitch. We'll see.

Shawn Springs

When I got here, they were like, 'We're going to build around you,'

John Ransom

When an informant goes in and talks about jihad, and that you will be at the hand of Muhammad, and rattles sabers and builds up the religious fervor, to me that's a form of entrapment -- but legally it's not.

Steve Bornstein

We have made great strides in operating efficiencies in the third quarter and remain committed to building a leading Internet media company,

Alan Jackson

We have made an excellent start to the year with a 20 pct increase in profits in the first half and are well placed to build further on this performance, ... I am confident that we will continue to produce good returns and I look forward to reporting continued progress for the full year.

We have lots of kids elbow-to-elbow around a computer. We want to build on that and give them gentle supervision.

Viswanathan Anand

I go to the gym every day. That tends to taper off when I'm at a tournament. During tournaments, I'm not trying to build fitness. I'm simply trying to keep away any kind of tension. I go for long walks to clear my head.

Virginia Euwer Wolff

After clearing the land, planting the orchard, building the house and barn, and surviving the Great Depression, our father died suddenly one winter night when we were small, leaving us to learn about loss before we even knew its name.

Valerie Azlynn

I would recommend going out for more independent films. You can get bigger roles and really work your acting chops and build a reel.

Vaclav Klaus

We must have the time to create strict rules so that property is not sold by Communist managers for a low price. They often get payments under the table to sell to the first bidder. This does not build public support for a market economy.

Isabel Lucas

When I was 7, I went to school in Switzerland because everyone on my mom's side of the family lives there. Then we were back in Australia, in Queensland. That's where we had the chance to have lots of different animals. I spent a lot of time living in nature and building cubby houses in big old trees by the ocean.

Imtiaz Ali

I was interested in theatre and media and came to Mumbai to get a job. I imagined that the film industry would be a white building with producers sitting in different rooms, and you could walk in and meet them, and they would interview you and select you.

I am not a retailer - I have never run a store; I have never understood the full details of how you can make a consumer satisfied. To build a company, to do deals, to motivate people: this is what I am able to do.

I am very pleased to be back at Onex and am looking forward to helping build our business.

Natascha McElhone

My concentration span is truly that of a gnat. Some people have this ladder, and that's all there is - the ladder. I have the ladder, too, but there's a building around it with scaffolding, and lots of windows for me to peek into. Then suddenly I'll remember, 'Oh, there's the ladder. I should be concentrating on that.'

Natalie Maines

I think something happens to us biologically when we have children where the worry sets in immediately. And I don't think that ever goes away. But you have to fight your instincts to build walls up around your children or to want to shelter and protect them from everything.

Most of the fans have ideas about their perfect phone. But many of them can't do it because building a phone is tough. So they would give us feedback about the features that they think should be included in our next model. And if we incorporated that in our new phone, they will share the good news with their friends.

Lupe Fiasco

You expect certain things. You build up in your mind how it's supposed to go down. When you get a record deal, you think you're supposed to get X, Y, and Z. It doesn't happen like that. You're like 'Oh, this isn't as exciting as I thought it was going to be.'

Nick Hanauer

All human endeavor, all human civilization, is the act of solving collective action problems. Should we put out our own fires, or should we have a fire department? Should we build roads, or should we hack our way through the woods from one factory to another?

Dan Donegan

We definitely aren't going to put anything out unless we feel like we're growing. And I think because of the respect that we all have for each other, we kind of build up each other's confidence.

We did sustain damage. The good news is no one is hurt and the buildings are still there, as close to the eye of the hurricane as they were.

We did spend a lot of time just getting to know each other, going to Subway, throwing chips at each other, building camaraderie. You can tell there's a lot of love between the kids.

We are having our second review by the city for our site plan. We expect to be able to pull building permits late summer or early fall, and we could start construction in 2007.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Modern buildings of our time are so huge that one must group them. Often the space between these buildings is as important as the buildings themselves.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Where can we find greater structural clarity than in the wooden buildings of old? Where else can we find such unity of material, construction and form? here, the wisdom of whole generations is stored.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

You cannot save wonderful towns. You can only save wonderful towns by building new ones.