Famous Quotes & Sayings

Simon Schama

From 1789, perhaps even before that, it had been the willingness of politicians to exploit either the threat or the fact of violence that had given them the power to challenge constituted authority. Bloodshed was not the unfortunate by product of revolution, it was the source of energy.

Simon Kinberg

Every movie has its complexities and its challenges.

Rick Riordan

Now, as far as I knew, he (Luke) was still sailing around on his demon-infested cruise ship while the chopped-up Lord Kronos re-formed, bit by bit, in a golden sarcophagus, biding his time until he had enough power to challenge the Olympian gods. In demigod-speak, we call this a “problem.” - Percy, 'The Battle of the Labyrinth

Richard Burr

In the United States Senate, we cannot do great things without reaching across the aisle and working together - and I look forward to the challenges ahead.

Richard Brown

Make sure to be well informed before accepting the challenge of a commission - check out that you have a source of reference readily available.

Richard Branson

When you are starting a business or going down any challenging endeavor, you are bound to encounter challenges. You are going to hit many roadblocks and obstacles. These are obstacles that would make any sane person want to throw in the towel and quit. If you want your business to succeed, you can’t do that (duh).

Richard Branson

My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them.

Timothy Radcliffe

The next challenge for Christianity is to remind Europeans that we are called to seek the truth.

Thurgood Marshall

Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.

Richard Branson

Although my spelling is still sometimes poor, I have managed to overcome the worst of my difficulties through training myself to concentrate.

Sophia Amoruso

That has been challenging but also such a pleasure to branch out and do different things.

Ruth Wilson

I'd quite like to do a film but I'd also love to do more theatre. I want to keep challenging myself with good roles. It's harder for women because there aren't as many challenging roles.

Rupert Murdoch

I challenge anybody to show me an example of bias in Fox News Channel.

Rush Limbaugh

One of the biggest challenges we have, folks, is making liberty and freedom cool.

Roy Oswalt

I like a challenge. I always have.

Stephen Hawking

If we ever do find a complete theory of the universe, it would be a great triumph of human reason but it wouldn't leave much for us to do. We need an intellectual challenge.

I'm inspired by challenges. My life was always like this.

Sam Mendes

I deliberately, in a way, went for something that was a huge challenge and was a big period film. I was excited about the canvas on which I could tell the story as much as the story itself.

Roy Blunt

One of the challenges of any second-term administration is you always lose a certain amount of identification with the Congress, because everybody in the Congress in the first term knows you'll be out there in the next campaign with them, .. Your motives are always a little more suspect when you don't have to face the voters again.

Ron Perlman

I love to continue to challenge myself and put myself in situations that are slightly uncomfortable.

Susan Cain

Indeed, your biggest challenge may be to fully harness your strengths. You may be so busy trying to appear like a zestful, reward-sensitive extrovert that you undervalue your own talents, or feel underestimated by those around you. But when you’re focused on a project that you care about, you probably find that your energy is boundless.

Sugar Ray Leonard

I always expect unexpected challenges.

Stockwell Day

Our Parliamentary system has simply failed to meet the challenge of judicial activism.

Stephen Schwartz

Every project has challenges, and every project has its rewards.

Stephen Graham Jones

I do love the challenge of screenplays. They're so difficult, such an alien form. It makes them endlessly fascinating. Something I can't keep my fingers out of.

St. Vincent

Life can be challenging and sad... but music is the easy part.

Sri Chinmoy

Do you want to make progress? If so, then take each problem not as a challenging rival, but as an encouraging friend of yours, who is helping you to arrive at your ultimate destination.

Tim Meadows

Learning lines is my biggest challenge.

Reggie Watts

I always did music, but music is an easier thing for me. Making videos and doing comedy things was more of a challenge, so I was more interested in that. Music is a little bit more automatic.

Tim Jackson

Prosperity consists in our ability to flourish as human beings - within the ecological limits of a finite planet. The challenge for our society is to create the conditions under which this is possible. It is the most urgent task of our times.

Tim McDonald

We need some clergy with some backbone, who don't mind making uncomfortable at times those who are very comfortable, and challenging them at the core of their faith, at least causing them to pause and to have dialogue and to be open for further discussion.

Salli Richardson

Indies are always an extra challenge. The time is shorter because you have less money to spend and fewer days to shoot.

Russell Page

Limitations imply possibilities. A problem is a challenge.