Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jorge Luis Borges

There is a concept that is the corrupter and destroyer of all others. I speak not of Evil, whose limited empire is that of ethics; I speak of the infinite.

Hans Kung

We are convinced of the fundamental unity of the human family.

Frederick Law Olmsted

With regard to the moral and religious condition of the slaves, I cannot, either from what I observe, or from what is told me, consider it in any way gratifying.

Frederick William Faber

If I may use such a word when I am speaking of religious subjects, it is by voice and words that men 'mesmerize' each other. Hence it is that the world is converted by the voice of the preacher.

Freddie Prinze, Jr.

When I was in high school. I was considered really weird and strange, and people kind of kept their distance.

Izaak Walton

The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.

Do not test out your mind on the grounds that you are examining what seductive and impure thoughts look like, imagining that, as you do this, you will not be overcome by them. Even the wise have in this way been thrown into confusion and become infatuated.

Isaac Hayes

There's always hurdles. So I just keep moving, just constantly redefining myself. That's how you stay in the race.

Irwin Winkler

Every film I do, I'm involved with from the very conception of the project.

Issa Rae

Mainstream media has convinced people that black people aren't relatable. So when a Jewish person comes up to me and is all, 'Oh man, I love that one scene from Episode 3, I watch it over and over again,' I'm so happy. Because that's what I want.

Issa Rae

People are tired of mainstream media's limited and confined portrayal of people of color.

Ishmael Beah

What happens in the context of war is that, in order for you to make a child into a killer, you destroy everything that they know, which is what happened to me and my town. My family was killed, all of my family, so I had nothing.

Isaiah Washington

I've written a book; I've become a better husband and father because I'm home every day. My connection to the Hollywood world has only been through Facebook.

A. R. Rahman

It's true that I love to connect with my fans on the social networking sites, but I try not to go overboard, ever. I just give people a peek into my mind space, but never bombard them with my tweets.

Doc Hastings

The men and women on the front lines of the war on terror continue to risk their lives to save ours - and for that we owe them a debt that we can never truly repay. Thanks to their efforts we have made tremendous progress. Yet, the job is not done.

Duane Michals

The only thing I know anything about are my own fantasies and anxieties. I don't trust my eyes. I consider myself to be a short-story writer.

John Schultz

Without those days they can't progress forward into the next grade, so that's a concern of a lot of families too. That their child's education is going to progress at the same pace that it's supposed to.

Without the two-thirds vote, the risk is that the worst abusers will continue to be elected.

Arun Jaitley

Without the presence of separatists on the round-table conference on Kashmir called by the Prime Minister, the entire exercise has turned futile.

Without the Milosevic trial the court has lost the possibility of finding a conclusion to the question of who is responsible for what happened in the Balkans.

Michael Mina

With chefs, the problem is we have to be very confident because people are looking at us for that. So pretty soon, you think you're a plumber, you think you're an electrician, you think you're an accountant.

With a win this weekend, we can help to control our own destiny, and not put our fate into the hands of others.

With a weakening hedging profile, fuel costs will continue rising, and a slowing pace of saving on other costs will likely keep a lid on expectations for profitability.

With a team that has a lot of guys who can score, it comes down to guarding your own man and not letting them get easy shots. It goes on every individual to guard their man and we still need to continue to play better team defense.

With a practical joke, you do one of two things. You convince people that something exists when it doesn't, or you convince people that something doesn't exist when it does.

With any luck at all, this will be the turning point in our season and we can continue to play well.

With Anne's leadership, the Storm won a championship in two years and we look forward to continued success with her at the helm.

With an event like this, we always have to take precautions. We're taking the type of precautions we took last year and it went off without a hitch. We're confident it will go off without a hitch this year.

With all these new programs, the administration's contention that the deficit will be cut in half in the next five years is a tall tale, derived in large part by omitting very likely or inevitable costs, including costs for proposals the administration itself hopes and intends to support.

With all the new teams and facilities, we knew we would have days where this would happen, and we're prepared. We also recommend that people consider getting downtown early, maybe getting dinner and making a night of it. The earlier the better.

Yields will probably edge lower as a slowdown in the U.S. economy may fuel concern about Japanese exporters.

Yields, especially on the long end, have been dogging the market in recent weeks. And retail sales down more than expected shows enough of a slowing to question whether or not the Fed needs to continue to act.

Charles Eastman

Yet, if an enemy should honor us with a call, his trust will not be misplaced, and he will go away convinced that he has met with a royal host!