Famous Quotes & Sayings

There were epochs in the history of the humanity in which the writer was a sacred person. He wrote the sacred books, universal books, the codes, the epic, the oracles. Sentences inscribed on the walls of the crypts; examples in the portals of the temples. But in those times the writer was not an individual alone; he was the people.

Melissa Gilbert

Thank God I have four sons. The mother/daughter relationship is one of mankind's great mysteries, and for womankind, it can be hellaciously complicated. My mother and I are quintessential examples of the rewards and frustrations, and the joys and infuriations it can yield.

Sathya Baba

Teachers must be examples of LOVE and TRUTH.

Be prepared to give honest, specific examples of when you've used your skills at work. Showcase yourself.

Sven Eriksson

Many times the words I say don't come out in the papers. I could have as many examples as you want.

Mark Fuhrman

Now those are the two--two examples -- pimps, three. They're your third... probably the three most worthless type people in a large city.

one of the rare examples of a smooth change.

Obviously, we can't go back in time and look at the Trapezium when it was still forming, so we try to find younger examples in the sky.

Examples show that this single technology has the flexibility to be included in a huge variety of applications.

Shyam Selvadurai

I knew I had to write about Canada. I just could not find in literature any examples of the immigrant experience that I've had.

Jill Paton Walsh

I think that novels are tools of thought. They are moral philosophy with the theory left out, with just the examples of the moral situations left standing.

I think some of our older kids aren't being good examples to the younger kids.

I don't know why this lady would do it (make false statements), but there are examples of it all the time in our state, country....

He will go through some examples of different recreation centers.

Examples is more forcible than precept. People look at my six days in the week to see what I mean on the seventh.

Surveillance changes history. We know this through examples of corrupt presidents like Nixon.

I'm one of those examples of someone who has a passion to want to give back with working hard with education.

The fantastic thing about the memorial to the Newfoundland Regiment at Beaumont-Hamel is that it's one of the rare examples where they've preserved a battlefield more or less as it was. You can see all the trenches, where the British were, where the Germans lined up.

John Thompson

After Wayne Rooney's recent sending-off for a sarcastic gesture, are there any other examples of sardonic play being punished?

ever even accessed the form. There are so many egregious examples of this we never even needed to.

The Volvo C70, the gorgeous XK and today's Aston Martin line-up are perfect examples of our improvement with every new generation.

There are many examples of excessive signage. One junction we saw had 16 signs but psychologists tell us the most messages we can take in at any one time is five.

Andrew Motion

There are plenty of examples of people who have had busy lives out there in the world, trying to do good, and written very well at the same time.