Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jim Harrison

We're generally opposed. We feel there is already a high return rate.

Genius has its fatality. Must we not see in its works a manifestation of the will of Providence?

William Shakespeare

The quality of mercy is not strained

James Sinegal

If you hire good people, give them good jobs, and pay them good wages, generally something good is going to happen.

Keira Knightley

What's nice about playing somebody real is that generally there's more information about them, so a lot of the questions that you'd otherwise have to make up the answers to are already there.

Edmund Burke

Through a wise and salutary neglect, a generous nature has been suffered to take her own way to perfection.

John Peel

Yes, I always feel that the music I like, and I genuinely like, the stuff I play on the radio is my own way of going out on the street and righting these wrongs that I think should be righted.

With the president, Republicans are of two minds. With national security, there is a level of content. But with economics, there is a general level of discontent.

Charlie Trotter

Chefs, as a whole, say yes to any project, fundraiser, or tasting because they have such a generous spirit.

Bob Packwood

Historically, the Republicans have been geniuses at throwing away advantages.

Billy Gibbons

There's not a single genre that is hard to find or hard to get.

Bill Johnson

Through radical generosity, we are awakening in people an in built divine consciousness of His goodness.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Whatever people in general do not understand, they are always prepared to dislike; the incomprehensible is always the obnoxious.

Tori Kelly

When I'm on stage, I generally wear what I would wear every other day, but I think my hair is probably bigger on stage - it seems to be my accessory!

Emraan Hashmi

I am not doing comedy because the genre is successful. If that was the case, I would have done a run-of-the-mill comedy film. I set my own trends. I like to give something new and different to my audiences. I want to do the kind of comedy that has been missing till now.

Elizabeth Hand

I love artists. I find them fascinating. To me, there really is a genuine magic in what they do.

Emmylou Harris

I think musicians are always very generous in promoting anything good they hear. It's just kind of in our nature.

Daniel Goddard

I do personal appearances, and I meet my fans, and I am genuinely honored that they come out to say 'Hello' and just to see me.

John Noble

'Lord Of The Rings' fandom was massive, worldwide, entrenched. Generally it had been part of the fans' life all their life, because they had it read to them as children; they'd become Tolkien students.

However, yes, especially as one gets older, you know, you really hope that your music will become more generally available, even though some of the performances might be riddled with faults.

Khloe Kardashian

When you're in a conversation, genuinely be in it. Stare people in their eyes. Know what you're talking about. Enjoy that moment.

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

Here in Davos, it is generally assumed that there is now only one god - the market.

Jane Austen

Expect a most agreeable letter; for not being overburdened with subject (having nothing at all to say) I shall have no check to my Genius from beginning to end.

James Wolfe

Gentlemen, I would rather have written those lines than take Quebec tomorrow.

Bryant H. McGill

Genius is always accompanied by enthusiasm.

Alain de Botton

The genius of religions is that they structure the inner life.

Al Franken

I'm from the Vietnam generation. I didn't serve.

Al Gore

We can't negotiate the facts. We can't negotiate the truth about the situation. And for those who are too fearful to finish, it can be done and must be done. Make sure we succeed, . . . It is wrong for this generation to destroy the habitability of our planet and ruin the prospects of every future generation.

Charles Churchill

Genius is nothing more than inflamed enthusiasm.

Alanis Morissette

I see the whole concept of Generation X implies that everyone has lost hope.

Kay Bailey Hutchison

Unfortunately because of the variety of outlets for people to speak their minds on the Internet and that kind of thing, it's made the media in general more opinionated and there's more of a 'gotcha mentality' than real reporting.

Katie Holmes

He's the most incredible man. He's so generous and kind, and he helps so many people, and, um, he makes me laugh like I've never laughed, and he's a great friend.

Kathy Najimy

It's really not the genre for me, or the venue, it's the writing.