Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lewis H. Lapham

The practice of our democracy depends on a sense of, and knowledge of, history in the same way that playing in the World Series requires a bat and a ball.

Joseph Wambaugh

When I wrote The Onion Field, I realized that my first two novels were just practice.

Joseph Story

A feeble execution is but another phrase for a bad execution; and a government ill executed, whatever may be its theory, must, in practice, be a bad government.

Joseph Priestley

From the fame opinion of a soul distinct from the body came the practice of praying, first for the dead, and then to them with a long train of other absurd opinions, and superstitious practices.

Joseph Prince

One of the best ways to practice the presence of the Lord is to thank Him all the time.

Josh Billings

Theory looks well on paper, but does not amount to anything without practice.

Oswald Spengler

I maintain that many an inventor, many a diplomat, many a financier is a sounder philosopher than all those who practice the dull craft of experimental psychology.

Paramahansa Yogananda

Build your inner environment. Practice Silence! I remember the wonderful discipline of the Great Ones. When we used to talk and chatter, they would say: "Go back into your inner castle." It was very hard to comprehend then, but now I understand the way of peace

Patti Stanger

I used to practice Wicca.

Periander

Practice is everything

Periander

Practice is everything. This is often misquoted as Practice makes perfect.

Pauley Perrette

Each of us has the choice to attend the church we want to, or none at all. Separation of church and state allows for religions to have their own set of rules as to whom they will accept and who they won't, and the practices they support and the ones they don't. They will continue to be able to do so.

Paul Verlaine

La musique avant toute chose.

Karen Armstrong

The hajj is one of the five essential practices of Islam; when they make the pilgrimage to Mecca, Muslims ritually act out the central principles of their faith.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Practices were tough.

Joyce Meyer

The way anything is developed is through practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice and more practice.

Jonathan Haidt

Sacredness binds people together, and then blinds them to the arbitrariness of the practice.

Gabriela Sabatini

It was very hard for me to practice and enjoy my tennis, and I didn't know the why, so I worked with psychologists to try and see what was happening. They pushed me really hard.

Geddy Lee

I was taking piano lessons with a very good piano instructor in Toronto, and I'm afraid due to my schedule and discipline, it kind of fell apart. One thing lead to another and I was unable to practice as much as I wanted to.

Geddy Lee

I like to practice on the bass, but I don't do it as often as I should.

Lucas Neff

I rarely accept things on blind faith, especially the orthodoxy of any given practice, or any given practicum. I'm like, "Oh come on. Is this the way to do things?"

Luciano Pavarotti

If I go three days without vocalizing, the voice is gone.

Louis Begley

In legal practice, in the representation of clients, I have always felt deeply engaged, serene, and not all inclined to stand aside. I have always done whatever needed to be done, and have usually gotten my way.

Malcolm Gladwell

Success has to do with deliberate practice. Practice must be focused, determined, and in an environment where there's feedback.

Major Taylor

I would advise all youths aspiring to athletic fame or a professional career to practice clean living, fair play and good sportsmanship.

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Bliss becomes blissful with practice. In our own bliss the desire, desirer and process of desiring are united - they are one. Desire is fulfilled at its source.

Mahatma Gandhi

Ahimsa is the highest duty. Even if we cannot practice it in full, we must try to understand its spirit and refrain as far as is humanly possible from violence.

Mahatma Gandhi

When you practice a life of non-violence you no longer need seek the truth, the truth finds you.

Mahatma Gandhi

Vaccination is a barbarous practice and one of the most fatal of all the delusions current in our time. Conscientious objectors to vaccination should stand alone, if need be, against the whole world, in defense of their conviction.

Madalyn Murray O'Hair

At no time have I ever said that people should be stripped of their right to the insanity of belief in God. If they want to practice this kind of irrationality, that's their business. It won't get them anywhere; it certainly won't make them happier or more compassionate human beings; but if they want to chew that particular cud. they're welcome to it.

Madame de Stael

inventiveness is childish, practice sublime.

Joe Louis

There is no such thing as a natural boxer. A natural dancer has to practice hard. A natural painter has to paint all the time. Even a natural fool has to work at it.

Joanne Carner

I build confidence when I practice a variety of shots - hitting it high or low, working the ball. A lot of golfers go to the range and just hit full shots. That doesn't build on-course confidence, because you won't always hit full shots out there. My confidence is built on knowing I can effectively work the ball in any circumstance.